كتاب ابو المعين النسفي بحر الكلام

Kitāb Abū al-Muʻīn al-Nasafī Baḥr al-kalām.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1764 or 1765]
Description
58 leaves: paper ; 220 x 165 (150 x 90) mm. bound to 220 x 170 mm.

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    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from rubric on fol. 1b.
    • Physical description: 15 lines per page. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red. European paper with watermark; thicker paper for last quire. Ḥāshiyah on the margin. Several inscriptions on fol. 1a, in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. Small piece of paper with short text in Ottoman Turkish placed between fol. 10 and 11. Water damage ; loose leaves.
    • Collation: Paper, fol. 58 ; 1-4¹⁰ 5⁸ 6¹⁰ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
    • Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Aqāʼid 15". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "1027/2 Ḥ".
    • Origin: According to colophon, copied by ʻAlī al-Ḥilmī, and completed in 1178 (fol. 57a).
    • Incipit: بسم ... بحمد لله ذى الجلال والاكرام والصلوة على رسوله محمد ... قال الشيخ الامام الاجل رئيس اهل السنة والجماعة سيف الحق والدين ابو المعين النسفى اعلموا انى اعتقد معرفة الله والتوحيد واقول بان الله تعالى واحد فرد قديم ازلى
    • Explicit: وجدها تغرب فى عين حميئة وهو لم يبلغ الى السماء الرابعة والله الهادى الى سبيل الرشاد والله اعلم بالصواب والله المرجع والماب
    Binding note
    Quarter bound with flap in paper and brown leather. Spine broken.
    Provenance
    Several inscriptions and impression of a seal on the pastedown of the upper cover. Ownership statement in the name of Sulaymān Khurshīd on fol. 1a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    • Mach, R. Yahuda, 2221
    • Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 426 (7/1) ; SI
    Other format(s)
    Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
    OCLC
    220941854
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