Item Summary

Commentary of the Qurʼān. This copy comprises the commentary of sūrah 91-114.

Descriptive Information

Title
الكشف والبيان في تفسير القرآن
Transliterated Title
al-Kashf wa-al-bayān fī tafsīr al-Qurʼān.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 2217Y
Identifier
ark:/88435/j9602775x
Publisher
[1204]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1204
Format
Manuscript
Extent
185 leaves: paper ; 250 x 170 (173 x 108) mm. bound to 255 x 190 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 324
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 350 (6/2, no. 3)
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SI, 592 (2/3)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a). Part of the title missing due to repair.
11 lines per page. Written in fully vocalized medium large naskh in black ink. Gold circles with red outline for punctuation. Headings in gold with red outline. Light cream glazed paper with laid and chain? lines visible. Collation notes (see fol. 8b). Reading statement on fol. 15a (margin). No catchwords. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Copied by Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá ibn ʻUbayd Allāh al-Baghdādī in Jumādá al-Ākhirah 600 (colophon, fol. 185a).
Incipit: بسم ... سورة و الشمس مكيّة وهي مأيتان وسبعة واربعون حرفاً واربع وخمسون كلمةً
Explicit: الباس ربّ النّاس واشف انت الشافي لا شفا الّا شفاوك شفأً لا يُغادر سقماً
Binding Note
Lower and upper covers, and envelope flap made of leather over pasteboards. Light cream paper pasted on covers and envelope flap and used as pastedowns. Pasteboards and sewing visible due to damage to upper cover and spine.

Discovery Information

Subject
Qurʼan—Commentaries—History—11th century—Sources
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
373

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6e3af3e6-a486-4899-a7e7-b65cfe3869fe/manifest