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A critical study of the various readings of the Koran according to the seven early readers.
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- Publisher
- Shawwāl 1005 [May/June 1597]
- People
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- Author
- Ibn Zanjalah, ʻAbd al-Raḥman ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1012
- ابن زنجلة، عبد الرحمن بن محمد، -approximately 1012
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 602H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A critical study of the various readings of the Koran according to the seven early readers.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- حجة القراءات / لابي الزرعة.
- Transliterated Title
- Ḥujjat al-qirāʼāt / li-Abī al-Zurʻah.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 602H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcdj52wg33h
- Publisher
- Shawwāl 1005 [May/June 1597]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1597
- Extent
- 220 leaves : paper ; 210 x 152 (150 x 89) mm. bound to 208 x 153 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signature of ʻAlī ibn Muṣṭafá al-Maḥmūd (fol. ia). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1243.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. ia).
- Marginal notes and glosses. It is stated in the colophon that the present copy was made from another dated 403 [1012/3]. Note on number of sheets, 66 on title page. Title? on lower edge of text block.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 220 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled in blue and red, or in blue and black.
- Description: Rubricated ; some vowel signs ; watermarks (cross) ; MS in good condition, mended. MS is rare.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Shawwāl 1005 by Ibrāhīm ibn Ḥājjī Yūsuf Sarkhābī (fol. 218b).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقتى قرأ عاصم والکسائي مالك يوم الدين بالف وقراء الباقون بغير الف وحجتهم الملك القدوس وملك الناس ...
- Colophon: قد وقع الفراغ من تسويد کتاب حجة القراآت من تصنيف الشيخ الجليل ابي زرعة عبدالرحمن ابن محمد بن نحله تغمده الله برحمته وکتب من نسخة تاريخ کتابة ذلك [تلك] النسخة من شهور سنة ثلث واربع مائة هجرية على يد اضعف عباد الله ابراهيم بن حاجي يوسف سرخابي الاصل الساکن والحافظ في الحضرة الغروية [؟] على مشرفها افضل الصلاة والتحية يوم الاثنين من شوال لسنة الف وخمس من الهجرة النبوية وصلى الله على محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين تم تم تم
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped medallion with pendants and blind-tooled edging. Pink paper pastedowns (with bull watermark). Endbands.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 452
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8728fde6-25f4-476c-80e8-20f4d69ebc0b/manifest