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[حاشية على شرح الهداية] ... [الخ.]
[Ḥāshiyah ʻalá Sharḥ al-Hidāyah] ... [etc.]
A gloss and two commentaries on the sections on natural science and theology in Hidāyat al-ḥikmah, together with the opening of the astronomical work Muqaddimāt qaws quzaḥ.
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 475H
- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Islamic philosophy—Early works to 1800
- Astronomy, Arab—Early works to 1800
- Mawlānāʹzādah, Aḥmad ibn Maḥmūd active 14th century—Sharḥ al-Hidāyah
- Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī, al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʻUmar -1265—Hidāyat al-ḥikmah
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
- Stamps
- Leather doublures
- Blind tooled bindings
- Autographs
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Item Summary
A gloss and two commentaries on the sections on natural science and theology in Hidāyat al-ḥikmah, together with the opening of the astronomical work Muqaddimāt qaws quzaḥ.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [حاشية على شرح الهداية] ... [الخ.]
- Transliterated Title
- [Ḥāshiyah ʻalá Sharḥ al-Hidāyah] ... [etc.]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 475H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcp5548295z
- Language
- Arabic
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- leaves : paper ; 210 x 125-130 (135-175 x 70-100) mm. bound to 211 x 125 mm.
- Provenance
- Signature of Muḥammad Akbar ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusaynī? and seal impressions (fol. 36a, 131a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 833, 831, 830.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 473-4.
- Derenbourg, Les manuscrits arabes de l'Escurial, 635³; 635¹.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, VI, p. 99.
- Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 1217².
- Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 1517/8.
- A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 494/5²; 493, 592².
- Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 2360/1.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. (1)a-1a: [inscriptions and verses of poetry in Persian and Arabic, seal impression]
- 2. fol. 1b-32a: [Ḥāshiyah ʻalá Sharḥ al-Hidāyah]. A gloss on the commentary of Mawlānāʹzādah al-Harawī al-Kharaziyānī on the sections on natural science and theology in the Hidāyat al-ḥikmah. A few folios in the MS are either wholly or partially blank.
- 3. fol. 35a-35b: [poetry and inscriptions in Persian and Arabic]
- 4. fol. 33b: [Muqaddimāt qaws quzaḥ]. The opening of an astronomical work on rainbows.
- 5. fol. 36a: [poetry and inscriptions in Persian and Arabic]
- 6. fol. 36b-129b: [Sharḥ al-Hidāyah]. A commentary on the sections on natural science and theology in Hidāyat al-ḥikmah.
- 7. fol. 131a: [poetry in Persian]
- 8. fol. 131b-177a: [Sharḥ al-Hidāyah]. A commentary on the sections on natural science and theology in Hidāyat al-Ḥikmah. Copied from an autograph MS.
- 9. fol. 177b-(1b): [poetry in Persian]
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Folios 1-48 are by one hand, 49-88 by another and 89-94 by another. Folio 35 is bound between folios 32 and 33.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. (3) + 177 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 15-35 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition.
- Incipit: [حاشية على شرح الهداية] بسم الله الرحمن الرحمن الرحيم وبه تستعين قوله يکشف لهم عن وجوه الخ -- [شرح الهداية 1] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه تستعين باسمك اللهم يا اهل الحمد والثناء ... وبعد فهذه مجلة مشتملة على شرح ما سوى المنطق من المختصر الموسوم بالهداية -- [مقدماب قوس القزح] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هذه مقدمات سبع ىحتاج فى معرفة قوس القزح الى معرفتها المقدمة الاولى منها فى بىان انعکاس و هى انه اذا وقع الضوء من جسم -- [شرح الهداية 2] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه تستعين الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة على محمد واله اجمعين وبعد فقد سألني بعض احبائي ان اکتب لقسمى الطبعى والالهى من الكتاب الهداية
- Colophon: [حاشية على شرح الهداية] ومرکر الحجم قطعة في داخله تساوي ابعاد سطح الحجم في جميع جهاته عنها وهما قد يکونان متحدين -- [شرح الهداية 1] هذا مع اعترافي بالعجز والقصور والنتساب معظم القوى الى النقصان والفتور. لکن الله يمنّ على من يشاء من عباده بالفضل والانعام ويدخل في رحمته من يشاء بمزايا الطول والاکرام انه الرحمن الرحيم والجوّاد الکريم -- [شرح الهداية 2] والحمد لله على التمام. هکذا نقل من خط المؤلف. تم الکتاب بعون الملك الوهاب
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped and -tooled mandorla and decorative blind-tooled edging. Leather doublures. Flap is missing.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Islamic philosophy—Early works to 1800
- Astronomy, Arab—Early works to 1800
- Mawlānāʹzādah, Aḥmad ibn Maḥmūd active 14th century—Sharḥ al-Hidāyah
- Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī, al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʻUmar -1265—Hidāyat al-ḥikmah
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
- Stamps
- Leather doublures
- Blind tooled bindings
- Autographs
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 372
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/8936912b-7c99-4036-a9df-7c707321f747/manifest