Item Summary

A collection of parts of the Qurʼān, wise sayings, stories, prayers and poems by various authors.

Descriptive Information

Title
مجموع مبارك.
Transliterated Title
Majmūʻ mubārak.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 168H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcnz806846k
Publisher
[15--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1599
Format
Manuscript
Extent
282 leaves : paper ; 209 x 113 (170 x 85) mm. bound to 207 x 120 mm.
Provenance
On folio 3a ib the autograph and seal impression of an owner, Muṣṭafá. On the title page is the autograph of the copyist, Muḥammad al-A[...] , dated 1006 [1597/8] and an Arabic seal impression inscribed: ʻʻwhat God wishes, there is no power but through God.ʼʼ Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 236.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 5a).
Marginal notes and glosses. On the two folios before the title page are three poems by Abū ʻAlī ibn Sīnā 370-428 [980-1036/7]; several poems by the Sulṭān al-Malik al-Nāṣir ibn Dāwūd ibn al-Malik ʻĪsá ... ibn al-ʻĀdil Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb, who reigned 624-626 [1227-1228]; a statement that the MS is dedicated to the Ḥamawī Mosque; several verses of poetry; several verses by al-Thaʻālibī 350-429 [961/2-1037/8]; several verses by Ibn ʻArabī 560-638 [1164/5-1240/1]; a table of contents, with the headings within circles; a statement about the phases of the moon; and a birth and a death date. After the ending are several dates of birth and death. Some small slips with poems on them are inserted between the folios; several folios are blank.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 282 + i ; foliated in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17-23 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Written in thuluth and other scripts ; rubricated ; vowel signs ; in red, green and black ink ; some parts within circles ; watermarks (anchor?) ; MS in good condition.
Incipit: القاضي صلاح الدين ابوالصفاء خليل بن ايبك ابن الالبلي الصفدي. اقول وقد رق عيشي
Ending: وادع لي من هواك بالفرح
Binding Note
Type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants. Decorative blind-tooled edging. Blind-stamped motif and blind-tooled edging on flap. Endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Arabic literature—Early works to 1800
Blind tooled bindings
Headbands
Autographs
Stamps
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
584

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/728b41fa-407e-48c7-8c1a-0bdcd7a4b1cf/manifest