3 bibliographic titles in one physical manuscript : the first is Kitāb Tārīkh (the book of History) by al-Qaramānī. The second is Muntakhab al-adh-kiyā (the Selection of the intellectuals) by ibn al-Jawzī . The third is Tijān ʻunwān al-sharaf (The Crowns of the honor) by al-Rashidi. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2619254Condition: The first page is repaired and the pages 657-698 are damaged due to the water.
The book of the general history of the Islamic Empire starting with the men of the cave till the governor Nour el-Deen al-Shahid at te time of Crusades. It also includes some biographies and the oriental music melodies. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to :To view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalog, go to: https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2623285Condition: Good condition. The first and end pages are missing
Book of optics and perspective by Euclid. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2619432Condition: Good condition.
Comprehensive book about the sciences and knowledge. Very detailed information about the minerals and their characteristics. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2617246Condition: Some pages are repaired. Missing pages at the end.
Abstract: Elegant copy written by the great-grand-son of the author (see colophon, fol. 123b) of a description of the beauties of Damascus, together with its history, divided into six sections. For a more detailed description, see Hitti, P. Garrett coll.Binding note: Red leather over pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Both covers have a central stamped mandorla and an outer frame made of blind-tooled fillets. Rebacked.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 2a)17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. The text is framed within two red fillets. Painted title page in red and green (fol. 2a). European glazed paper. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals (starts with "2" on fol. 1). Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.Copied from an autograph by Aḥmad ibn Amīn? al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad, the author of this book, ibn ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ibn Yūsuf ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Buṣrawī al-Ḥanafī in Damascus on 26 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1026 (colophon, fol. 123b).Incipit: الحمد لله الاول بلا بداية الاخر بلا نهاية ... وبعد فهذه اوراق اذكر فيها ان شاء الله تعالى ما تيسر الاطلاع عليه وسهل الوصول اليهExplicit: ريح من اليمن فتقبض ارواح المومنين وتقوم الساعة على شرار الخلق والله سبحانه وتعالى اعلم وهو حسبى وكفى تم الكتاب
Abstract: Description of the beauties of Damascus, together with its history, divided into six sections. For a more detailed description, see Hitti, P. Garrett coll., no. 753.Binding note: Reused binding, apparently originally for a bigger ms. since the lower edge of the upper cover and the upper edge of the lower cover have been cut out, and the central panel is now to the tail of the upper cover and to the head of the lower cover. Brown leather over paper pasteboards with a blind-stamped and gold painted "central" mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis. Outer frame made of blind-tooled and gold painted fillets and a running pattern.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).21-22 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. European glazed paper with watermark. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.Copied on 24 Muḥarram? 1080 (colophon, fol. 114a).Incipit: الحمد لله الاول بلا بداية الاخر بلا نهاية ... وبعد فهذه اوراق اذكر فيها ان شاء الله تعالى ما تيسر الاطلاع عليه وسهل الوصول اليهExplicit: ريح من اليمن فتقبض ارواح المومنين وتقوم الساعة على شرار الخلق والله سبحانه و تعالي اعلم بالصواب واليه المرجع والماب
Abstract: A brief history of Egypt and a description of the Nile and of Egypt.Binding note: Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and yellow and red marbled paper.Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 21 ; catchwords.Description: Written in naskhi ; rubricated ; title page and colophon decorated with a border of alternating black and red ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.Layout: 21 lines per page.Ms. codex.On folio 13a is a sketch of the sources of the Nile. The book is dedicated to al-Amīr al-Khiḍr, the governor of Egypt in the time of the Sultan Muḥammad III, who reigned 1003-1012 1595-1603.Title from title page (fol. 1a).Colophon: ونسأل الله التوفيق لنا ولوالدينا ولمن علمنا ولمن حضرنا ولکافة المسلمين اجمعين انه مجيب قريب الدعوات امين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين امين وغفر الله تعالى لمن کتب هذه النسخة ولجميع المسلمين امينIncipit: بسم الله ...الحمد لله الذي فضل البلاد المصرية
Abstract: Short treatise on fiqh according to Abū Ḥanīfah.Binding note: Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. The covers are similarly decorated, with a central blind and gold-tooled mandorla filled with impressions of a small v-shaped stamp, and outlined by a gilt guilloche developing into pendants on the vertical axis. The outer border consists of fillets and a running pattern. Leather doublure, with gilt decoration. Damaged; mended.Ms. codex.Title from illuminated title page (fol. 1a).Physical description: 9 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh (professional hand) in black ink with use of red. The text is vocalized. Illuminated title-page (ʻunwān), with a panel in gold, blue and red outlined in blue, on fol. 1a (wear; damaged). Illuminated colophon on fol. 76b. Light cream paper with pulp visible and darker cream paper with laid and chain lines visible (ink corrosive on the latter). Ḥāshiyah on the margins, apparently by the same hand as the main text.Collation: paper, fol. i, 76, i ; i (later added fly-leaf) 1¹⁰ (-2 at beginning of quire) 2-7¹⁰ 8⁸ ; the quires are numbered in red ink using Arabic ordinals in the form "thānī" (see fol. 9a).Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Ḥ 63". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥ 389". Inscription "9100" in Arabic numerals in black ink on the upper corner of fol. 76b.Origin: According to colophon, copied for himself by ... (cyphered) on Thursday 13 (or 23) Rabīʻ al-Awwal ḌKD 824 March 1421 (fol. 76b; year in abjad).Incipit: الحمد لله والسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى هذا مختصر فى علم الفقه جمعته لبعض اخوانى فى الدين بقدر ما وسعه وقته واقتصرت فيه على عشرت كتاب هي اهمّ كتب الفقه له واحقها بالتقديمExplicit: كما قال الله تعالى ولقد وصينا الذين اوتوا الكتاب من قبلكم واياكم ان اتقوا الله فعليك ايها الاخ بالتقوى والاستعداد للقاء الله عز وجل ونعيم الاخرة 76ب والسلام على من اتّبع الهدى وخشى عواقب الردى واطاع الملك الاعلى والحمد لله وحده وحسبنا الله
Abstract: Compendium of ḥadīth from the Iḥyāʾ ʻulūm al-dīn. According to the colophon, apparently written by the author, this text was completed on Monday 12 Rabīʻ II 790 April 20, 1388 in al-Madīnah al-sharīfah (fol. 333a). The text is followed on fol. 333a-334b by several short texts.Binding note: Apparently 14th or 15th century binding. Golden brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Both covers are similarly gold- and blind-tooled. The panel has a central roundel on a ground left plain, filled with a eight-pointed star and gold- and blind-impressions of two small stamps. The roundel is defined by a fillet with eight radiating flecks. The outer border consists of fillets and a running pattern. The inner corners are filled with impressions of a small semi-circular stamp. Embossed leather doublure (partly covered with paper). Damaged; stained; gold partially wanting.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a (in red ink).Physical description: 19 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Cream paper, glossy, soft, with laid lines and chain lines. Left edge of fol. 1a wanting. Stained with humidity ; edges of leaves damaged.Collation: Paper, fol. 334 ; 1¹⁰ (-1, at beginning of quire) 2-29¹⁰ 30⁸ (+1, fol. 294) 31-33¹⁰ 34⁶ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf ; the quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals, with mention of the title.Inscription in Western numerals in pencil on the pastedown of the upper cover: "125"."Origin: Colophonapparently in the author's handwritingstating that the draft (al-mussawadah) of a text he wrote on the Iḥyāʾ was completed in '51and that the clear copy (tabyīḍ) of this summary was completed on Monday 12 Rabīʻ II 790 April 201388 in al-Madīnah al-sharīfah (fol. 333a). A note on the margin of the colophon confirms that this is the author's handwriting."'Incipit: بسم ... اللهم صل على محمد واله الحمد لله الذى احيا علوم الدين فانبعت بعد اضمحلالها ... وبعد فلما وفق الله تعالى لاكمال الكلام على احياء علوم الدين فى سنة احدى وخمسين ... الوقوف على بعض احاديثه فاخرت تبيضه الى سنة ستين فظفرت بكثير مما غرب عنى علمه ... 2أ ... احاديث الخطبة حديث اشد الناس عذابا يوم القيمة عالم لم ينفعه الله بعلمه'Explicit: اذا وجد صبيا الحديث والحمد لله تعالى عودا على بدء 333أ والصلوة والتسليم على سيدنا محمد فى كل حركة وهدء
Abstract: Treatise on Sufism comprising an introduction, eleven chapers (bāb) and a conclusion (see table of content fol. 2b-3a), completed in 797/1395 (GAL).Binding note: Stiffened brown leather, with a blind-stamped central mandorla and an outer frame of two fillets. Rebacked.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 2a).The name of the author appears in the colophon as: "Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥalabī muwalladan bi-Ibn al-Aṭʻānī mushtaharan al-Bisṭāmī ṭarīqatan wa-mashraban" (fol. 62a).19 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Fol. 14-18 are written vertically, and seem to be added between fol. 13 and 19 (see catchword on fol. 13b). Dark cream glazed paper with laid lines and chain lines (grouped by three?) visible. Marginal notes. Inscriptions on fol. 1a-2a. Note on the date of the death of the author and of two of his disciples on fol. 62a. On fol. 62b-65a: short texts, inscriptions, prayers and amulets. Ownership statement in the margin of fol. 3a. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals (faulty).According to the title page (fol. 2a), this is an autograph, dated Wednesday 14 Rajab 797 ("muntaṣif shahr Rajab", colophon, fol. 62a)Collation: Paper : fol. 65 ; 1¹⁰ 2¹⁰ (+ fol. 14-18) 3-5¹⁰ 6⁸ + fol. 64-65 (endpapers, wiith inscriptions) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf. The quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals (in the form "sādis", see fol. 56). Small circular mark on the upper corner of some pages (see fol. 53a-b, 54a).Incipit: بسم ... الحمد لله وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى و الصلاه ... اما بعد اعلموا ايها المريدون الصادقون والاخوان الفقرا البسطاميون نوّر الله قلوبكم بنولر هدايته انَّ صدق طلبكم حرّك عندى ان اكتب لكم رسالةًExplicit: وان يرزقنى العمل بما كتبت ولا يجعله حجةً علىَّ وان يجعله خالصا لوجهه الكريم وان ينفعنى به وجميع اجبابى وجميع المسلمين تمت الرسالة
Abstract: Autograph copy of a treatise on the laws of inheritance, comprising an introduction defining the science of inheritance, five chapters and a conclusion.Binding note: Upper and lower covers made of marbled paper pasted on brown leather over pasteboards. Blue thread (to attach a now missing envelope flap?). Inscription on the pastedown of the lower cover (originally upper cover). Disbound. The binding has been placed up side down at a time earlier than the inscription "503" mentioned in the physical description.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).The title also appears in the beginning of the text (fol. 1b, l. 14), and the name of the author in the colophon (fol. 107b).'17 long lines per page. Written in black ink with some use of red for headings and for the punctuation in the passages in rhymed prose (see fol. 1b, 14a). Light cream paper with horizontal laid lines visible. Vertical chain lines visible on some leaves. Some passages have been crossed out (see fol. 54b, 76b-77a). Very few notes in the margin (see fol. 49b). Several inscriptions on fol. 109b. Inscription "503" on the upper cover (corresponding to Brill\'s catalogue). Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.'Collation: Paper ; fol. 109 ; 1⁸2¹⁰ (+1, f. 9) 3¹⁰ 4-11¹⁰ ; quires numbered using Arabic ordinals (starts on fol. 60a, "sābiʻah" ; traces on fol. 40a, partly cut off) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Autograph, Jerusalem ("al-Quds al-sharīf") on 29 Jumādá al-Ākhirah 800 H. March 1398 (colophon, fol. 107b).Incipit: بسم ... رب ... برحمتك الحمد لله الذى جعل العلم اخلق ما تخلق به مخلوق وانفس ما تنافس به المتنافسون ... اما بعد فالغرض في هذا الكتاب بيان فضل علم الفرايض وبيان فضلExplicit: وقد كانت كل امة تجرى من دلك على عادتها وكانت العرب فى جاهليتها يتوارثون بالحلت(؟) وال... كما يتوارثون بالانسان طلبا للتواصل به انتهى فهذا اخر ما يسر الله تعالى ايراده في هذا الكتاب ولله الحمد اولا واخرا ظاهرا وباطنا سبحانك ... الحمد لله الذى هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنهتدى لو لا ان هدانا الله وصلي الله على سيدنا محمد خير خلقه واله وصحبته وسلم