طوالع الانوار / للقاضي عبد الله ابي القاسم علي بن محمد ابن عمر البيضاوي

Ṭawāliʻ al-anwār / lil-Qāḍī ʻAbd Allāh Abī al-Qāsim ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad Ibn ʻUmar al-Bayḍāwī.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1318 or 1319]
Description
i, 55, i leaves: paper ; 175 x 129 (122 x 82) mm. bound to 175 x 135 mm.

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    Restrictions note
    Access limited: Material extremely fragile; Apply to curator of manuscripts.
    Summary note
    Treatise on kalām, comprising an introduction and three books.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from title page (fol. 1a).
    • Physical description: 19 lines per page. Written in small naskh in black ink, with use of red ; few diacritical marks. Dark cream paper, with a few lines and pulp visible. Quaternions. Worm eaten ; fragile.
    • Origin: According to inscription at the end of the text, copied in 718 H. (fol. 55a).
    • Incipit: الحمد لمن وجب وجوده وبقاؤه وامتنع عدمه وفناؤه دل على وجوده ارضه وسماؤه ... وبعد فان اعظم المعلوم موضوعا واقومها اصولا وفروعا واقوتها حجة ودليلا واجلاها محجة وسبيلا هو العلم الكافل بابراز اسرار اللاهوت
    • Explicit: ما ورد فى مناقبهم وحكى من آثارهم نفعنا الله تع بمحبتهم اجمعين وجعلنا لهديهم متبعين وعصمنا عن زيغ الضالين وبعثنا يوم الدين فى عداد الهادين بفضله العظيم وفيضه العميم انه سميع مجيب
    Binding note
    Quarter bound in yellow paper and brown leather. Rebacked. Modern paper pastedown and free endpaper.
    Provenance
    Several ownership statements on fol. 1a, including one in the name of Maʻtūq ibn ʻAlī (appears twice, dated 1114H. and 1117 H. respectively), of Ḥusayn al-Wafāʾī(?) (dated 1150 H.), and of Sulaymān, muftī in Aleppo. Acquired by Robert Garrett from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut), 1925.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    • Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 1488
    • Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 418/VI ; SI
    Other format(s)
    Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
    Other title(s)
    طوالع الانوار من مطالع الانظار
    Title from preamble of text (fol. 2a, l. 2-3)
    • Ṭawāliʻ al-anwār min maṭāliʻ al-anẓār
    OCLC
    227036009
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