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Elegant copy of a gloss on al-Muṭawwal of Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-Taftāzānī, which is a commentary on Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī, which in turn is an abridgment of Miftāḥ al-ʻUlūm, the famous treatise on rhetoric by al-Sakkākī.
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- Author
- Siyālkūtī, ʻAbd al-Ḥakīm ibn Shams al-Dīn, -1656
- سيالكوتي، عبد الحكيم بن شمس الدين، -1656
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 421H
- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar 1322-1389?—Muṭawwal
- Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān 1267 or 1268-1338—Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm
- Arabic language—Rhetoric—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- illuminated manuscripts
- headpieces (layout features)
- Gold tooled bindings
- Watermarks
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Item Summary
Elegant copy of a gloss on al-Muṭawwal of Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-Taftāzānī, which is a commentary on Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī, which in turn is an abridgment of Miftāḥ al-ʻUlūm, the famous treatise on rhetoric by al-Sakkākī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- سالكوتى على المطول.
- Transliterated Title
- Sālikūtī ʻalá al-Muṭawwal.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 421H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcfj236c56p
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1900
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 186 leaves : paper ; 240 x 146 (180 x 85) mm. bound to 240 x 150 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 534.
- Derenbourg, Les manuscrits arabes de l'Escurial, 233
- A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 876.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes and glosses. Later table of contents on fol. 1. Title also appears on lower edge.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 186 + i ; catchwords ; foliation in red ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 35 lines per page ; frame-ruled in gold, black and red.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (coat-of-arms?) ; MS in very good condition.
- Decoration: Elaborate illuminated headpiece with floral motif in gold, orange blue, lilac, white, red and black. Opening page of text separates text with gold dots. Fols. 2b-3a are frame-ruled with double gold bands and red and black lines.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. قوله افتتح کتابه المقدر في الذهن ان كانت الخطبة ابتدائة
- Ending: والمقصود ان البصرة مصر جامع تمت
- Binding Note
- Later? type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Gold-stamped mandorla with pendants and surrounding gold painted decoration. Gold-tooled decorative edging. Similar decoration on flap. Orange paper pastedowns. Endbands. In case (245 x 155) of red leather and marbled paper with cloth and leather pull strap.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar 1322-1389?—Muṭawwal
- Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān 1267 or 1268-1338—Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm
- Arabic language—Rhetoric—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- illuminated manuscripts
- headpieces (layout features)
- Gold tooled bindings
- Watermarks
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 398
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e1a10430-a931-4ae8-baa9-3288cd7bbc43/manifest