al-ʻArf al-nadī fī sharḥ qaṣīdat Ibn al-Wardī, [1246, i.e. 1831].

Careful copy of the commentary by ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Khaṭīb al-Ghamrī (fl. 1621) on Zayn al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʻUmar ibn Muẓaffar Ibn al-Wardī's (d. 1349) qaṣīdah called al-Lāmīyah or Naṣīḥat al-ikhwān wa-murshidat al-khillān, a moral poem of 77 verses in the ramal metre.Origin: As appears in colophon on p.108, transcription completed 9 Shaʻbān 1246 [ca. 23 January 1831]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon (also on p.108), composition completed 5 Rabīʻ II 1030 [ca. 27 February 1621].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas (pp.1-2) -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda (pp.3-4).Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label "IL 247" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Boards covered in dark red cloth ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light blue-green wove paper ; upper cover bears gold-stamped title "العرف الندي" ; resewn in white thread, eight stations ; overall in good condition.Support: European laid paper in at least two types ; one type with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal), and three crescents and "I M C" watermarks (see p.16, 17, 38, 108, 109, etc.) ; another type with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and crescent with face watermark (see p.62, etc.) ; all well-burnished, fairly stiff and sturdy ; some staining and tears ; repairs in wove paper.Decoration: Keywords, some abbreviation symbols (stroke over keywords), and passages of text being commented upon rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs or inverted commas.Script: Naskh ; two clear Turkish or 'Syrian' hands ; opening hand (through p.26) a naskh, mainly serifless (though very slight right-sloping head-serif appears on some free-standing alifs) with curvilinear descenders, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, medial hāʼ sharply mudghamah, kāf mashkūlah (mashqūqah) preferred (even final kāf, without hamzah-like miniature kāf), bowl of final nūn fairly wide with point set just inside ; following hand (p.27 through close) a slightly more elegant naskh, partially seriffed with right-sloping head-serif mainly on free-standing alif (also occasional joined alifs, lām of definite article, etc.), tilt to the left, elongation in the vertical, curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, initial hāʼ in nice wajh al-hirr (more pointed, with path of the penstroke quite evident), final kāf without shaqq and with hamzah-like miniature kāf.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, II-1 (3), II (7), III (13), II (17), 3 (20), 3 V(50), I (52), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Authorial," reads "قال مؤلفه رحمه الله تعالى ورضي عنه فرغت منه يوم الجمعة المبارك خامس شهر ربيع الثاني لسنة ثلاثين والف من الهجرة النبوية ه" ; "Scribal," triangular, reads "وكان الفراغ من نسخه يوم الاحد المبارك تسعة مضت من شهر شعبان المعظم الذهو من شهور سنة ۱۲٤٦ ستة واربعون ومائتين والف من الهجرة امين م"Explicit: "وقد تقدم انها من بحر الرمل وتقدم تفصيله وفي هذا القدر كفاية ونسأل الله ان يتقبل منا ذلك وان يسلك بنا احسن المسالك ... انك سميع قريب مجيب الدعوات يا رب العالمين وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين ه"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي نسج في الازل شقة النصيحة باعتزال ذكر الاغاني والغزل ... وبعد فان القصيدة الوردية اللامية المنظومة من بحر الرمل ووزنه فاعلاتن فاعلاتن فاعلاة ثلاث مرات المسماة بنصيحة الاخوان ومرشدة الخلان ... وكنت ممن اطلع عليها مرارا عديدة وفي كل حين يظهر لي منها فوائد جليلة وقد حاولت نفسي المرة بعد المرة ان اكتب عليها ما فيه للعيون قرة ... وشرعت في شرح لطيف يحل الفاظها ... وسميته العرف الندي في قصيدة بن الوردي ..."Title from 'title page' (p.7) and opening matter (preface) on p.9.Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy of the commentary by ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Khaṭīb al-Ghamrī (fl. 1621) on Zayn al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʻUmar ibn Muẓaffar Ibn al-Wardī's (d. 1349) qaṣīdah called al-Lāmīyah or Naṣīḥat al-ikhwān wa-murshidat al-khillān, a moral poem of 77 verses in the ramal metre.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.Occasional marginal corrections, variants, etc. noted in margins