Item Summary

A gloss on al-Muṭawwal of Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-Taftāzānī, which is a commentary on Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī, which in turn is an abridgment of Miftāḥ al-ʻUlūm, the famous treatise on rhetoric by al-Sakkākī.

Descriptive Information

Title
الحواشي على المطول.
Transliterated Title
al-Ḥawāshī ʻalá al-Muṭawwal.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 94L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc4j03db685
Publisher
Iṣfahān, Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1051 [June 1641]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1641
Format
Manuscript
Extent
232 leaves : paper ; 192 x 120 (130 x 76) mm bound to 190 x 125 mm.
Provenance
Seal impression of Muṭahhar ? (fol. 1a and 232a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 529.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from colophon (fol. 232a).
A few marginal notes. Inscriptions (fol. 1a). Label on upper cover.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 232 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 27 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition. Rare.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed Monday middle of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1051 by Zayn al-Dīn ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Banānī[?] (fol. 232a).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... الحمد لله الذي شرح صدور ارباب الاذهان لايضاح معاني الکلم ببديع البيان ...
Colophon: قد اتفق فراغ تنميق هذه الحواشي على المطول المنسوبة الى الفاضل الرومي في يوم الاثنين اواسط شهر ربيع الاول سنة احدى وخمسين والف من الهجرة على يد اقل الخليفة بل اللاشيء في الحقيقة زين الدين علي بن الحسين البناني في دار السلطنة اصفهان حرسها الله من الحدثان اللهم وفقني وانفعني فيه انك على کل شيء قدير وبالاجابة جدير وصلى الله على خير خلقه محمد وآله اجمعين. م
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Spine and corners mended with red leather. Marbled paper pastedowns. Multi-colored endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar 1322-1389?—Muṭawwal
Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān 1267 or 1268-1338—Talkhīṣ Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm
Arabic language—Rhetoric—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
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Stamps

Physical Characteristics

File Count
476

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ad06e003-525c-4b3a-aa31-9dbe56e698b4/manifest