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Manuscript/Mixed Material al-Itqān fī ʻulūm al-Qurʼān الإتقان في علوم القرآن

About this Item

Title

  • al-Itqān fī ʻulūm al-Qurʼān

Other Title

  • الإتقان في علوم القرآن

Summary

  • Treatise on sciences of the Qurʼān.

Names

  • Suyūṭī, 1445-1505
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [early 18th century?]

Headings

  • -  Qurʼan--Evidences, authority, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Qurʼan--History--Early works to 1800
  • -  Qurʼan--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. frontispiece.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Colophon states that the work was completed on 13 Shawwāl 878 (3 March 1474).
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; polished, very light cream color laid paper with horizontal chain lines and watermark of three six-pointed stars in a row; black ink wiht rubrication; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GII, p. 145.1
  • -  Naskh; 29 lines in written area 18 x 9 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-245a.
  • -  "H-0187 = 1.166."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 1-166.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  Incipit: البسملة وبه نستعين. الحمد لله الذي انزل على عبده الكتاب ...
  • -  Explicit/Colophon: قال مؤلفه فرغت من تاليفه يوم السلت ثالث عشرى شوال سنة ثمان وسبعين وثمانماية سوى اشيأ الحقة ما بعد ذلك والحمد لله رب العالمين.

Medium

  • 247 leaves (29 lines), paper : bound ; 24.8 x 15.7 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP130 .S9 1700za

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017498255

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Arabic Language Rare Materials Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Suyūṭī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. al-Itqān fī ʻulūm al-Qurʼān. [Early 18th Century?, 1700] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498255/.

APA citation style:

Suyūṭī, Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1700) al-Itqān fī ʻulūm al-Qurʼān. [Early 18th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498255/.

MLA citation style:

Suyūṭī, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. al-Itqān fī ʻulūm al-Qurʼān. [Early 18th Century?, 1700] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017498255/>.