Item Summary

Commentary on Manār al-anwār by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Nasafī.

Descriptive Information

Title
منار ابن ملك.
Transliterated Title
Manār Ibn Malak.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 2228Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/b2773z291
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1554
Extent
151 leaves : paper ; 207 x 135 (140 x 73) mm bound to 212 x 140 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: ʻAlī al-Riḍāyī (fol. 2a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 898
Brockelmann, GAL, II, 250 (commentary 4); S II, 263
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 2a).
Marginal notes. Poetry and notes (fol. 150a-b). Label on upper pastedown: "ELS No. 2228". Insert from bookseller with "1074" in red pencil.
Collation: Paper ; fol. ii (later paper) + 151 + i (later paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 25 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; overlining and other use of red ; watermarks (countermark roman-alphabet lettering "AB", "BP" with trefoil, unidentified mark) ; MS in very good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copied in 962 (fol. 148b).
Incipit: ... بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لله الحي الاحد حمد لا يحتويه الحد على ما اولانا علم الفروع ... وبعد يقول عبد اللطيف بن فرشته اوصلهما الله الى برشده ان ارباب البطانة وأصحاب الفطانة من خلص احبابى ومختلس مآبى قالوا
Colophon: الحمد لله على التمام ولرسوله افضل السلام وعلى اله الكرام در سنه / 962 م
Binding Note
Modern type III (without flap) binding in gold-sprinkled green and orange marbled paper. Cream paper pastedowns.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
155

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0737ae9b-a30a-40e6-9f14-7487364ba7dd/manifest