Item Summary

Acephalous copy of a commentary on Ḍawʼ al-Miṣbāḥ.

Descriptive Information

Title
[شرح ضوء المصباح]
Transliterated Title
[Sharḥ Ḍawʼ al-Miṣbāḥ]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 316H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2v23w468m
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1645
Extent
147 leaves : paper ; 199 x 137 (147 x 93) mm. bound to 198 x 144 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 346.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
A few marginal notes. First folio is cut off on both ends. Illegible title on lower edge.
Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 147 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Overlinig in red ; watermarks (crown, star) ; MS in fair condition.
Layout: 21 lines per page
Ms. codex.
Origin: According to colophon copied on a Friday in late Rajab 1055 by Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar al-Basnawī in Ṭāshlījah at Madrasat Sulaymānīyah (fol. 147a).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Colophon: ... تمت. کتب هذا الشرح بعون الله وفضله ولطفه وکرمه محمد ابن الحاج عمر البسنوي عن قصبة طاشليجه في مدرسة سليمانية في اواخر شهر رجب الفضل والمکرم في يوم الجمعة المبارکة الشريفة سنة خمس وخمسين والف. الحمد لله على التمام
Incipit: ان من الحروف المشبهة بالفعل الناصبة الاسم
Binding Note
Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled edging. Similar decoration on flap.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
289

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9d5da37c-648e-4b87-bf41-bfcc64cd88c9/manifest