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هذا كتاب اسمه اعجب العجاب ... / الفه منياس ... .
Hādhā kitāb ismuhu aʻjab al-ʻujāb ... / allafahu Manyās ... .
1437
A work of encyclopeadic nature by Mahmut bin Kadı Manyas, known as Manyas oǧlu (see start of text), covering questions of fiqh (in a section written in the form of fetvas), science, including subjects of mathematics and animals, and ʻilm al-ḥurūf. Title in Ṭāhir, ʻOM, given as: "Acab ül-acayip".
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- Publisher
- [1437 or 1438]
- People
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- Language
- Ottoman Turkish
- Subject
- Fatwas—Turkey—Early works to 1800
- Islamic law—Sources—Early works to 1800
- Mathematics—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800
- Islamic cosmology—Early works to 1800
- Zoology—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800
- Arabic alphabet—Symbolic aspects—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton
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Item Summary
A work of encyclopeadic nature by Mahmut bin Kadı Manyas, known as Manyas oǧlu (see start of text), covering questions of fiqh (in a section written in the form of fetvas), science, including subjects of mathematics and animals, and ʻilm al-ḥurūf. Title in Ṭāhir, ʻOM, given as: "Acab ül-acayip".
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هذا كتاب اسمه اعجب العجاب ... / الفه منياس ... .
- Transliterated Title
- Hādhā kitāb ismuhu aʻjab al-ʻujāb ... / allafahu Manyās ... .
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1010
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bk128995t
- Publisher
- [1437 or 1438]
- Language
- Ottoman Turkish
- Date Created
- 1437
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- i, 93, i leaves : paper ; 245 x 162 (180 x 102) mm. bound to 248 x 166 mm.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from fol. 1a.
- Copied by Mehmet bin Abdullah in 841 (1437-38) -- colophon (fol. 83b).
- 13 lines per page. Text is written in black ink with use of red for rubrication, inside a single line frame in red ink. Glazed paper with prominent pulp and no chain or laid lines visible. Short inscriptions on verso of front flyleaf and fol. 1a. A small almond shaped stamp on fol. 1a and 1b. Some marginal annotations. Short inscriptions and numerical tables and lists on the inside of both covers.
- Incipit:الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة علي اقضل رسله محمد وآله اجمعين وبعد فيقول اضعف الناس واحوجهم الي الملك الناس محمود بن قاضي منياس المشهور بمنياس اوغلي
- Explicit: نظر اكه ارشمش دكلدر والحمد لله على اتمام والصلوة اولا واخرا على افضل رسله محمد واله تمت
- Binding Note
- Green fabric covering original binding in leather. Pastedowns in yellow paper. Flyleaves in marbled paper.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Fatwas—Turkey—Early works to 1800
- Islamic law—Sources—Early works to 1800
- Mathematics—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800
- Islamic cosmology—Early works to 1800
- Zoology—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800
- Arabic alphabet—Symbolic aspects—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 194
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f13b100a-0252-47d5-9444-aef5b8155ee6/manifest