Item Summary

Commentary on al-Misbāḥ fī al-naḥw, a treatise on grammar by al-Muṭarrizī (d. 610/1213).

Descriptive Information

Title
ضوء المصباح.
Transliterated Title
[Ḍawʼ al-Miṣbāh]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 315H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcc821gw069
Language
Arabic
Extent
130 leaves : paper ; 210 x 135 (155 x 65) mm. bound to 196 x 135 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 342.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Collation: Paper ; fol. 130 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition but several folios are worm-eaten and others are stained with dampness.
Layout: 17 lines per page ; ruled.
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه العون ... اما بعد حمد الله ذى الانعام اما كلمة فيها معنى الشرط فلذلك كانت الفاء
Binding Note
Contemporaneous? half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and block-pressed paper. Multi-colored endbands. Re-used MS page showing through the damage on the upper cover.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
270

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f477f55b-a7fe-4405-a834-50761d87c870/manifest