The catalog in hand adds the final touches to the cataloging of Rifā‘a al-Tahtāwiy’s manuscript collection amounting 1410 volumes apart from the Holy Qur’an copies. It opens with the outstanding book of al-Kāšif li-Ma‘ānī al-Qasīda al-Nayyira- ‘Revealing the Meaning of al-Qasīda al-Nayyira (luminous poem)’ by al-Bajā’iy (Muhammad bin-Muhammad bin-Abīl-Qāsim al-Maghribiy al-Malikiy, d. 865 H.) as related by Abū ‘Amr bin-al-‘Alā’, and ends with al-Yawāqīt (al-Jawāhir) al-Thamīna fī Sifāt (Fadā’il) al-Samīna- ‘Precious Rubies (Gems) in the Attributes (Merits) of Plump Woman’ by al-Suyūtiy (Jalāl al-Dīn ‘Abdul-Rahmān bin-Abī-Bakr, d. 911 H.). The catalog is supplemented with indices of the three volumes including authors, arts and subjects, calligraphers, autographs, and manuscripts written within the lifetime of their authors.

Number of pages: 485.

Institute of Arabic Manuscripts, Cairo, 1998.