Subject
Shaykhī[Browse]Shīʻah[Browse]Islam—Doctrines[Browse]Islamic law[Browse]Islamic philosophy[Browse]Astronomy, Arab[Browse]Medicine, Arab[Browse]Medicine, Persian[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
ca. 2400 items (195 linear ft.)
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
84590342
Record ID
9928482563506421
Library Location
Special Collections - Manuscripts
Notes
Consists of approximately 5000 texts in 2194 volumes. Includes works in Arabic (ca. 2400), Persian (ca. 2000 texts), and Ottoman Turkish (ca. 600 texts). There is also a small collection of nineteenth century lacquered bindings and illuminated Persian manuscripts. The new series of Islamic manuscripts represents that part of Princeton's Islamic manuscripts collection acquired between the accession of the Garrett Collection in 1942 and the creation of the third series in 1982. The collection is particularly strong in the areas of logic, philosphy, uṣūl al-fiqh, theology, grammar and Sufism. In addition there is a sizeable number of works on mathematics, astronomy and medicine, and a significant number of Shaykhi manuscripts. Persian poetic and Shīʻite theological works are well represented, too.
Kaynak
The collection was formed between 1955 and 1982, primarily by Rudolf Mach. Mach was curator of the Near east Collections, Princeton University Library (1955-1977) and Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies until his death in 1981.
Referanslar
Most of the Arabic texts are analyzed in Handlist of Arabic Manuscripts (New Series) in the Princeton University Library, by Rudolf Mach and Eric L. Ormsby (Princeton, 1987).
