Item Summary

Commentary on al-Misbāḥ fī al-naḥw, a treatise on grammar by al-Muṭarrizī.

Descriptive Information

Title
[ضوء المصباح].
Transliterated Title
[Ḍawʼ al-Miṣbāḥ].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 88L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcd791sv20f
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1599
Extent
30 leaves : paper ; 180 x130 (130 x 73) mm bound to 173 x 130 mm.
Provenance
Signature: Muḥammad al-madʻū bi-Masrʹzādah[?] with his seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 344.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Inscriptions on upper and lower pastedowns. Label on upper cover.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 30 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 16 lines per page.
Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; some vowel signs ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال المصنف ؟ اما بعد حمد لله اما كلمة متضمنه لمعنى الشرط فلذلك لزم دخول الفاء فى جوابها لزوما ...
Colophon: تم الحمد لله على ما انعم على الانام وعلى نبيه افضل الصلوة والسلام
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and green and blue marbled paper. Gold-tooling on spine.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
68

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/95b2fcb7-82b6-43b9-b1ef-6be7dc90e2f7/manifest