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The mirror of the heavens and the lesson of the awakening in knowing the events of time and the fluctuations of human conditions [wa-tān] the history of some famous notables, baʻḍ al-mashhūrīn al-aʻyān. — Mirʼāt al-jinān wa-ʻibrat al-yaqẓān, The Mirror of Heaven and the Lesson of Yaqzan
(مرآة الجنان وعبرة اليقظان في معرفة حوادث الزمان وتقلب احوال الانسان وتاريخ بعض المشهورين الاعيان )

Title The mirror of the heavens and the lesson of the awakening in knowing the events of time and the fluctuations of human conditions [wa-tān] the history of some famous notables, baʻḍ al-mashhūrīn al-aʻyān. — Mirʼāt al-jinān wa-ʻibrat al-yaqẓān, The Mirror of Heaven and the Lesson of Yaqzan
Title Original مرآة الجنان وعبرة اليقظان في معرفة حوادث الزمان وتقلب احوال الانسان وتاريخ بعض المشهورين الاعيان
Author Yafi'i, 'Abd Allah ibn As'ad, -1367
Author Original Yāfiʻī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Asʻad, -1367, يافعي، عبد الله بن اسعد، -1367
Publication Date: 1564
Publication Place - [1564-1565].
Subject Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Islamic Empire—History—Early works to 1800, Blind tooled bindings
Type Book
Language ar
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 484
Library: Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID 9947304083506421
Record ID dc2z10x306d
Library Location Special Collections Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 174Hq
Date 1564-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1565-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1564-1565
Notes Chronicle of events in the Muslim world covering the years 1-750 [622-1350], incomplete at the beginning. | Ms. codex., Title from beginning of text (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes., Collection: Paper ; fol. (1) + 484 + (1); catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 31 long lines per page., Description: Written in a casual medium small script in black ink with use of red for headings and re-inking ; glazed paper with chain lines and laid lines visible., Origin: Juzʼ 1 copied on 18 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 972 (colophon, fol. 265a); juzʼ 2 copied on 6 Jumādá al-Ākhirah 973 (colophon, fol. 484a)., Incipit juzʼ 1 (fol. 1a): قنوع بما فيه الحبير اقامَه وقدّرَه راضى القضَا غير مسخاط وسميته مراة الجنان ... الاعيان مرتبا على سنّى الهجرة النبوية ... السنه الاولي من الهجرة هاجر صلى الله عليه وسلم من مكه المعظمه الى المدينه المكرمه, Explicit juzʼ1 (fol. 265a): وسيل الفقيه المذكور عن حاله وقت الضرب فقال كنت اقرا سّوره يسّ فلم اشعر بالضرب والله اعلم, Incipit juzʼ 2 (fol.266b): بسم ... الهُمَّ يسر واعن سنه احدى واربعماية فيها اقام صاحب الموصل الدعوه ببلده للحاكم احد الخلفاء الباطنيه, Explicit juzʼ 2 (fol. 484a): بيننا وبين احبابنا فى جنات النعيم انه الجواد المنان ذو الفضل العظيم امين امين تم التاريخ الموسوم بمراة الجنان ... انه يختم القول الحميد ويفتح وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم تسليماً كثيراً | 1. fol. 1a-265a: al-Juzʼ al-awwal (covering the years 1-400 [622-1009/10]), 2. fol. 266a-484a: al-Juzʼ al-thānī (covering the years 401-750 [1010-1350]). | Type II (with flap) binding in leather over paper pasteboard. The upper cover has a blind-tooled central mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled edging. The lower cover has a central mandorla with a different pattern and an outer frame made of blind fillets. Flap of lighter brown leather with small blind-stamped motif and blind-tooled edging. Repaired. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina). | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 591, Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 177/9, SII, 228/13
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The mirror of the heavens and the lesson of the awakening in knowing the events of time and the fluctuations of human conditions [wa-tān] the history of some famous notables, baʻḍ al-mashhūrīn al-aʻyān. — Mirʼāt al-jinān wa-ʻibrat al-yaqẓān, The Mirror of Heaven and the Lesson of Yaqzan

(مرآة الجنان وعبرة اليقظان في معرفة حوادث الزمان وتقلب احوال الانسان وتاريخ بعض المشهورين الاعيان )
Author Yafi'i, 'Abd Allah ibn As'ad, -1367
Author Original Yāfiʻī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Asʻad, -1367, يافعي، عبد الله بن اسعد، -1367
Publication Date 1564
Publication Place - [1564-1565].
Subject Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Islamic Empire—History—Early works to 1800, Blind tooled bindings
Type Book
Language ar
Digital Yes
Manuscript Yes
Pages Count 484
Library Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID 9947304083506421
Record ID dc2z10x306d
Library Location Special Collections Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 174Hq
Date 1564-01-01 T00:00:00 AH/1565-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1564-1565
Notes Chronicle of events in the Muslim world covering the years 1-750 [622-1350], incomplete at the beginning. | Ms. codex., Title from beginning of text (fol. 1a)., Marginal notes., Collection: Paper ; fol. (1) + 484 + (1); catchwords; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 31 long lines per page., Description: Written in a casual medium small script in black ink with use of red for headings and re-inking ; glazed paper with chain lines and laid lines visible., Origin: Juzʼ 1 copied on 18 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 972 (colophon, fol. 265a); juzʼ 2 copied on 6 Jumādá al-Ākhirah 973 (colophon, fol. 484a)., Incipit juzʼ 1 (fol. 1a): قنوع بما فيه الحبير اقامَه وقدّرَه راضى القضَا غير مسخاط وسميته مراة الجنان ... الاعيان مرتبا على سنّى الهجرة النبوية ... السنه الاولي من الهجرة هاجر صلى الله عليه وسلم من مكه المعظمه الى المدينه المكرمه, Explicit juzʼ1 (fol. 265a): وسيل الفقيه المذكور عن حاله وقت الضرب فقال كنت اقرا سّوره يسّ فلم اشعر بالضرب والله اعلم, Incipit juzʼ 2 (fol.266b): بسم ... الهُمَّ يسر واعن سنه احدى واربعماية فيها اقام صاحب الموصل الدعوه ببلده للحاكم احد الخلفاء الباطنيه, Explicit juzʼ 2 (fol. 484a): بيننا وبين احبابنا فى جنات النعيم انه الجواد المنان ذو الفضل العظيم امين امين تم التاريخ الموسوم بمراة الجنان ... انه يختم القول الحميد ويفتح وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم تسليماً كثيراً | 1. fol. 1a-265a: al-Juzʼ al-awwal (covering the years 1-400 [622-1009/10]), 2. fol. 266a-484a: al-Juzʼ al-thānī (covering the years 401-750 [1010-1350]). | Type II (with flap) binding in leather over paper pasteboard. The upper cover has a blind-tooled central mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled edging. The lower cover has a central mandorla with a different pattern and an outer frame made of blind fillets. Flap of lighter brown leather with small blind-stamped motif and blind-tooled edging. Repaired. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina). | Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 591, Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 177/9, SII, 228/13
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