Item Summary

An encyclopedia on the lives of pre-Islamic prophets and religious figures followed by a Qurʼanic commentary.

Descriptive Information

Title
حياة القلوب. مجلس.
Transliterated Title
Ḥayāt al-qulūb. Majlis.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 676H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dct722hm719
Publisher
1136-1144 [1723 or 1724-1731 or 1732]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1723-1731
Format
Manuscript
Extent
138, 188 leaves : paper ; 207 x 147 (145-170 x 83-102) mm bound to 203 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 737, 1323.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1b-138b, first group: Ḥayāt al-qulūb. A kind of religious encyclopedia containing the lives of Adam (in part), Noah, Hūd, Ṣāliḥ, Abraham, Ishmael, Lot, Joseph and Job. Here a section is missing. Then follows the lives of Elijah, David, Solomon and Jonah, together with St. George, Zachariah and John. These are followed by an account of the miracles of Jesus, the birth of Muḥammad and the virtues of the Companions. Unclear if it is extracted from al-Majlisī's work.
2. fol. 1a-188b, second group: Majlis fī tafsīr. A commentary on the Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Māʻūn-Sūrat al-Kawthar (CVII-CVIII) missing.
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title from collective title page (fol. 1a, first group)
Marginal and interlinear notes. Incomplete at the beginning. Pages missing between folios 78 and 79.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 138 + 188 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 19-23 lines per page.
Description: Some vowel signs ; watermarks (three crescents, countermark roman-alphabet initials "VG" with clover between) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: [Ḥayāt al-qulūb] According to colophon copied 1144 (fol. 138b, first group) -- [Majlis fī tafsīr] Copied 1136 (fol. 188b, second group).
Incipit: [حيوة القلوب] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم واذ قال اي اذکر يا محمد اذ قال ربك للملائكة جمع ملك ... -- [مجلس في تفسير] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. سورة الفاتحة قوله تعالى الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرصم الى اخر السورة ...
Colophon: [حيوة القلوب] والحمد لله على التمام. والصلوة والسلام على سيد الانام وعلى آله العظام واصحابه الفخام والسلام عليکم مع جميع اهل الاسلام. سنة 1144 -- [مجلس في تفسير] تمة بعون الله الملك سنة 1136
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap.

Discovery Information

Subject
Muḥammad Prophet -632—Early works to 1800
Prophets, Pre-Islamic—Early works to 1800
Muḥammad Prophet -632—Companions—Early works to 1800
Qurʼan—Commentaries—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Blind tooled bindings
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
666

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/db5096b5-f1fb-4c18-8daf-9837bd816858/manifest