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النصف الاول من الخطط / تأليف الشيخ الامام العالم العلامة والبحر الفهامة وحيد دهره وفريد دصره مولانا الشيخ تقي الدين المقريزي عفى الله عنه
al-Niṣf al-awwal min al-Khiṭaṭ / taʼlīf al-shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah wa-al-baḥr al-fahhāmah waḥīd dahrihi wa-farīd daṣrihi mawlānā al-shaykh Taqī al-Dīn al-Maqrīzī ʻafá Allāhu ʻanhu.
1700-1786
Elegant copy of a treatise on geography and history of Egypt.
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Manuscripts of the Islamic World
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [between 17-- and 1786]
- People
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- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Egypt—Antiquities—Early works to 1800
- Egypt—History—Early works to 1800
- Egypt—Description and travel—History—14th century—Sources
- Egypt—Description and travel—History—15th century—Sources
- Cairo (Egypt)—History—Early works to 1800
- Cairo (Egypt)—Description and travel—History—14th century—Sources
- Cairo (Egypt)—Description and travel—History—15th century—Sources
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- donation inscriptions
- Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—18th century
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Item Summary
Elegant copy of a treatise on geography and history of Egypt.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- النصف الاول من الخطط / تأليف الشيخ الامام العالم العلامة والبحر الفهامة وحيد دهره وفريد دصره مولانا الشيخ تقي الدين المقريزي عفى الله عنه
- Transliterated Title
- al-Niṣf al-awwal min al-Khiṭaṭ / taʼlīf al-shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻallāmah wa-al-baḥr al-fahhāmah waḥīd dahrihi wa-farīd daṣrihi mawlānā al-shaykh Taqī al-Dīn al-Maqrīzī ʻafá Allāhu ʻanhu.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3516Y
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/nz806705w
- Publisher
- [between 17-- and 1786]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1700-1786
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- i, 437, i leaves: paper ; 225 x 150 (100 x 164) mm. bound to 225 x 150 mm.
- Provenance
- Waqf in the name of al-Ḥājj Aḥmad Pāshā al-Jazzār for his Jāmiʻ Mosque, called Nūr al-Aḥmadīyah [in Acre], dated 1200 H. [1785 or 6], with waqf-seal (fol. 1a). Ownership statement dated [1]151, with seal on fol. 1a. Inscription on fol. (i)b. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Mach, R. Yahuda, 4439
- Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 38 (7/2) ; SII
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from illuminated title page (fol. 1a).
- Physical description: 29 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red. The text is framed within two lines in red (gold on fol. 1b-2a and 436a). Illuminated title page (fol. 1a). Illuminated headpiece with basmallah (fol. 1b). Colophon in a roundel in gold outlined in black (fol. 436a). European paper with watermark. Several inscriptions, including ownership and waqf statements, and kabīkaj, on fol. 1a. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals (omits a fol. between fol. 429 and 430).
- Collation: Paper, fol. i, 437, i ; i + 1¹⁰ (-1 at beginning of quire) 2-43¹⁰ 44⁶ (+2 at beginning of quire) + i ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic numerals.
- Origin: The copy is not dated. It appears to date to the 12th/18th century.
- Incipit: بسم ... باسمك استفتح وبحمدك ... وبعد فان علم التاريخ من اجل العلوم قدرا واشرفها عند العقلا مكانة وخطرا
- Explicit: وهو الموجود الان وحد هذه الحارة عرضا من القنطرة تم الجزء الاول من الخطط ويتلوه النصف الثانى فى تتمة حارة بها الدين وحدها عرضا وهو قنطلاة خط باب الفتوح والله تعالى اعلم والحمد لله وحده
- Binding Note
- Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Both covers have a central blind stamped scalloped mandorla filled with an arabesque, and outlined in gold with radiating flecks. Outer border consists of a large gilloche and fillets in gold. Silver-sparkled paper pastedowns. Marble paper fly-leaf. Spine broken and partly wanting ; lower cover detached.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Egypt—Antiquities—Early works to 1800
- Egypt—History—Early works to 1800
- Egypt—Description and travel—History—14th century—Sources
- Egypt—Description and travel—History—15th century—Sources
- Cairo (Egypt)—History—Early works to 1800
- Cairo (Egypt)—Description and travel—History—14th century—Sources
- Cairo (Egypt)—Description and travel—History—15th century—Sources
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- donation inscriptions
- Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic countries—18th century
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 878
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/555d92ce-fdd5-4d4f-8c16-d76ebb0a8058/manifest