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)

A (The Seven Viziers)

Language Group within Version

Arabic A

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

ca. 1700

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 – Ahmed the Orphan	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 – The Prince of Persia and Princess Ed Detma	20	Seventh Master
Pallium	21	Seventh Master

Research Material

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