Item Summary

Fragments of a commentary on a section of Hidāyat al-ḥikmah on al-Ṭabīʻīyāt (physics) and al-Ilāhīyāt (metaphysics).

Descriptive Information

Title
[شرح هداية الحکمة].
Transliterated Title
[Sharḥ Hidāyat al-Ḥikmah].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 186L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc7w62fn321
Publisher
[16th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1599
Format
Manuscript
Extent
9 leaves : paper ; 180 x 118 (140 x 90) mm bound to 168 x 120 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 835.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Folio [1]a has several notes including repeated mentions of Mullāzādah/Manlāzādah, although Hitti attributes this work to Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 9 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21-23 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; lacking many iʻjām diacritical marks ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Probably from the latter part of the XVIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القول في الطبيعيات وهو مرتب على ثلثة فنون ...
Colophon: ومن اراد الاستقصاء في الحکمة والوقوف على مذهب الحکما فليرجع الى کتابنا المسمى بزبدة الاسرار تم تم
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper. Binding designed for a much thicker text.

Discovery Information

Subject
Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī, al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʻUmar -1265—Hidāyat al-ḥikmah
Islamic philosophy—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
30

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/fca43732-7007-4551-8739-f4f2182f4f48/manifest