An abridgment of the author's Ghunyat al-mutamallī, a commentary on Munyat al-muṣallī.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "MX No. 1". Inserts.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 225 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 20 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Watermarks (crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red, pink, yellow and white. Opening spread frame-ruled in gold and black (fol. 1b-2a).
Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذى جعل العبادة مفتح السعادة ... وبعد فيقول المفتقر الى رحمة ربه الغنى ابراهيم بن محمد بن ابراهيم الحلبى قد كنت شرحت كتاب منية المصلى شرحا وسميته بغنية المتملى لكن رايت فيه بعض الاطالة التى ربما اوجبت للمبتدئين والقاصرين ملالة فاجيب ان اخبصر من فوايد دلائلة وازيد فى فوايد مسائله تسهيلا للطالبين ...
Ending: نحن نرزقك والعاقبة للتقوى
Binding note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled inner and outer decorative frame. Green paper pastedowns with block-pressed design. Multi-colored endbands.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1753.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 228.
A catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, 359.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
1340424833
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