Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 586H.

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2743

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 586H.

Title:

Hādhā Kitāb al-ʻAẓamah /

Date:

15 Rabīʻah al-Awwal 1068 December 21, 1657

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: (1), 80 leaves : paper ; 201 x 150 (153 x 100) mm. bound to 201 x 158 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes and glosses. In the colophon it is stated that this is what was found in the book of the Prophet Daniel. Text has numerous edits, deletions and substitutions. Inscriptions on upper pastedown, flyleaves and title page. Pastedowns are detached revealing writing within the binding.
Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 80 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page.
Description: Watermarks (three crescents with countermark; anchor?) ; MS in fair-to-poor condition, worm-eaten, stained and mended. Many folios are loose. Rare.
Origin: According to colophon copied 15 Rabīʻah al-Awwal 1068 (fol. 80a).
Ownership signatures Aḥmad dated 1255; Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ? dated 1255; and an obscured signature (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Autographs

Watermarks

Blind tooled bindings

Islamic cosmology

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963573663506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3164ff26-b63c-412b-8c63-ae21473fbd1c/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University