Notebook of John Allen, 1772

Paper-covered notebook containing handwritten poems and verse by Harvard graduate John Allen. Some of the poems refer to Allen’s illnesses in October 1772. The notebook also contains a short list titled “The Gentleman that I wrote diplomas for," with a list of sixteen individuals who received degrees from Harvard. The inside cover includes the inscription: “John Allen – November 4, 1772. Poetic Composition.” “Dr. T. C. Gilman” is stamped on cover.

Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ : manuscript, 1682

Written in one column, from 6 to 23 lines per page, in black and red.

Şerh-i Kaside-yi Bürde : manuscript, 1627

Translation and commentary on el-Būṣīrī's "Qaṣīdat Burda". Commentator first provides the verse in Arabic followed by a literal translation into Turkish and commentary.

Dîvân-ı Yusuf Nâbî : manuscript, 1749

Title from caption.

Sharḥ-i Qaṣīdah-ʼi Burdah : manuscript, undated

According to colophon (f. 64v), copy completed in the hand of Fatḥ Muḥammad walad Shaykh ʻAbd Allāh Sahrandī (?) on Muḥarram 25 (the year is not given).

Hādhā Dīwān al-Fāḍil al-Adīb Ibn Khalūf al-Andalusī : manuscript, undated

Cream laid paper with watermarks. 15.1 x 10 cm. (12 x 7 cm.).

Kitāb Surūr al-ṣibā wa-al-shumūl wa-murūr al-ṣabā wa-al-mashmūl / jamʻīyat al-marḥūm ʻAbd Bāshā al-shahīr bi-al-Khāl ibn al-Ṭawīl : manuscript, 1743

Written in one column with parts in two columns, 38 lines per page, in black and red.

Sharḥ al-Ḥamāsah : manuscript, undated

Volume 1 of a two-volume set.

An Hebrew grammar, collected chiefly from those of Mr. Israel Lyons, teacher of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge; and the Rev. Richard Grey, D.D. rector of Hinton, in Northamptonshire: To which is subjoined a praxis, taken from the sacred classics, and containing a specimen of the whole Hebrew language: with a sketch of the Hebrew poetry

as retrieved by Bishop Hare ...