Item Summary

A work on shooting and marksmanship, the qualifications of the marksman, his equipment and his training.

Descriptive Information

Title
نزهة الناظر.
Transliterated Title
Nuzʹhat al-nāẓir.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1167H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc8p58pr703
Publisher
[16th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500-1599
Format
Manuscript
Extent
88 leaves : paper ; 204 x 147 (171 x 100) mm bound to 204 x 148 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 2211.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1a-62b: Nuzʹhat al-nāẓir
2. fol. 62b-88b: [Poetry]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from text (fol. 2b).
Marginal notes. A later hand gives the title of the book on the inside of the front cover as Kitāb fī ramy al-qaws wa-al-bunduq wa-al-nashshāb. Fawāʼid on folio 1a.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 88 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين ... و بعد فانه التمس من استوجب على حقا ان اجمع لله في طريقة البندق ...
Colophon: والله اعلم بالصواب وحسبنا الله و نعم الوکيل و الحمد لله وحده
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and purple paper with black and yellow dotted pattern.

Discovery Information

Subject
Archery—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
184

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d006476c-e090-417e-aba9-ca99ddc14057/manifest