Item Summary

Two works on the terminology of the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī, both incomplete.

Descriptive Information

Title
شرح غريب المقامات / لابن ظفر الصقلي. ويليه شرح الإمام ابن الأنباري
Transliterated Title
Sharḥ Gharīb al-maqāmāt / li-Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī. Wa-yalīhi Sharḥ al-Imām Ibn al-Anbārī
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 27B
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/sx61dp89g
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1181
Extent
57 leaves : paper ; 164 x 125 (125 x 90) mm bound to 170 x 132 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Bārūdī, Beirūt, A.D. 1925.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2151.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 60, 62.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. fol. 1a-38a: al-Tanqīb ʻalá mā fī al-Maqāmāt min al-gharīb / Ibn Ẓafar al-Ṣiqillī. A glossary of the uncommon words in the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī. Incomplete at beginning.
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title from collective title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal annotations. Labels on spine. Title on lower edge of text block.
2. fol. 38b-57b: Sharḥ fī al-Maqāmāt / [Ibn al-Anbārī]. A fragment of a commentary on the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī explaining the difficult terms. Incomplete at end.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 57 + i (later paper) ; collation note dated Shaʻbān [5]77 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 12-13 lines per page.
Description: MS in good condition. One of the oldest in the collection.
Incipit: [التنقيب] ... الا بهم وبحرث اما الدنياه وام لاخرته والا حماض ... -- [شرح] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ومما شرح ايضا في المقامات (لابن الانبارى) البيان الكلام والتبيان تفعال منه وهو الكشف ...
Colophon: [التنقيب] تم شرح المقامات والحمد لله ... وكان الفراغ فى سلح ... سبع وسبع... -- [شرح] دون اتمار من يوتم به وعصيتم احتقرتم اللدات ...
Binding Note
Modern type III (without flap) binding.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
64

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/42d16324-3228-428d-9102-c7c2a72a659b/manifest