Details

Subject(s)

• Ibn Masʻūd, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī active 13th century—Marāḥ al-arwāḥ [Browse]
• Arabic language—Morphology—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 375H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on Marāḥ al-arwāḥ.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• A few marginal notes. Inscriptions, geometric figures and a kabīkaj (invocation against bookworms) on title page and the folio preceding. Calligraphy practice on fol. 76b.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 76 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
• Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; watermarks (anchor with a star on top) ; MS in good condition with some staining and several folios are worm-eaten.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحىم اللهم ىا مصرف القلوب صرف قلوبنا نحو رضائك
• Colophon: تم الكتاب المسمى بدنقوز لحمد الله رحمه واسه

Binding note

Contemporaneous? half-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and marbled paper.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 430.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1310845867

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