Item Summary

A commentary, with grammatical analysis, on al-Kāfiyah.

Descriptive Information

Title
وافية حاجي بابا في شرح الكافية لاابن الحاجب.
Transliterated Title
Wāfiyat Ḥājjī Bābā fī sharḥ al-Kāfiyah li-Ibn al-Ḥājib.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 332H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dch702qh670
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1564
Extent
93, (2) leaves : paper ; 212 x 149 (142 x 77) mm. bound to 210 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 371.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), V, p. 12.
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium (1846), 496².
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 6573/4.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes. Title page has several pious inscriptions and a lengthy note on the text. Title on lower edge of text block.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 93 + (2) ; catchwords ; pagination in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; watermarks (anchor in circle with a star on top) ; MS in good condition, water staining through entire MS.
Origin: According to colophon copied 972 (fol. 93b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة على محمد واله اجمعين. اما بعد فيقول العبد الضعيف الفقير الحاج بابا بن الشيخ ابراهيم
Colophon: تم بعون الله تعالى تاريخ سنة 972
Binding Note
Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in dark brown leather and paper.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
202

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/31d06574-cd6e-4754-8a0a-e456258f1df7/manifest