Item Summary

Second volume of a Malay commentary on the Qurʼān, covering Sūrah 18:75 to the end.

Descriptive Information

Title
Kitab tafsir.
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 492Lq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dccv43p913j
Publisher
1825.
Language
Malay
Date Created
1825
Format
Manuscript
Extent
426 leaves : paper ; 352 x 219 (265 x 153) mm bound to 363 x 232 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
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from spine.
Collation: Paper ; fol. iii + 425 + vii ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (foliation skips 112).
Layout: 19 lines per page.
Description: Written in Malay script in black on unglazed, laid European paper. Leaves 1b-3a framed in double red lines; leaf 420b framed in double brown lines. Āyahs in red; catchwords. Some creasing and mild staining. Watermarks ("XX C & I Honig"; beehive; "Krantz de Charro & Comp"; pro patria; coat-of-arms with "XX VG &Co"; "Van Gelder"; coat-of-arms with beehive and "VG &Co"; "J. Kool & Comp"; beehive with "Hespe & Comp") ; MS in excellent condition.
Origin: 1825 (leaf 425a).
Incipit: قال الم اقل لك انك لن تستطيع معي صبرا كات حض تيداك سده ككات ...
Colophon: ادڤون يڠ امڤوث تفسير اين سري ڤدوك يڠ دڤر توانكو توان بشريڠ مپورة فقير الحاقير الله تعالي حاج زين العابدين يڠتله منتسليمكن دباؤ ڤرنته ڤدوك توان اور دافن اسڠنحا تمت الكلام بالخير وسلم
Binding Note
European-style half leather with marbled paper covers; marbled pastedowns and flyleaves.

Discovery Information

Subject
Qurʼan—Commentaries
Manuscripts, Malay—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
880

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/96549d38-da2b-4c8b-b133-3e77183abf32/manifest