Item Summary

A commentary on Maṭāliʻ al-anwār, a work on logic by Siraj al-Dīn al-Urmawī.

Descriptive Information

Title
لوامع الاسرار في شرح مطالع الانوار.
Transliterated Title
Lawāmiʻ al-asrār fī sharḥ Maṭāliʻ al-anwār.
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 122Lq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc5t34sx69k
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1725
Extent
178 leaves : paper ; 330 x 205 (240 x 122) mm bound to 332 x 210 mm.
Provenance
Obscured ownership signature dated 1242, seal impressions of Jawād ? (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 848.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, pp. 340, 595.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5087.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preface (fol. 2b, line 20).
Marginal notes.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 178 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 22 lines per page.
Description: Paper tinted blue ; watermarks (coat-of-arms, roman-alphabet letters "AM") ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed 15 Jumādá al-Awwal 1137 by ʻAbbās ibn Ḥunayn al-Qazwīnī (fol. 178a).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله فياض ذوارف العوارف .... بعد فان العلوم على تشعب ...
Colophon: حرره عباس بن حنين القزويني ... وفقه الله تعالى ... حرر في 15 شهر جمادى الاول من شهور سنة 1137
Binding Note
Later? type III (without flap) binding in light brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled decorative edging. Yellow paper pastedowns.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
372

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/ff4a4603-382a-4a99-ae3a-35e71824ac60/manifest