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كتاب اطباق الذهب / تأليف ابن الجوزي
Kitāb Aṭbāq al-dhahab / taʼlīf Ibn al-Jawzī
1630
A collection of 102 original discourses on religious, moral and social topics, an imitation of the Aṭwāq al-dhahab of al-Zamakhsharī.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- 6 Rajab 1039 [February 19, 1630]
- People
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- Author
- Iṣfahānī, ʻAbd al-Muʼmin ibn Hibat Allāh, -1203 or 1204
- اصفهاني، عبد المؤمن بن هبة الله، -1203 or 1204
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 137H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of 102 original discourses on religious, moral and social topics, an imitation of the Aṭwāq al-dhahab of al-Zamakhsharī.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب اطباق الذهب / تأليف ابن الجوزي
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb Aṭbāq al-dhahab / taʼlīf Ibn al-Jawzī
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 137H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dckh04f034b
- Publisher
- 6 Rajab 1039 [February 19, 1630]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1630
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 47 leaves : paper ; 209 x 155 (150 x 105) mm. bound to 209 x 156 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Brockelmann, GAL, I, p. 505.
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 204.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 47 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
- Layout: 16 lines per page ; ruled.
- Marginal notes and glosses. The name of the copyist is obliterated. In the introduction the author states that he composed this book at the request of Aḥmad ibn Maḥmūd ibn ʻAlī al-Juwaynī, and that in composing his book he imitated al-Zamakhshariʼs Aṭwāq al-dhahab. On the inside of the front cover are a charm for detecting foot-prints and the shahādah.
- Ms. codex.
- Origin: According to colophon copied Monday 6 Rajab 1039 (fol. 47a).
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Colophon: تمت نهار الاثنين في ستة خلة [خلت] من شهر رجب سنة 1039 ... ولمن قرأ له سورة الفاتحة وللمسلمين اجمعين امين
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وهو حسبي. اللهم انّا نحمدك على ما اسبلت من جلابيب کرمك
- Binding Note
- Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and white paper. Endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 104
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9249a5f3-b2a4-4316-8a10-6f08e5ecba5e/manifest