Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France Arabe 3639

Manuscript Identification

Reference Number

Arab11

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France

Siglum / Shelfmark

Arabe 3639 (Ancienne cote : Supplément arabe 1791)

Textual Content & Tradition

Standardised title of narrative

Al-Wuzarāʾ as-sabʿa (The Seven Viziers)

Version (siglum)

Arabic Version A (The Seven Viziers)

Languages

Language of text

Arabic

Regional / specific language

Middle Arabic

Source for regional language

Redwan (2023)

Digitisation & Editions

Digitisation

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b110031886

Note

Story order below from Basset.

Authorship & Production

Date of Production

1700 (circa)

Source of Date of Production

Redwan (2023)

Physical Description

Material

Paper

Total pages / folios

76

Height

200

Width

150

Prose or verse

Verse

Illustrations

No

Catalogues & Research Literature

Catalogue

Modern Research Literature

Redwan (2023), Redwan (2016), Basset (1903)

Embedded Stories in This Manuscript

Has Short Title	Has Sequence Number	Has Narrator
Ahmed	1	First Master
Avis – The Bird	2	First Master
Lavator	3	Empress
Leo	4	Empress
Panes	5	Second Master
Gladius – The Drawn Sword	6	Second Master
Striga – The Prince and the Ogress	7	Empress
Mel	8	Third Master
Zuchara	9	Third Master
Fons	10	Empress
Balneator	11	Fourth Master
Canicula – The Weeping Dog	12	Fourth Master
Imago – The Goldsmith and the Dancer's Portrait	13	Empress
Curiositas	14	Fifth Master
Capsa	15	Empress
Vaticinium 1	16	Empress
4 Amatores – The Four Lovers in the Chest	17	Sixth Master
Nomina	18	Sixth Master
Innocua	19	Empress
Amazona	20	Seventh Master
Pallium	21	Seventh Master

Research Material

Has Research Material Title	Has Research Material Link	Has Research Material Description