[شرح الهداية].

[Sharḥ al-Hidāyah]

Author
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
Ramaḍān 1136? [May/June 1724]
Description
148 leaves : paper ; 210 x 140 (140-150 x 55) mm bound to 215 x 143 mm.

Details

Subject(s)
Donor
Related name
Rare books genre
Summary note
A commentary on the sections on physics and metaphysics in the Hidāyat al-ḥikmah of Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī.
Notes
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Marginal and interlinear notes. Inscriptions (fol. 1a). Note dated 1236 [1820/1821] (fol. 148b).
  • Collation: Paper ; fol. 148 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
  • Layout: 14 lines per page.
  • Description: Text commented upon overlined in red ; watermarks (bend-in-shield; coat-of-arms) ; MS in good condition.
  • Origin: According to colophon copy completed Monday 2 Ramaḍān 1136? (fol. 148b).
  • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الهداية امر من لديه وکل امر يعود اليه له الحمد على ... اما بعد فيقول المعتصم بلطفه الابدى حسين ابن معين الدين ...
  • Colophon: وقد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذا الکتاب يوم الاثنين من اثنين شهر رمضان المبارك سنة الف مائا [ومائة] وست وثلثون [وثلثين]
Binding note
Later type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled decorative edging. Multi-colored endbands.
Language note
Arabic;
Script
Fārisī
Provenance
Seal impressions (fol. 148b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
  • Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 829.
  • Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 474.
  • Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5065.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
1340422546
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