Item Summary

Commentary on al-Bayḍawī's Ṭawāliʻ al-anwār followed by a treatise on astronomy.

Descriptive Information

Title
شرح الطوالع وتشريح الافلاك.
Transliterated Title
Sharḥ al-Ṭawāliʻ wa-Tashrīḥ al-aflāk.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 109L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcm900p6444
Publisher
[18th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Format
Manuscript
Extent
320 leaves : paper ; 213 x 155 (130-150 x 65-100) mm bound to 214 x 155 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1490.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1b-305a: Maṭāliʻ al-anẓār fī sharḥ Ṭawāliʻ al-anwār. Commentary on al-Bayḍawī's work on kalām.
2. fol. 306a-320a: Tashrīḥ al-aflāk. Treatise on astronomy. Contains diagrams and a table.
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title from lower edge of text block.
Table of contents (fol. (i)a-(ii)b).
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Folios 1-174 heavily annotated. On folios following the second work are an inscription (fol. (i)a) and the note "D F B 8" (fol. [ii]b). Inserts.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + (ii) + 320 + ii ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindi-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 13-17 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; written in Fārisī and general scripts ; some paper tinted yellow, tan, or gray ; folios 278-318 wove or machine-made paper ; watermarks (unidentified with countermark of roman-alphabet initials and trefoil; coat-of-arms?) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century. Colophon date on fol. 305a is obscured.
Colophon: [مطالع الانظار] ... والله تعالى اعلم بالصواب واليه المرجع والمأب فبضت ختام الاختتام وريت القرطاس والاقلام وانا المفتقر الى عفو الله الملك المحيد مصطفى بن محمد سعيد وذلك سنة ... ذى الحجه 6 -- [تشريح الافلاك] وهذه اخر ما اراده المؤلف من هذه المقدمة المسماة بتشريح الافلاك وانتهى على يد افقر الورى الى ربه المجيد مصطفى بن محمد سعيد والحمد لله على ذلك م
Incipit: [مطالع الانظار] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحد لله الذى توحد بوجوب الوجود ودوام البقاء ... فان ارباب العقل متطابقو.. النقل متوا فقوك على ان اكرم ما يميل اليه اعناق الهمم ... -- [تشريح الافلاك] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ربنا خلقت هذا باطلا سبحانك فقنا عذاب النار ... وبعد فيقول الفقير الى الله الفنى بهاء الدين العاملى عفا الله عنه هذه درة يتيمة حوت فى فن الهيئة ...
Binding Note
Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and marbled paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Bayḍāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar -1286?—Ṭawāliʻ al-anwār min Maṭāliʻ al-anẓār
Iṣfahānī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān 1275 or 1276-1348 or 1349—Maṭāliʻ al-anẓār
Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800
Astronomy, Arab—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
scientific illustrations (images)
tables (documents)
diagrams
Headbands
Watermarks
Colored papers

Physical Characteristics

File Count
684

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/273a6598-8816-473d-8a65-1ec2362c6470/manifest