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جواهر النصوص في حل كلات الفصوص.
Jawāhir al-nuṣūṣ fī ḥall kalimāt al-Fuṣūṣ.
1857
A commentary on Ibn al-ʻArabī's Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam.
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- Publisher
- 5 Ramaḍān 1273 [1857]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1031H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on Ibn al-ʻArabī's Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- جواهر النصوص في حل كلات الفصوص.
- Transliterated Title
- Jawāhir al-nuṣūṣ fī ḥall kalimāt al-Fuṣūṣ.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1031H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rf55zj238
- Publisher
- 5 Ramaḍān 1273 [1857]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1857
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- iii, 346 leaves : paper ; 212 x 150 (149 x 92) mm. bound to 212 x 155 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1596.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from the lower edge of text block.
- Fol. i-ii are a later addition on different paper and have a table of contents in black and red ink (fol. ib-iia).
- Collation: Paper ; fol. iii + 346 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; dark cream wove paper.
- Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red and white (fol. [iii]b). Opening spread frame-ruled in gold and black (fol. [iii]b-1a).
- Origin: Copied by ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ ibn al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Razzāq, under the patronage of Muḥammad ʻĀrif Afandī, and completed on the 5th of Ramaḍān 1273 (1857) -- colophon (fol. 345b).
- Incipit: الحمد لله الذي بذاته ثبتت الاعيان وبصفاته تفصلت الاكوان ... وبعد فيقول اسير الذنوب واناء النقايص والعيوب عبد الغنى النابلسى
- Explicit: وعليه لنا تيسر شرح فيه ارخت صار شرح الفصوص وقد فرعنا منه بعد صلاة الجمعة بالجامع الاموي نهار الجمعة الخامس والعشرين من شعبان المبارك من شهور سنة ست وتسعين بعد الف قال هذا مصنفه العبد الفقير ... والله ولي التوفيق والهادي الي سواء الطريق تم
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in burgundy leather. A branch motif in gold ink and gold-tooled cornerpieces and decorative edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Pastedowns and lining to the envelope flap in light purple dyed paper. Lining to the fore edge flap in green fabric. Endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 710
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/02d1867b-eb5e-4b4e-841e-bc85d1d96b73/manifest