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A commentary on the famous grammatical poem, al-Alfīyah. The author of this commentary is the son of the elder Ibn Mālik.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- Muḥarram 979 [June/July 1571]
- People
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- Author
- Ibn al-Nāẓim, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1287 or 1288
- ابن الناظم، محمد بن محمد، -1287 or 1288
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 345H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on the famous grammatical poem, al-Alfīyah. The author of this commentary is the son of the elder Ibn Mālik.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- الخلاصة.
- Transliterated Title
- al-Khulāṣah.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 345H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcsb397k575
- Publisher
- Muḥarram 979 [June/July 1571]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1571
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 309 leaves : paper ; 193 x 103 (130 x 55) mm. bound to 190 x 110 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signatures: Darwīsh ibn Aḥmad al-shahīr bi-Ibn Pasanjaqʹdār[?], Aḥmad al-Ḥasanī al-Mudarris dated 1112, Muḥammad Ṣāhir[?] ibn Muṣṭafá Afandī Kajarmānī[?] dated 1124 (fol. 1a)
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 407.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from text (fol. 1a).
- Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Symbols written on the top edge.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 309 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 17 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; some vowel signs ; watermarks (circular design) ; MS in good condition but the first folio is partly defective. It appears that the edges of the folios have been trimmed.
- Decoration: Headpiece illuminated with gold, orange, blue, brown and black (fol. 1b). Fols. 1a-2b framed in gold and black.
- Origin: According to colophon copied late Muḥarram 979 by Qāsim ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥīm al-Bakrī (fol. 309a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه تستعين اما بعد الحمد لله سبحانه بماله من المحامد
- Explicit: نسخ هذا الكتاب سنفه الفقير ... قاسم ابن عيد الرحيم البكري ... في اواخر شهر المحرم الحرام من شهور سنة تسع وسبعين وبسعماية احسن الله ختامه بمنه وجوده م
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Upper cover is cut down from a larger volume with offset blind-stamped mandorla. Lower cover has blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and corner motifs. Flap has blind-stamped design underneath black silk. Fabric doublures and flyleaves of black silk. Multi-colored endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 630
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a942aebd-72d4-42ed-9918-082e8b113011/manifest