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A collection of wisdom sayings, gathered from the Qurʼan and the traditions, for the education of people and turning their hearts from the material world to the spiritual.
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Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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- Publisher
- Shawwāl 937 [June 1531]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1053H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of wisdom sayings, gathered from the Qurʼan and the traditions, for the education of people and turning their hearts from the material world to the spiritual.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- مشكات الانوار
- Transliterated Title
- Mishkāt al-anwār
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1053H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcqr46rc48h
- Publisher
- Shawwāl 937 [June 1531]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1531
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 258 leaves : paper ; 207 x 147 (150 x 100) mm bound to 205 x 155 mm.
- Provenance
- Seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1892.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 557.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 8745/6.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes and glosses. Inscriptions and Seal of Solomon on title page (fol. 1a). Table of contents (fol. 2a-3a). Inscriptions following colophon (fol. 257b).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 258 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; margins are trimmed ; watermarks? ; MS in fair condition, mended.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed at the end of Shawwāl 937 (fol. 257b).
- Incipit: هذا الكتاب بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... الحمد لله الذى نور قلوب اوليائه بانور معرفبه ... وبعد فقد انکشف لارباب القلوب ببصيرة الايمان واقتباس العلم من انوار القرآن ...
- Colophon: تم تحرىرا في أواخر شهر شوال سنة 937
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled edging. Possibly a type II binding with the flap removed.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 520
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/492706a8-fa4a-489b-ad01-39ad8881217b/manifest