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A famous commentary on the Qurʼan.
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- Publisher
- 925 [1519 or 1520]
- People
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- Related Name
- جابر بن ابراهيم، active 16th century
- فيشي، محمد بن احمد، active 16th century
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 652H
- Language
- Arabic
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from colophon (vol. 2, fol. 202a).
- Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Variations of title written on edges of text blocks.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 244, i + 202 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 31 lines per page ; volume 2 frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (later flyleaves only: lion, shield with a face-in-the-moon, three crescents) ; MS in good condition except worm-eaten and mended.
- Origin: According to colophon copied 925 by Jābir ibn Ibrāhīm (vol. 1, fol. 244a) and by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Fīshī al-Shāfiʻī (vol. 2, fol. 202a)
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... الحمد لله الذى نزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا فتحدى باقصر سورة من سوره ...
- Explicit: تم النصف الاول من انوار التنزيل في اسرار التاويل بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه على يد العبد الفقير الى ربه الكريم جابر بن ابرهيم غفر الله له ولوالديه ... سنه خمس وعشرين وتسع والحمد لله تعالى[؟] -- تم انوار التنزيل واسرار التاويل كتابه علي يد العبد الفقير المعترف بالعجز والتقصير محمد بن احمد الفيشى الشافعي غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمشايخه وللمسلمين اجمعين ولمن دعا لهم بالمغمرة امين وكان الفراغ من كتابته في يوم الاثنين المبارك حادي عشرين شهر ربيع الثاني سنة عشين [عشرين] وخمس وتسعمايه احسن الله عاقبتها بمحمد واله وسلم وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل واحمد لله وحده
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Gold?-stamped mandorla with blind-tooled edging in covers of both volumes. Similar decoration on flap. Endbands.
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Item Summary
A famous commentary on the Qurʼan.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- انوار التنزيل واسرار التأويل.
- Transliterated Title
- Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 652H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcq811kw33f
- Publisher
- 925 [1519 or 1520]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1500-1599
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 2 volumes (244, 202 leaves) : paper ; 267-277 x 177-180 (185-190 x 125) mm bound to 265-275 x 190 mm.
- Provenance
- Seal impression on fol. 1a of both volumes. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1280.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from colophon (vol. 2, fol. 202a).
- Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Variations of title written on edges of text blocks.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 244, i + 202 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 31 lines per page ; volume 2 frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (later flyleaves only: lion, shield with a face-in-the-moon, three crescents) ; MS in good condition except worm-eaten and mended.
- Origin: According to colophon copied 925 by Jābir ibn Ibrāhīm (vol. 1, fol. 244a) and by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Fīshī al-Shāfiʻī (vol. 2, fol. 202a)
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... الحمد لله الذى نزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا فتحدى باقصر سورة من سوره ...
- Explicit: تم النصف الاول من انوار التنزيل في اسرار التاويل بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه على يد العبد الفقير الى ربه الكريم جابر بن ابرهيم غفر الله له ولوالديه ... سنه خمس وعشرين وتسع والحمد لله تعالى[؟] -- تم انوار التنزيل واسرار التاويل كتابه علي يد العبد الفقير المعترف بالعجز والتقصير محمد بن احمد الفيشى الشافعي غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمشايخه وللمسلمين اجمعين ولمن دعا لهم بالمغمرة امين وكان الفراغ من كتابته في يوم الاثنين المبارك حادي عشرين شهر ربيع الثاني سنة عشين [عشرين] وخمس وتسعمايه احسن الله عاقبتها بمحمد واله وسلم وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل واحمد لله وحده
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Gold?-stamped mandorla with blind-tooled edging in covers of both volumes. Similar decoration on flap. Endbands.
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
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/9a342836-bdc7-4285-a888-7578458982c4/manifest