

Country |
Austria
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City |
Vienna
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Repository |
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
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Shelfmark | Cod. Gl. 11 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 290 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Commentaries; Poems |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Calligraphic; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative; Headpiece(s); Marginalia; Seal(s) |
Notes |
Formerly Glaser 32; Glaser Collection. Biographical note on the authors excerpted in this anthology, front flyleaf |
Bibliography |
Max Grünert, "Kurzer Katalog der Glaserschen Sammlung arabischer Handschriften" (unpublished manuscript, ca. 1894), p. 68, no. 263; Dorothea Duda, Islamische Handschriften II (1992), vol. 1, 272. |
Ext. Bibliography |
ÖNB Katalog |
Alt. Surrogate | ZMT 00260 |
HMML Proj. Num. |
25273 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/141673 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | The ʻZaydi Manuscript Traditionʼ Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton & Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |

Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 290 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Provenance |
Copied for الحسين بن اسمعيل بن صلاح الروني; ownership note dated Shaʻbān 1288 AH (1871 CE), fol. 1r; note and seal of purchase by محمد بن احمد زايم from احمد مصلح, dated Jumādá al-Thānī 1306 AH (1889 CE), fol. 1r |
Former Owner |
Glaser, Eduard, 1855-1908
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Type | Manuscript |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1818 |
Date Precise | 1818 February 19 |
Native Date Precise | 12 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1233 AH |
Support | Paper |
Support Dimensions | 32.5 x 21.5 cm |
Page Layout | 1-2 column(s), 23-31 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by محمد بن يحيى الكبسي. Scribe and date information from colophons, fol. 5v, 290rv |

Item Location | fol. 1v-5r |
Author |
Ṣanʻānī, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, 1737-1805
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Author NS | الصنعاني، علي بن أحمد |
Title | Bushrá al-kaʼīb bi-al-faraj al-qarīb |
Title NS | بشرى الحبيب بالفرج القريب |
Uniform Title | Ṣanʻānī, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, 1737-1805. Bushrá al-kaʼīb bi-al-faraj al-qarīb |
Alternate Title | Poem in praise of the Prophet |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | لا وظلم الثغر والشنب ما لظلم الصب من سبب |
Item Location | fol. 6r-290r |
Author |
Ṣanʻānī, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, 1737-1805
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Author NS | الصنعاني، علي بن أحمد |
Title | al-Ṣādiḥ al-gharīb |
Title NS | الصادح الغريب بمعاني بشرى الحبيب بالفرج القريب |
Alternate Title | Commentary on his own poem Bushrá al-kaʼīb |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله المستحق لجميع المحامد وحده سبحانه ما اوجب شكره وحمده |

Country |
Austria
![]() |
City |
Vienna
![]() |
Repository |
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
![]() |
Shelfmark | Cod. Gl. 11 |
Current Status | In situ |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 290 leaf(ves) |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Genre(s) | Commentaries; Poems |
Feature(s) | Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Calligraphic; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative; Headpiece(s); Marginalia; Seal(s) |
Notes |
Formerly Glaser 32; Glaser Collection. Biographical note on the authors excerpted in this anthology, front flyleaf |
Bibliography |
Max Grünert, "Kurzer Katalog der Glaserschen Sammlung arabischer Handschriften" (unpublished manuscript, ca. 1894), p. 68, no. 263; Dorothea Duda, Islamische Handschriften II (1992), vol. 1, 272. |
Ext. Bibliography |
ÖNB Katalog |
Alt. Surrogate | ZMT 00260 |
HMML Proj. Num. |
25273 |
Permanent Link | https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/141673 |
Processed By | HMML |
Acknowledgments | The ʻZaydi Manuscript Traditionʼ Project, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton & Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna. Cataloged by Joshua Mugler |
Surrogate Format | Scanned Microform |
Access Restrictions | Registered |
Rights | http://www.vhmml.org/terms |
Type of Record | Manuscript |
Extent | 290 leaf(ves) |
Foliation | Modern foliation in Arabic numerals |
Provenance |
Copied for الحسين بن اسمعيل بن صلاح الروني; ownership note dated Shaʻbān 1288 AH (1871 CE), fol. 1r; note and seal of purchase by محمد بن احمد زايم from احمد مصلح, dated Jumādá al-Thānī 1306 AH (1889 CE), fol. 1r |
Former Owner |
Glaser, Eduard, 1855-1908
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Type | Manuscript |
Place of Origin | Yemen |
Century(ies) | 19th century |
Year Range | 1818 |
Date Precise | 1818 February 19 |
Native Date Precise | 12 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1233 AH |
Support | Paper |
Support Dimensions | 32.5 x 21.5 cm |
Page Layout | 1-2 column(s), 23-31 lines per page |
Catchwords | Yes |
Writing System | Arabic |
Script(s) | Naskh |
Notes |
Copied by محمد بن يحيى الكبسي. Scribe and date information from colophons, fol. 5v, 290rv |
Item Location | fol. 1v-5r |
Author |
Ṣanʻānī, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, 1737-1805
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Author NS | الصنعاني، علي بن أحمد |
Title | Bushrá al-kaʼīb bi-al-faraj al-qarīb |
Title NS | بشرى الحبيب بالفرج القريب |
Uniform Title | Ṣanʻānī, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, 1737-1805. Bushrá al-kaʼīb bi-al-faraj al-qarīb |
Alternate Title | Poem in praise of the Prophet |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | لا وظلم الثغر والشنب ما لظلم الصب من سبب |
Item Location | fol. 6r-290r |
Author |
Ṣanʻānī, ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad, 1737-1805
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Author NS | الصنعاني، علي بن أحمد |
Title | al-Ṣādiḥ al-gharīb |
Title NS | الصادح الغريب بمعاني بشرى الحبيب بالفرج القريب |
Alternate Title | Commentary on his own poem Bushrá al-kaʼīb |
Language(s) | Arabic |
Incipit | الحمد لله المستحق لجميع المحامد وحده سبحانه ما اوجب شكره وحمده |
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