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A commentary on al-Miṣbāḥ, a treatise on syntax by al-Muṭarrizī.
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- Publisher
- [944? i.e. 1537 or 1538?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 316H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on al-Miṣbāḥ, a treatise on syntax by al-Muṭarrizī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هذا كتاب افتتاح من فن ال نحو
- Transliterated Title
- Hādhā Kitāb Iftitāḥ min fann al naḥw
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 317H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc6m3120582
- Publisher
- [944? i.e. 1537 or 1538?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1537
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 104 leaves : paper ; 200 x 123 (130 x 76) mm. bound to 199 x 127 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 349.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, pp. 582/3.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6538/9.
- Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 248/9.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes. Seal of Solomon (fol. 2b). On two pages before first is the beginning of a work on grammar.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 104 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red on folios 1-9, 20-41 and 102-105
- Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; watermarks (hand-star) ; two types of paper ; MS in good condition with a few folios stained with dampness and mended.
- Decoration: First page has simple illuminated headpiece in silver-flecked gray.
- Origin: MS dated 944 after the colophon (fol. 104a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم وبه نستعىن. الحمد لله الذي انزل من السماء الفرقان
- Colophon: تم شرح المصباح المسمى بالافتتاح بعون الله الملك الوهاب
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and paper. A row of holes inset from the inside edge indicate earlier binding.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 223
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/51d47445-db3a-46ac-8672-576dd47621c4/manifest