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Commentary on the Qurʼān, with fihrist on leaves ib-iib.
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- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from text on leaf 1b, volume 1.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + (ii) + 293 + ii (vol.1) fol. i + (ii) + 256 + iii (vol. 2) ; catchwords ; continuous foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 29 lines per page ; leaves 1b-2a of volume 1 frame-ruled in red and gold; remainder of MS frame-ruled in double red lines.
- Description: Written in miniscule script in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper ; rubricated ; MS in fair condition, extensive staining; some smudging and paper repairs.
- Incipit: الحمد لله الذي نزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا ... و بعد فان اعظم العلوم مقدارا وارفعها شرفا ومنارا علم التفسير الذي هو رئيس العلوم الدينية وبرأسها ومبنى قواعد الشرع واساسها
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in maroon leather. Blind-stamped central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces, and fillets. Marbled paper pastedowns. Volume 2 is missing flap.
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Item Summary
Commentary on the Qurʼān, with fihrist on leaves ib-iib.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- انوار التنزيل واسرار التأويل.
- Transliterated Title
- Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 653H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dct148ft83g
- Publisher
- [16--?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 2 volumes (293, 255 leaves) : paper ; 217 x 145 (155 x 88) mm bound to 219 x 146-152 mm
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
- References
- Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 530; SI, 738
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from text on leaf 1b, volume 1.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + (ii) + 293 + ii (vol.1) fol. i + (ii) + 256 + iii (vol. 2) ; catchwords ; continuous foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 29 lines per page ; leaves 1b-2a of volume 1 frame-ruled in red and gold; remainder of MS frame-ruled in double red lines.
- Description: Written in miniscule script in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper ; rubricated ; MS in fair condition, extensive staining; some smudging and paper repairs.
- Incipit: الحمد لله الذي نزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا ... و بعد فان اعظم العلوم مقدارا وارفعها شرفا ومنارا علم التفسير الذي هو رئيس العلوم الدينية وبرأسها ومبنى قواعد الشرع واساسها
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) binding in maroon leather. Blind-stamped central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces, and fillets. Marbled paper pastedowns. Volume 2 is missing flap.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3c0ac189-6ea3-4a06-b61a-1eb4d912e4a4/manifest