Item Summary

Commentary on al-Nuṣūṣ fī taḥqīq al-ṭawr al-makhṣūṣ by Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d. 672/1273), completed on Sunday 18 Shaʻbān 856 (colophon, fol. 145b).

Descriptive Information

Title
شرح نصوص القونوي
Transliterated Title
Sharḥ Nuṣūṣ al-Qūnawī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4037Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/r494vk24f
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1468
Extent
i, 144, i leaves : paper ; 210 x 145 (168 x 116) mm. bound to 210 x 145 mm.
Provenance
Ownership statement dated 1123 H. on fol. 2a. Waqf statement on fol. 2b, repeated on fol. 10b. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 2759
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 450/5 (cmt. b)
Ergin, O. Ṣadraddīn al-Qunawi ve eserleri, in Şarkiyat mecmuası, II (1957), p. 73 (no. 3, cmt. 3)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
25 to 31 lines per page. Written in a casual medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. European glazed paper with watermark. Fol. 56a-b: Blank. Short text on the pastedown of the upper cover. Several inscriptions, including ownership statements on fol. 2a. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals (counting the first fly-leaf as fol. 1).
Label with the mention "taṣawwuf [...] 48" in Arabic script on the upper cover. Label with the mention "916Ḥ" in Arabic script on the pastedown of the upper cover.
Copied? in 873 (fol. 145b).
Incipit: بسم ... الحمد لله كاشف القلوب والابصار وواهب المعارف والاسرار وصلى الله ... اما بعد فاعلم ايها الاخ الصادق وفقنا الله واياك الى تحقيق الحقائق
Explicit: ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد اذ هديتنا وهب لنا من لدنك رحمة انك انت الوهاب حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل نعم المولى ونعم النصير وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه وذريته امين
Binding Note
Brown leather over pasteboards. Rebacked.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
296

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1cf53de9-fe7a-4034-8893-4c4940c8f9e6/manifest