Commentary on al-Miṣbāḥ fī al-naḥw, a treaise on grammar by Nāṣir ibn ʻAbd al-Sayyid al-Muṭarrizī (d. 684/1285)
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from inscription on fol. 2b.
Physical description: 15 lines per page. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. European paper with watermark ; glossy. Ḥāshiyah on the margins. A few slips of paper with annotations placed between the leaves. Several inscriptions on fol. 1a and 2a, including ownership statements. Kabīkaj on fol. 2b. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Stained with water. Traces of glue on fol. 1b.
Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Naḥw thānī 96". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on pastedown of the upper cover: "1066/2 Ḥ".
Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on a Friday in Muḥarram 1030 [Nov.-Dec. 1620] by Muḥammad ibn al-ḥājj Ibrāhīm (fol. 129a, followed by verses of poetry in Persian).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والله نعم المعين رب زدنى علما والحقنى بالصالحين ان احق ما يتوشح بذكره صدور الكتب والدفاتر ... [4ب] ... رب تمّم بالخير قال الامام ناصر الدين ابو المكارم المطرزى الله [5أ] قوله اما بعد حمد الله اما كلمة فيها معنى الشرط فلذلك كانت الفاء لازمة
Explicit: الى الملال فاقتصرت على القدر فليس الرأى عن النشاق والله اعلم بالصواب تم
Binding note
Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Central blind stamped scalloped roundel and outer border consisting of fillets. Paper pastedowns.
Provenance
Ownership statement in the name of al-Sayyid ʻUmar al-Fakrī ibn Muḥammad Amīn al-Slāmbulī and impressions of a stamp on fol. 1a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 3490
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 293/15 (I.Com. 1) ; SI
Other format(s)
Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
Other title(s)
حاشيه مصباح من النحو
Title in inscription on fol. 1a
Ḥāshiyah-ʾi Miṣbāḥ min al-naḥw
OCLC
183212185
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