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كتاب عيون المجالس وسرور الدارس / تأليف ابي عبد الله ظاهر الحدادي البخاري.
Kitāb ʻUyūn al-majālis wa-surūr al-dāris / taʼlīf Abī ʻAbd Allāh Ẓāhir al-Ḥaddādī al-Bukhārī.
1300-1760
A book of homilies, containing a commentary on the Qurʼān and the lives of Muḥammad, his Companions and other distinguished personalities, specially composed for the use of preachers and teachers.
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- Publisher
- [not after 1760]
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 123Hq
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A book of homilies, containing a commentary on the Qurʼān and the lives of Muḥammad, his Companions and other distinguished personalities, specially composed for the use of preachers and teachers.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب عيون المجالس وسرور الدارس / تأليف ابي عبد الله ظاهر الحدادي البخاري.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb ʻUyūn al-majālis wa-surūr al-dāris / taʼlīf Abī ʻAbd Allāh Ẓāhir al-Ḥaddādī al-Bukhārī.
- Call Number
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 123Hq
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/wp988v27h
- Publisher
- [not after 1760]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1300-1760
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- (4), 225 leaves : paper ; 265 x 180 (220 x 145) mm bound to 266 x 186 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership signatures: Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Saqqāf with his seal impression; other obscured signatures (fol. 1a); ... ʻAbd al-Bāqī al-Samarqandī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān dated 1173 (fol. 225b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 182.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- Marginal and interlinear notes. Table of contents (fol. iiib-ivb). On title page are a note giving the date of the authorʼs death, two verses of poetry extolling the value of the book, and other inscriptions. Title also on label on slipcover.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. iv (later paper) + 225 ; quires signed: al-thānī-al-thālith wa-al-ʻashrūn ; foliation skips from 20 to 31 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 33 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; some vowel signs ; watermarks (later preliminary leaves only: coat-of-arms, eagle) ; MS in fair condition; fol. 2-3 and colophon defective with some loss of text.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 291.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم. الحمد لله الذي جعل العلم زيناً للدين ... وهداية للمهتدين ...
- Colophon: ... فرغ منه کاتبه لنفسه ولمن شاء الله ... محمد ابن احمد ... صاحبها
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces, sidepieces and blind-tooled decorative edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Dark green paper pastedowns. Not sewn. In case of red leather and marbled paper (269 x 194 mm)
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 441
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/6af8d30b-16e7-41c4-ab0e-5f2b41bdd58c/manifest