Princeton University, Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 665Hq
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS27104
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 665Hq
- Title:
- Tafsīr Abī al-Saʻūd / تفسير ابى السعود
- Abū al-Saʻūd Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1492 or 1493-1574 or 1575 / ابو السعود محمد بن محمد، 1492 or 1493-1574 or 1575
- Date:
- 18th century?
- Language:
- Arabic
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 2 volumes (576, 570 leaves : paper ; 290 x 185 (200-217 x 91-110) mm bound to 287 x 200 mm.
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from lower edge of text block.
Marginal notes and summaries; evidently trimmed as some pages have folded edges to preserve notes. The work was composed for Sulaymān I 1520-1 566. It is stated in the colophon that the author completed the work in 1005 [1597]. This is undoubtedly a mistake, since the author died in 1574. List of contents for each volume on preliminary leaf.
Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 576 + i, ii + 570 + i ; catchwords ; vol. 2 has foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numberals ; both vols. have modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 27-33 lines per page ; partially frame-ruled in red and green (v. 1, up to f. 182).
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (later endpapers: eagle with roman-alphabet letters "GFA" or "LAF", coat-of-arms with a lion; text: countermark initials "AH"? and "BT"? with trefoil, unidentified circular mark) ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece of gold, blue, and black. Opening spread frame-ruled in gold (v. 1, f. 1b-2a)
Origin: Probably from XVIIIth century.
Obscured ownership signature dated [1]250 (v. 1, f. 1a); seal impression: Sharīfah Khadījah (v. 2, f. 89a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963577863506421
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7c363c6d-1440-4f7f-b3a3-7b665a491d43/manifest
- Holding Institution:
