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Collection of fragmentary texts on Arabic grammar, principles of prayer, fasting, and other religious issues. Pages missing within texts, most fragments lack opening or concluding pages or both.
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 368L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
Collection of fragmentary texts on Arabic grammar, principles of prayer, fasting, and other religious issues. Pages missing within texts, most fragments lack opening or concluding pages or both.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Arabic miscellany].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 368L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcmc87q3564
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1500-1799
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 115 leaves : paper ; 208 x 141 (125-157 x 75-100) mm bound to 215 x 147 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1a-8b: [Treatise on finding the direction of the qiblah, etc.]
- 2. fol. 9a-12b: [Legal treatise on what is permissable]
- 3. fol. 13a-20b: [Treatise on Arabic grammar]
- 4. fol. 21a-34b: [Fragment of unidentified treatise]. Possibly on the theory of knowledge.
- 5. fol. 35a-35b: [Commentary on lines of verse]
- 6. fol. 36a-43b: [Treatise on Arabic grammar]
- 7. fol. 44a-109b: [Fragment(s) of unidentified text(s)]. Possibly one text with gaps throughout.
- 8. fol. 110a-115b: [Treatise on prayer and ritual purity]. Followed by a fāʼidah.
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "KE 301".
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 115 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15-26 lines per page ; fol. 1-8 frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (fol. 1-8: anchor; fol. 13-20: coat-of-arms, roman-alphabet lettering; fol. 21-25; crown-star-crescent; fol. 36-43: three crescents; fol. 44-51: shield?; fol. 52-109: unidentified, countermark with a trefoil, anchor) ; MS in good condition.
- Beginning: [1أ] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم فريدة التحري هو فى اللغة طلب اخري الامرين واوليها وفى اصطلاح فى الشرع عبارة يقع على طلب احق الامرين ... -- [9أ] ... وهي اربعة انواع نوعان من الحقيقة ونوعان من البحان؟ ما يستباح اي يعامل معاملة المباح ... -- [13أ] ... وانما هو فى رتبة العلم والدليل على ذلك انك تقول مررت بزبد صاحبك فتصف العلم بالاسم المضاف الى الضمير ... -- [21أ] ... فاقسامهما اكثر من ذلك الانه بحر عميق فيه علم التوحيد والقصص والامثال والحكم وغير ذلك واختاروا هذا التقسيم ... -- [35أ] ... لحصول المعقود بها والنكتة لايجب اطرادها وتارة متحركة اما مفتوحة كما فى قوله يوشك من فر من منيته ... -- [36أ] ... خبريه حالية محكبة * وكذا المضاف لها بغير تردد -- [44أ] ... وطيب الرايحة من المشحومات ولذة الطعم من الموذقات ... -- [110أ] ... من عن يمينه ويساره من الرجال والحفظة ان كان اماما وان منفردا ينوي الحفظة لا غير والخامس وعشرون ان يسلم عن يمينه ...
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Blind-tooled frame. Spine replaced with dark brown leather.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 240
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/75a9daa6-d5e1-4960-af49-de4e4220c04e/manifest