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السراج المنير في الاعانة على معرفة بعض معاني کلام ربنا الحکيم الخبير.
al-Sirāj al-munīr fī al-iʻānah ʻalá maʻrifat baʻḍ maʻānī kalām rabbinā al-ḥakīm al-khabīr.
1823
A complete commentary on the Qurʼan in five volumes.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- 1239 [1823 or 1824]
- People
-
- Related Name
- كناني، ابراهيم بن مصطفى، active 19th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 210L
- Language
- Arabic
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from preface of volume 1 (v. 1, fol. 3a).
- Table of contents for volumes 1-3 at beginning of each of those volumes.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 497, 560, i + 471, i + 535 + ii, i + 483 + ii ; quires signed (v. 1, 4-5) ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals (v. 1-3) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 23 lines per page ; volumes 1-3 frame-ruled in red and blue.
- Description: Rubricated ; some paper lightly tinted red or yellow (v. 1-2); some paper deeply tinted yellow, red or brown (v. 3) ; some paper tinted red or light yellow (v. 5) ; watermarks (v: 1-3: three crescents; v. 2: crest with roman-alphabet initial "W", roman-alphabet letters "EGA"; v. 3: shield with a face-in-the-moon; horn, roman-alphabet lettering "AS. Ilario"; vol. 4: eagle with roman-alphabet lettering "TSC", lion; fol. 5: eagle, lion with roman-alphabet letters "NR") ; MS in good condition.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, blue, red and black (v. 1, fol. 1b; v. 2, fol. 2b). Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red, yellow and white (v. 3, fol. 1b). Opening spread in volumes 1-3 frame-ruled in gold.
- Origin: According to colophon of volume 1 copy completed 1239 by Ibrāhīm ibn Muṣṭafá al-Badyawī al-Kinānī (v. 1, fol. 496b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله الملك السلام المهيمن العلام شارع الاحكام ... اما بعد فيقول فقير بحمه ربه القريب محمد الشربينى الخطيب ان الله حل ذكره ارسل رسوله بالهدي ودين الحق ...
- Colophon: تم الكتاب بحمد الله وعونه وحسن قوفيقه نقلت هذه النسخه من خط من نقل من خط من نقل من خط المؤلف رحمه الله تعالى ... عدد ما ذكره الذاكرون وعدد ما غفل عن ذكره الغافلون سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped inlaid red leather mandorlas with pendants and blind-tooled edging on covers. Similar decoration on flaps. Volumes 1-3, 5 in slipcovers. Not sewn.
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Item Summary
A complete commentary on the Qurʼan in five volumes.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- السراج المنير في الاعانة على معرفة بعض معاني کلام ربنا الحکيم الخبير.
- Transliterated Title
- al-Sirāj al-munīr fī al-iʻānah ʻalá maʻrifat baʻḍ maʻānī kalām rabbinā al-ḥakīm al-khabīr.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 210L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc6108vq57s
- Publisher
- 1239 [1823 or 1824]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1823
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 5 volumes (497, 560, 471, 535, 483 leaves) : paper ; 235-245 x 165-170 (160-170 x 95) bound to 228-244 x 165-175 mm.
- Provenance
- Seal impression (beginning of vol. 1-3). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1301.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 900/1.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, I, pp. 177/8.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from preface of volume 1 (v. 1, fol. 3a).
- Table of contents for volumes 1-3 at beginning of each of those volumes.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 497, 560, i + 471, i + 535 + ii, i + 483 + ii ; quires signed (v. 1, 4-5) ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals (v. 1-3) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 23 lines per page ; volumes 1-3 frame-ruled in red and blue.
- Description: Rubricated ; some paper lightly tinted red or yellow (v. 1-2); some paper deeply tinted yellow, red or brown (v. 3) ; some paper tinted red or light yellow (v. 5) ; watermarks (v: 1-3: three crescents; v. 2: crest with roman-alphabet initial "W", roman-alphabet letters "EGA"; v. 3: shield with a face-in-the-moon; horn, roman-alphabet lettering "AS. Ilario"; vol. 4: eagle with roman-alphabet lettering "TSC", lion; fol. 5: eagle, lion with roman-alphabet letters "NR") ; MS in good condition.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, blue, red and black (v. 1, fol. 1b; v. 2, fol. 2b). Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red, yellow and white (v. 3, fol. 1b). Opening spread in volumes 1-3 frame-ruled in gold.
- Origin: According to colophon of volume 1 copy completed 1239 by Ibrāhīm ibn Muṣṭafá al-Badyawī al-Kinānī (v. 1, fol. 496b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله الملك السلام المهيمن العلام شارع الاحكام ... اما بعد فيقول فقير بحمه ربه القريب محمد الشربينى الخطيب ان الله حل ذكره ارسل رسوله بالهدي ودين الحق ...
- Colophon: تم الكتاب بحمد الله وعونه وحسن قوفيقه نقلت هذه النسخه من خط من نقل من خط من نقل من خط المؤلف رحمه الله تعالى ... عدد ما ذكره الذاكرون وعدد ما غفل عن ذكره الغافلون سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped inlaid red leather mandorlas with pendants and blind-tooled edging on covers. Similar decoration on flaps. Volumes 1-3, 5 in slipcovers. Not sewn.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 5
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/f72abd1a-e6d9-44ac-803d-c74ab97eb0ad/manifest