Author
Aʻlam al-Baṭalyawsī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, -1239 or 1240
Author Original
Aʻlam al-Baṭalyawsī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, -1239 or 1240, اعلم البطليوسي، ابراهيم بن محمد، -1239 or 1240
Publication Date
1394
Publication Place
-
Jumada al-Ūla 796 [March 1394]
Subject
Islamic cosmology—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, magic squares, Headbands, Gold tooled bindings, Blind tooled bindings, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
108
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963573763506421
Record ID
dcvd66w9532
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 591H
Date
01-01-1394 T00:00:00 F/399-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1394-399
Notes
A work on the wonders of creation, treating of precious stones and their properties, plants and fruits, the peculiarities of animals, the ocean and its wonders, the western sea which is called "the sea of darkness", and its wonders, the sea of China, an account of the famous rivers and their wonders, springs and their wonders, and mountains and the remains found in them. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., A few marginal notes. On the title page occurs a table of contents. The edges were trimmed, and to preserve the notes some of them were folded. Fāʼidah follows the text with a magic square and magic alphabet letters., Collation: Paper ; fol. 108 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 16 lines per page., Description: Rubricated ; author's name, added later, written in green ink on fol. 1b ; folios 97-107 are different type of paper ; watermarks (fol. 1-96: crown-star-crescent, roman-alphabet initial countermark "VG[?]" with clover in between; fol. 98-107: coat-of-arms with a snake) ; MS in good condition; mended. MS is rare., Origin: According to colophon copied middle of Jumādá al-Ūlá 796 (fol. 107b)., Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صلى الله على سيدنا محمد تاليف الشيخ الراهيم بن محمد بن يوسف البطليوسى فصل في ذکر عجائب الاحجار وخواقها ومعرفة منافعها ..., Colophon: وهذا آخر کلام على الجبال وعجائبها وما وجدناه منصوصا وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم تسليما بتاريخ اواسط جماد[ى] الاولى عام 796 غفر الله لمن دعا لکتبه [لکاتبه] بالمغفرة والرحمة وتاب الله للجميع امين. وآخر دعوانا ان الحمد لله رب العالمين ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم | Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Gold-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled decorative edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Green and red paper pastedowns with floral design. Endbands. Repairs to binding in red leather. | Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 774.
İnternette mevcut
arks.princeton.edu
Koleksiyonlar
Middle East Manuscripts, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Bağışlayan
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961