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Commentary on Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī fī qirāʼāt al-sabʻ al-mathānī of al-Shāṭibī (d. 590/1194), a versification of al-Taysīr fī al-qirāʼāt al-sabʻ by ʻUthmān ibn Saʻīd al-Qurṭubī (d. 444/1053).
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- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger from the titles on the lower edge of the text block of each vol.
- Magic squares, seal of Solomon and inscriptions on vol. 2, fol. 226b Inscription "270" in black ink using Western numerals on the pastedown of the upper cover of vol. 1. Inscription "65" in black ink using Western numerals on the pastedown of the upper cover of vol. 2.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 151 + i, i + 226 + i ; quires signed ; catchwords ; foliation in black ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals (continuous on both vol. ) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 27 and 29 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; dark cream paper with laid or chain lines visible ; holes for thread used to rule the paper visible on the last fol. of vol. 1. Fol. 1 and 2 of vol. 1 are later replacements.
- Decoration: Elaborate later illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) in gold, pink, red, and blue on vol. 1, fol. 1b. Gold and black border on vol. 1, fol. 1b-2a and on vol. 2, fol. 1b-2a.
- Origin: Copy completed on 3 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 867 [July 20, 1463] (colophon, vol. 2, fol. 226b).
- Incipit vol. 1: الحمد لله مبدئ الامم ومنشئ الرمم ... وبعد فان فضيلة العلم بينة لا تقتنع
- Explicit vol. 1: فحصل له مراده الي ان تم اسناده وهذا اخر ما يسر لنا الله تعالي من الوصول في الكلام علي الاصول فنسال الله الكريم رب العرش العظيم ان يوفقنا الاكمال الكمال على القرش وان يدخلنا في عباده الصالحين والحمد لله رب العالمين
- Incipit vol. 2: باب فرش الحروف الفرش مصدر فرش والحروف المختلف فيها وقد اضيف المصدر الى مفعوله
- Explicit vol. 2: الهم وسهل هذا الكتاب على طلابه وانفع به جملة اصحابه والحمد لله رب العالمين و صلواته .... واصحابه الطاهرين وسلم تسليما كثيرا الى يوم الدين
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) bindings in dark brown leather (peeling) on paper pasteboards. Both covers have a central gilt pattern and a border consisting of gilt fillets and a Greek key pattern, with a floral motif in each inner corner. Similar border on the envelope flap. Blue paper pastedown and free endpaper. Fore-edge flap and envelope flap disbound in vol. 1, wanting in vol. 2.
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