Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 889H.

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DS ID:

DS3052

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 889H.

Title:

Kitāb Tasʹhīl al-maqāṣid li-zuwwār al-masājid wa-ḥilyat al-abdāl wa-mudāwat al-nafs wa-ʻuyūbihā wa-adʻīyat mubārakahu wa-farāyiḍ al-ṣalāwāt wa-al-wuḍūʼ wa-ghayr dhālik.

Date:

6 Shawwāl 912 March 1, 1507

fourth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 46 leaves : paper ; 175 x 135 (120 x 90) mm bound to 177 x 144 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
A few marginal notes. Magic squares on upper pastedown. Title page lists contents which are not in the current manuscript.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 46 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition. Rare.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed 6 Shawwāl 912 by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn al-Falakī al-̣Halabī (fol. 46b).
Ownership signatures: Saʻūdī; Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Qabbānī? dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 964 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

magic squares

Autographs

Blind tooled bindings

Mosques (Islamic law)

Shafiites

Shrines (Islamic law)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963582173506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b567057e-b74a-432b-a725-5aec8ed5e7ab/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University