Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
السفر الاول [الرابع] من كتاب الكشاف عن حقايق التنزيل / لجار الله الزاهد الامام علامة العالم استاذ الدنيا شيخ العرب والعجم فخر خوارزم رئيس الافاضل حجة الحق على الخلق ابي القسم محمود بن عمر الزمخشري رحمة الله ورضوانه عليه
al-Sifr al-awwal [-al-rābiʻ] min Kitāb al-Kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq al-tanzīl / li-Jār Allāh al-zāhid al-imām ʻallāmat al-ʻālam ustādh al-dunyā shaykh al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam fakhr Khwārazm raʼīs al-afāḍil ḥujjat al-ḥaqq ʻalá al-khalq Abī al-Qasim Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar al-Zamakhsharī raḥmat Allāh wa-riḍwānuhu ʻalayh.
1331-1333
A complete copy of al-Kashshāf in four volumes.
Collection
Part of
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Manuscripts of the Islamic World offers a curated selection of extraordinary manuscripts hosted or held by Princeton University Library. The manuscripts are predominantly in Arabic, but there are also many in Persian and Ottoman Turkish. The manuscript digitizations here are a fraction of the full Manuscripts of the Islamic World collections, housed in Special Collections in Princeton's Firestone Library. Efforts are ongoing to make the manuscripts of these collections more accessible through conservation, catalog record updates, and digitization.
Metadata
- Publisher
- Mawṣil, [1331-1333]
- Language
- Arabic
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page of vol. 1.
- 23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with larger script for headings and for key-words such as "qultu". Annotations (often said to be from the author "khaṭṭ al-muṣannif") and collation notes on the margins.
- Vol. 1, fol. 99-116 and 246-257 are later replacements. Fol. (i) and 274-275 (the latter: blank) are on the same European paper as these replacements. Some quires are numbered using Arabic numerals and abjad for the fol. within the quire.
- Vol. 2, fol. 1a: Verses of poetry. Fol. 264b-266b: Blank.
- Vol. 3, fol. 1-8 are later replacements.
- Vol. 4: Several inscriptions on fol. 1a. Fol. 187-195 on smaller paper in another script. Some quires are numbered with Arabic ordinals, with Arabic ordinals for the fol. within the quire.
- Waqf statement on vol. 1, fol. 1a (152B).
- Vol. 2 copied by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn ʻAbd al-Qāhir ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Qāhir ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī al-Shahrazūrī(?) who completed his work on Friday 6 Ṣafar 732 [Nov. 8, 1331] in Mawṣil (143B, fol. 264a). Vol. 3 completed by the same on Friday 27 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 732 [Aug. 20, 1332] (144B, fol. 283b). Vol. 4 completed on Thursday 8 Rajab [7]33 [March 25, 1333] (153B, fol. 340a).
- Two spine labels (vertical) on each vol., reading respectively: "al-Sifr al-awwal [-al-rābiʻ] min Kitāb al-Kashshāf bi-khaṭṭ al-Shahrazūrī" and "152", "143", "144" (in Arabic and Western numerals).
- Binding Note
- Vol. 2-4 (143B, 144B, 153B) have a similar binding: Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap (wanting in 153B). Both covers have a central medallion defined by three circular fillets and filled with small stamps. Outer frame made of fillets. Portion of the same frame and medallion on the envelope flap. Leather doublure (often covered with paper). Vol. 1 (152B): Brown leather over paper pasteboard for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Both covers have a central stamped mandorla and an outer frame consisting of fillets. Similar frame on the envelope flap with a smaller stamp on its point. Paper pastedown and free endpaper.
View all metadata for this item
Item Summary
A complete copy of al-Kashshāf in four volumes.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- السفر الاول [الرابع] من كتاب الكشاف عن حقايق التنزيل / لجار الله الزاهد الامام علامة العالم استاذ الدنيا شيخ العرب والعجم فخر خوارزم رئيس الافاضل حجة الحق على الخلق ابي القسم محمود بن عمر الزمخشري رحمة الله ورضوانه عليه
- Transliterated Title
- al-Sifr al-awwal [-al-rābiʻ] min Kitāb al-Kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq al-tanzīl / li-Jār Allāh al-zāhid al-imām ʻallāmat al-ʻālam ustādh al-dunyā shaykh al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam fakhr Khwārazm raʼīs al-afāḍil ḥujjat al-ḥaqq ʻalá al-khalq Abī al-Qasim Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar al-Zamakhsharī raḥmat Allāh wa-riḍwānuhu ʻalayh.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 152B, 143B, 144B, 153B
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dn39x555n
- Publisher
- Mawṣil, [1331-1333]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1331-1333
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 4 v. (i, 275 + 266 + 283, i + 340, i) leaves: paper ; 250 x 180 (170 x 125) mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leiden, 1925, from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1269
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Contents
- 1. Vol. 1 (152B): Sūrat Fātiḥat al-Kitāb - Sūrat al-Anʻām.
- 2. vol. 2 (143B): Sūrat al-Aʻrāf - Sūrat al-Kahf.
- 3. vol. 3 (144B): Sūrat Maryam - Sūrat Yāsīn.
- 4. vol. 4 (153B): Sūrat Wa-al-Ṣāffāt - Sūrat al-Nās.
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page of vol. 1.
- 23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with larger script for headings and for key-words such as "qultu". Annotations (often said to be from the author "khaṭṭ al-muṣannif") and collation notes on the margins.
- Vol. 1, fol. 99-116 and 246-257 are later replacements. Fol. (i) and 274-275 (the latter: blank) are on the same European paper as these replacements. Some quires are numbered using Arabic numerals and abjad for the fol. within the quire.
- Vol. 2, fol. 1a: Verses of poetry. Fol. 264b-266b: Blank.
- Vol. 3, fol. 1-8 are later replacements.
- Vol. 4: Several inscriptions on fol. 1a. Fol. 187-195 on smaller paper in another script. Some quires are numbered with Arabic ordinals, with Arabic ordinals for the fol. within the quire.
- Waqf statement on vol. 1, fol. 1a (152B).
- Vol. 2 copied by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn ʻAbd al-Qāhir ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Qāhir ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī al-Shahrazūrī(?) who completed his work on Friday 6 Ṣafar 732 [Nov. 8, 1331] in Mawṣil (143B, fol. 264a). Vol. 3 completed by the same on Friday 27 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 732 [Aug. 20, 1332] (144B, fol. 283b). Vol. 4 completed on Thursday 8 Rajab [7]33 [March 25, 1333] (153B, fol. 340a).
- Two spine labels (vertical) on each vol., reading respectively: "al-Sifr al-awwal [-al-rābiʻ] min Kitāb al-Kashshāf bi-khaṭṭ al-Shahrazūrī" and "152", "143", "144" (in Arabic and Western numerals).
- Binding Note
- Vol. 2-4 (143B, 144B, 153B) have a similar binding: Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap (wanting in 153B). Both covers have a central medallion defined by three circular fillets and filled with small stamps. Outer frame made of fillets. Portion of the same frame and medallion on the envelope flap. Leather doublure (often covered with paper). Vol. 1 (152B): Brown leather over paper pasteboard for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Both covers have a central stamped mandorla and an outer frame consisting of fillets. Similar frame on the envelope flap with a smaller stamp on its point. Paper pastedown and free endpaper.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6154a2e0-3cfa-4538-a461-a1cd7ce234be/manifest