Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 208

Metadata

DS ID:

DS29516

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 208

Title:

Kitāb al-Īḍāḥ wa-al-tibyān fī maʻrifat al-mikyāl wa-al-mīzān / / كتاب الايضاح والتبيان في معرفة المكيال والميزان /

Author:

Ibn al-Rifʻah, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1247 or 1248-1310 or 1311 / ابن الرفعة، احمد بن محمد

Aḥmad Ibn-Muḥammad Ibn-ar-Rifʿa WIKIDATA

Date:

1883

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 12] p. (21 lines), bound ; 26 cm.

Note:

On p. 2 of cover and p. 4 of free endpaper: Ibn Rifʻah, al-Īḍāḥ.
A note after the colophon states that this copy was made from a copy in the Khedival Library in Cairo dated 1286 H. by Aḥmad ʻAbd al-Wahhāb for Muḥammad Efendī Amīn ibn Wahbah Abī (?) Sulaymān al-Muhandis.
Page 12 bears owner's stamp reading: Muḥammad Amīn and the date [1]304 H.
Ms. in dignified naskh script on unglazed paper. 25.4 x 17.1 cm. Headings, keywords and punctuation in purple ink. Catchwords; text unvocalized. Very little marginalia.
Paper is mass produced unglazed stock. Some discoloration, some smudges. Edges frayed. Hinges broken; paper is very brittle.
Binding is recent. Cloth spine, marble paper covers over pasteboard.
AM 1993-13.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Nineteenth century

Weights and measures, Arab

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930588843506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University