Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 502H.
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS2387
- Shelfmark:
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 502H.
- Title:
- Kitāb Madkhal Kūshyār wa-Risālah fī al-ḥisāb ... etc..
- Place:
- Khwārazm
- Date:
- between 1263 and 1580
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 51 leaves : paper ; 192 x 147 (120-125 x 105) mm. bound to 192 x 152 mm.
- Note:
- Ms. composite codex.
Title from inscription on fol. 1a.
Inscription in Western numerals in black ink on the upper left corner of the upper cover (corresponds to Brill's list. See Houtsma, M. Th. Catalogue d'une collection de manuscrits arabes et turcs, no. 502). Magical square on fol. 1a. Contains tables, some on smaller pieces of paper pasted between the leaves. Fol. 45 is a later replacement.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 51 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15-17 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition, stained and mended.
Paper: Dark cream paper with thich laid lines and pulp visible.
Origin: Last text apparently completed at the end of Shawwāl 661 Sept. 1263 in Khwārazm (see end of text, fol. 51a). It is not clear whether this date applies to the redaction of the text or to the copy. Several dated inscriptions on fol. 1a and 51b, the earliest dated Shawwāl 988 H. 1580 (fol. 1a).
Several inscriptions on fol. 1a and 51b, including ownership statements. Fol. 1a: ownership statement in the name of ʻAnbar al-Ḥ---ī al-Mīqātī (dated 15 Shawwāl 988 Nov. 23, 1580) ; ʻAlā al-Dīn ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Ṭarābulusī al-Ḥanafī (dated 1016 H. 1607 or 8, price: 30) ; one erased except for the word "al-Mīqātī" (dated Rabīʻ al-Awwal 989 April-May 1581), written in the... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9952674523506421
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/602f533d-af23-4758-b0a0-1b586f6c9d47/manifest
- Holding Institution:
