هذا الكتاب في صناعة الاحجار وخواصها.

Hādhā al-Kitāb fī ṣināʻat al-aḥjār wa-khawāṣṣihā.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Arabic
  • Persian
Published/​Created
[19th century]
Description
41 leaves : paper ; 184 x 112 (132 x 65) mm bound to 183 x 114 mm.

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    Summary note
    A treatise treating of fifty-four different precious stones. The title page says it is arranged by 60 precious stones.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from title page (fol. 1a).
    • Folios 40a-41a contain notes about stones, glass, crystal, etc. in Arabic and Persian.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. 41 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 17 lines per page.
    • Description: Embossed "imitation" watermark bearing the text "athar jadīd ʻahd humāyūn" ; rubricated ; verse separators and other use of red ; MS in excellent condition.
    • Origin: MS from late XlXth century.
    • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله العزيز الغفار * لواحد القهار ... اما بعد فهذه كتاب ضفته ووضعته في صنايع الاحجار يحتاجه كل ذى لب زوى الاقتدار ليعرف ما فيها من النفع وما فيها من الاسرار ...
    • Colophon: ختمت. وبه ثقتي وهو حسبي ونعم الوکيل وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم. م.م.م
    Binding note
    Contemporaneous quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in fabric and green, red and yellow marbled paper.
    Language note
    In Arabic with some fawāʼid in Persian.
    Provenance
    Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1074.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1345292992
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