Author
Kashfī, Jaʻfar ibn Abī Isḥāq, -1850 or 1851. Kashfī, Jaʻfar ibn Abi Ishaq, -1850 or 1851.
Author Original
كشفي، جعفر بن ابي اسحاق،
Publication Date
1818
Subject
Intellect > Religious aspects > Islam. Islamic ethics. Islamic philosophy. Manuscripts, Persian.
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
257 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 268 x 172 (200 x 110) mm, bound to 272 x 180 mm manuscript.
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
13893200
Library Location
Online
Date
1818
Notes
Manuscript codex. Layout: 21-22 long lines. Script: Written in nasta'liq for Persian and naskh for Arabic. Decoration: Rubrications in red. 17 larger illustrations about knowledge, chiefly in black and brown with some polychrome including green, orange, blue (f. 5v, 15v, 19r, 23v, 25v, 31v, 33r, 38r, 39r, 43v, 47r, 48v, 54r, 57v, 107v, 129r, 130r). Several leaves of tables in black (f. 152r, 190v-192v, 208v-213r). Shelfmark: MS Or 146. A leaf with a section of Jamī's poem Yūsuf va Zulaykhā was previously laid in with this manuscript; it has been removed and cataloged separately as MS Or 146a. Origin: Copy completed in 1233 AH. (f. 362v). Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Black leather with embossed, painted, and laquered central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces. Framed in Arabic calligraphy citing a ḥadīth from the Prophet Muḥammad. Doublure is printed paper with honeycomb pattern in brown, orange, blue, and red.
Sample Text
Copy of a treatise; two volumes in one; the first about intellect, reason, ignorance, the second about politics. The copy has several watercolor illustrations.
Erişim ve Kullanım
Digital version available with no restrictions
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1120094798
