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A commentary, with grammatical analysis, on al-Kāfiyah. The work commences with the exegesis and the grammatical analysis of the Fātiḥah.
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- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 333H
- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Qurʼan Sūrat al-Fātiḥah—Commentaries—Early works to 1800
- Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmar 1175-1249—Kāfiyah
- Arabic language—Syntax—Early works to 1800
- Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Headbands
- Blind tooled bindings
- Autographs
- Watermarks
- Colored papers
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Item Summary
A commentary, with grammatical analysis, on al-Kāfiyah. The work commences with the exegesis and the grammatical analysis of the Fātiḥah.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- شرح كتاب الكافية في النحو
- Transliterated Title
- Sharḥ Kitāb al-Kāfiyah fī al-naḥw
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 333H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc08612z839
- Language
- Arabic
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 210, (1) leaves : paper ; 197 x 127 (147 x 80) mm. bound to 197 x 135 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signature for Ḥasan al-Kamālī[?] (fol. 210a)
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 382.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 12.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, IV, p. 24.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes and glosses. On title page, inside of front cover, and final flyleaf occur several statements about al-Kāfiyah and repetitions of the title.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 210 + (1) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 22 lines per page.
- Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; overlining in red ; a number of folios are tinted yellow ; watermarks (circle with a bird on a mound) ; MS in good condition. MS is rare.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي رفع السموات بغير عماد
- Colophon: وقد تم ما في هذا الشرح من الکلام بتوفيق الکريم العلام ... ربنا اغفر لنا ولا خواننا الذين سبقونا بالايمان ولا تجعل في قلوبنا غلا للذين امنوا ربنا انك رؤف [رؤوف] رحيم
- Binding Note
- Type II (with flap) in brown leather and marbled paper. Blind-tooled lines on spine. Endbands.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Qurʼan Sūrat al-Fātiḥah—Commentaries—Early works to 1800
- Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʿUthmān ibn ʿUmar 1175-1249—Kāfiyah
- Arabic language—Syntax—Early works to 1800
- Arabic language—Grammar—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- Headbands
- Blind tooled bindings
- Autographs
- Watermarks
- Colored papers
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 433
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/c46cfac8-8cad-48ed-9e44-31fa476c5ca4/manifest