Item Summary

A compendium of Ḥanafite law.

Descriptive Information

Title
تنوير الابصار.
Transliterated Title
Tanwīr al-abṣār.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 254L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc8049gj28g
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Extent
212 leaves : paper ; 213 x 132 (148 x 58) mm bound to 211 x 135 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: Ilyās ibn Jurjīs al-Mawṣilī with seal impression (fol. 3a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1756.
Khulāṣat al-Athar IV, p. 19.
Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, III, pp. 28/9.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal and interlinear notes and gloss. Inscriptions (2a-3a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 212 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21-22 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Some paper tinted red ; watermarks (coat-of-arms; roman-alphabet lettering "Al ...azzo") ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم حمدا لمن احکم احکام الشرع الشريف واعلا مناره ... فيقول الشيخ الامام العلامة العمدة الفهامة عمدة العلماء الراسخين شيخ ... شمس الدين محمد بن المرحوم شيخ ... عبد الله بن ... شهاب الدين احمد ابن تمرتاش ...
Colophon: والله اعلم واحکم والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على محمد واله واصحابه وذرياته الطيبين الطاهرين
Binding Note
Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and red and purple marbled paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
434

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/522680e4-c9b6-4b57-8fc6-9279d9b609e7/manifest