Item Summary

A work on the marvels of creation, paradise, and hell. The work is of a legendary nature and is attributed to the prophet Daniel.

Descriptive Information

Title
کتاب العظمه من کتب الدفاين من کتب دانيال.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb al-ʻAẓamah min kutub al-dafāyin min kutub Dāniyāl.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1017H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcnp193n813
Publisher
[18th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Format
Manuscript
Extent
74 leaves : paper ; 210 x 155 (160 x 110) mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 778.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes. Partially-obscured inscriptions on title page.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 74 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 14 lines per page.
Description: Headings in green and red ; watermarks (anchor) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from XVIIIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي احسن تدبير الکائنات فخلق الارضين والسماوات ... وبعد فان الله تعالي خلق مغارة في الدنيا وامر القلم ان يكبب في ذالك المغاره ...
Colophon: والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على من لا نبي بعده وبالله التوفيق
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

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

Physical Characteristics

File Count
152

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a822a39b-0629-4b88-8a38-a4845879e342/manifest