Romance Kharjas in Andalusian Arabic Muwaššaḥ Poetry: A Palaeographical Analysis

Abd al-Wahhab manuscript Abū al-Andalus al-Mu'tamid al-Nifar manuscript alif appears Arabic reading Arabic scansion pattern base text chansons mozarabes Corpus corrupt dāl damma difficult dots doubt emendation fatha feminine final agṣān final cluster final guşn final vowel García Gómez gayn gives Gómez and Sola-Solé guşn ḥā hamza Hebrew Hebrew manuscripts indicate jarchas romances Jays Jayš al-tawšīḥ jīm kāf kāƒ kasra kharja Section kharja then follows lām last cluster letters read mammā manuscript reads manuscrit Colin masculine mater lectionis meaning metre metrical pattern mīm mozarabes muwaššaḥ muwaššaḥāt nūn palaeographically poet preposition problem qāf qāƒ reference rhyme Romance kharjas šadda scansion the metrical scribe second cluster second section seems simț lines šīn stanza sukūn syllables ṭā terms of Arabic third cluster Todros Abulafia transcribe Uddat al-jalīs Uddat al-jalīs poem Veinticuatro jarŷas verb vocalization vowel wāw Zaytuna manuscript