Item Summary

The last part of a commentary on the Koran exegesis of Sūrahs XLIII - CII:2 (in part).

Descriptive Information

Title
الجزؤ الاخير في تفسير القرآن العظيم / للثعالي.
Transliterated Title
al-Juzʼ al-akhīr fī tafsīr al-Qurʼān al-ʻaẓīm / lil-Thaʻālibī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 639H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcg445cq80d
Publisher
[14th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1300-1399
Format
Manuscript
Extent
199 leaves : paper ; 233 x 158 (175 x 120) mm bound to 230 x 165 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature of Muṣṭafá dated 1116 (fol. 2a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Ownership signature of Muṣṭafá dated 1116 (fol. 2a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1255.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 217.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 740, 742/3.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 2a).
A few marginal notes. Illegible title appears on the lower edge of the text block. Traditions on title page and folio 1b.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 199 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 20 lines per page.
Description: Lacking most iʻjām diacritical marks ; folios 1 and 2 later additions on different paper ; MS in fair condition, extensive staining, some pages mended.
Origin: Probably from the XIVth century.
Incipit: تفسير سورة الزخرف عن ابي بن کعب رضي الله عنه ...
Ending: حتى زرتم المقابر
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and yellow paper. Upper cover missing.

Discovery Information

Subject
Qurʼan—Commentaries—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs

Physical Characteristics

File Count
407

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/05a2fab7-b4e4-4f9a-877c-36a00678138c/manifest