Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn

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About this Item

Title

  • Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn

Other Title

  • شرح حكمة العين

Summary

  • Incomplete copy of Bukhārī's commentary on Qazwīnī's Ḥikmat al-ʻayn.

Names

  • Bukhārī, Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn Mubārakshāh, -approximately 1340
  • Manṣūrī, Maḥmūd al-Imām, former owner
  • Mansuri Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [17th century?]

Headings

  • -  Qazwīnī, ʻAlī ibn ʻUmar,--1203 or 1204-1276 or 1277.--Ḥikmat al-ʻayn
  • -  Islamic philosophy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Arabic.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Purchase of Mahmud al-Mansuri collection, 1945.
  • -  Place of writing not determined.
  • -  Paper; unpolished, dark cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermark; fol. 1b has elaborate floral unwan without title in gold, blue and red with green borders; text enclosed within ruled border of a thin blue and a wider gold line; black ink with red overlining; catchwords.
  • -  Brockelmann. GAL, GI, p. 466-467; SI, p. 847
  • -  Taʻlīq script ; 17 lines in written area 12.5 x 7 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1b-136a (incomplete).
  • -  "H-0474 = 3.540."
  • -  Library of Congress. Mansuri Collection, 3-540.
  • -  Binding; black half leather with black grain sides and flap; envelope binding; text block not attached to binding.
  • -  ‏Incipit: البسملة. اما بعد حمد الله فاطر ذوات العقول النورية ومظهر خفيات اسرار الربوبية المبدع بنوره المشرق محركات الاجرام العلوية المخترع بعلمه ...

Medium

  • 136 leaves (17 lines) (incomplete), paper : bound ; 29.5 x 13.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • B753.Q294 B85 1600z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017454640

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Bukhārī, Muḥammad ʻAlī Ibn Mubārakshāh, -Approximately 1340, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn. [17th Century?, 1600] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017454640/.

APA citation style:

Bukhārī, M. ʻ. I. M., Manṣūrī, M. A. & Mansuri Collection. (1600) Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn. [17th Century?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2017454640/.

MLA citation style:

Bukhārī, Muḥammad ʻAlī Ibn Mubārakshāh, -Approximately 1340, Maḥmūd Al-Imām Manṣūrī, and Mansuri Collection. Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn. [17th Century?, 1600] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2017454640/>.