Author
Ibn 'Abd al-Razzāq, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim, -1727
Author Original
Ibn ʻAbd al-Razzāq, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ibrāhīm, -1727, ابن عبد الرزاق، عبد الرحمن بن ابراهيم -1727
Publication Date
1861
Publication Place
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[1861]
Subject
Damascus (Syria)—In literature—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Blind tooled bindings, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
102
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9949419223506421
Record ID
dc6395wj31m
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 268H
Date
1861-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1861
Notes
Elegant copy (tanmīq) of a treatise on the excellence of Damascus, in eight parts. See detailed description in Hitti, P. Garrett coll. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 3a)., Several inscriptions in verse on fol. 1a. Table of contents written by a later hand on fol. 2b. Fol. 98a-102b: Blank. Inscription on the upper cover in black ink using Western numerals: "815.", Collation: Paper ; fol. 120 ; ii (fly leaves with inscriptions, fol. 1 and 2 in the modern foliation) 1-10¹⁰ ; catchwords ; quires signed: 1-10 ; foliation in magenta ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red., Description: Rubricated ; watermarks., Origin: Copied by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣāliḥ Āghā al-Shāhbandar on Sunday 25 Shawwāl 1277 (colophon, fol. 97b)., Incipit: حمداً لمن فجر ينابيع الحكم والاحكام كما فجر الارض ... وبعد فيقول المفتقر ... لما شرفنى هذه الجامع الشريف لادآء الصلاة اشرف الموالى., Explicit: ما اتى السعد قائلا لك ارخ باح فى الشام معدن الاسرار وقد كان الفراغ من تاليفه فى غرة شهر ربيع الثانى سنة اربعين ومائة والف كما افاد ذلك ما بعد لفظ ارخ الواقع فى الختام وهو ... صلى الله عليه وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم. | Type II (with flap) binding in red leather and fabric over cardboards for upper and lower covers and envelope flap. Green and yellow central stamped mandorla on both covers. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina). | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 757, Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 409/13