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Subject(s)

• Zarnūjī, Burhān al-Dīn active 12th century-13th century—Taʻlīm al-mutaʻallim ṭarīq al-taʻallum [Browse]
• Islamic learning and scholarship—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. 497H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]
• Stamps [Browse]
• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on Taʻlīm al-mutaʻallim fī ṭarīq al-taʻallum.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• A few marginal notes. Folios 1-37 are by one hand and folios 38-60 by another. Inscriptions on upper pastedown, fol. (1)a-2a and 62b including a fāʼidah about belief and proper behavior on fol. 1a.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 62 + (2), folio 62 also labeled "(1)" ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 17 lines per page ; fols. 1-38 frame-ruled in red.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (design in a circle) ; text overlined in red ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: According to colophon copied 1178 (fol. 61b).
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه تستعين الحمد لله الذي انزل علينا بانواع النعم ولطايف الاحسان ... وبعد فلما رأيت الكتاب المسمى بتعلم العلم مرغوبا بين اولى التعليم والتعلم خصوصا بين الطالبين ...
• Colophon: تمت [تم] الکتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في وقت الظهر ينادي المؤذ[ن] على [ال]منارة سنة 1178

Binding note

Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in light brown leather and blue and yellow marbled paper.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Fārisī.

Provenance

Seal impressions on fol. (1)a. Ownership signature of Ibrāhīm Afandī in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish on fol. 1a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 786.
• Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 325.
• Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, VII, p. 175.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340425070

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