Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl. - Bayḍāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, -1286?. (1556)
Elegant copy of a commentary on the Qurān.
Ms. codex.
Title from preamble of text (fol. 1b, l. 20). The same title appears in the colophon (fol. 417b).
Physical description: 33 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink with use of red for the commented text ; headings in gold (blue on fol. 259b) ; gold circular text-stops on fol. 1b. Thin dark cream paper with pulp and laid lines visible. The text is framed in gold, black and blue. Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) in blue, red, white , and gold on fol. 1b. Decoration in blue on the margin of the colophon (fol. 417b in the foliation in red ink). The text is partially vocalized. Ḥāshiyah (some attributed to Saʻdī Efendi) and corrections on the margin. Small piece of paper with inscription in Ottoman Turkish between fol. 154 and 155. Ḥāshiyah on a piece of paper placed between fol. 194 and 195, 203 and 204. Foliation in red ink using Arabic numerals (omits the first fol.). Lower margin worm-eaten. Last six leaves stained.
Badly damaged binding with flap, in dark brown leather with stamping and tooling. Modern paper pastedown and free endpaper.
Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on Tuesday 17 [Dhū] al-Qaʻdah 963 [Sept. 22, 1556] (fol. 417b).
Waqf of ʻĀʼishah Fāṭimah Khātūn bint ʻAbbās Çelebi ibn Khwājah Ṭūradī (or Tūraṭī) Muḥammad al-Marʻashī for her son al-Ḥājj Ḥusayn, the people of "baldat al-Līthāq" and the people of Marʻash (inscription fol. 1a; waqf statement after colophon, fol. 417b). Acquired by Robert Garrett from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut), 1925.
Keywords: Qurʼan -- Commentaries -- History -- 13th century -- Sources; Manuscripts, Arabic -- New Jersey -- Princeton; donation inscriptions; headpieces (layout features); illuminated manuscripts