انوار التنزيل واسرار التأويل.

Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl.

Author
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[16--?]
Description
2 volumes (293, 255 leaves) : paper ; 217 x 145 (155 x 88) mm bound to 219 x 146-152 mm

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 653H Browse related items Reading Room Request
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  • Vol. 1-2

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    Summary note
    Commentary on the Qurʼān, with fihrist on leaves ib-iib.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from text on leaf 1b, volume 1.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + (ii) + 293 + ii (vol.1) fol. i + (ii) + 256 + iii (vol. 2) ; catchwords ; continuous foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 29 lines per page ; leaves 1b-2a of volume 1 frame-ruled in red and gold; remainder of MS frame-ruled in double red lines.
    • Description: Written in miniscule script in black on tan glazed, laid Arabic paper ; rubricated ; MS in fair condition, extensive staining; some smudging and paper repairs.
    • Incipit: الحمد لله الذي نزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا ... و بعد فان اعظم العلوم مقدارا وارفعها شرفا ومنارا علم التفسير الذي هو رئيس العلوم الدينية وبرأسها ومبنى قواعد الشرع واساسها
    Binding note
    Type II (with flap) binding in maroon leather. Blind-stamped central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces, and fillets. Marbled paper pastedowns. Volume 2 is missing flap.
    Language note
    Arabic.
    Provenance
    • Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
    • Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
    Source acquisition
    Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
    References
    Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 530; SI, 738
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    Other title(s)
    تفسير بيضاوي نصف
    Title from volume1, leaf ia by a later hand
    • Tafsīr Bayḍāwī niṣf
    OCLC
    843112092
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