مطول.

Muṭawwal.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
Rajab 1149 [November/December 1736]
Description
(v), 253 leaves : paper ; 220 x 133 (152 x 77) mm bound to 217 x 142 mm.

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    Summary note
    A commentary on Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from later title page (fol. (i)a).
    • Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Folios (1)b-(iv)a have a table of contents. Folios (iv)b-1a have a number of notes attributed to various scholars. MS is heavily annotated through first half and has several inserts.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. (v) + 253 + iii ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
    • Description: Text overlined in red ; watermarks (flyleaves and table of contents only) ; MS in good condition.
    • Decoration: First page illuminated with gold. Folios 1b and 2a frame-ruled in gold and black.
    • Origin: According to colophon copied Rajab 1149 by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá al-Bābī (fol. 253a).
    • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذى الهمنا حقائق المعنى ودقائق البيان ... وبعد فان احق الفضايل بالتقديم واسبقها ...
    • Colophon: تمم بحوله وقوته على يد ... السيد عبد الله ابن محمد بن مصطفى البابي اقاله الله ... وختم بالصالحات اوفاته انه ولى ذلك في رجب الحرم سنة تسع واربعين ومائة والالف
    Binding note
    Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in green fabric. Endbands.
    Language note
    Arabic;
    Script
    Fārisī.
    Provenance
    Ownership signatures: Khalīl ibn Ḥusayn al-[obscured], Muḥammad Amīn ibn Maḥmūd dated 1146 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 526.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1350859367
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