Arabic MS 257 (The John Rylands Research Institute and Library, The University of Manchester)
Arabic Manuscripts
Contents
A collection of two works
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 191 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 285 × 175 mm.
Layout
1 column, 21 written lines
Hand(s)
Naskh
History
Origin: late 17th and early 18th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
From the collection of Colonel George William Hamilton (1807-1868) who served in India from 1823 to 1867 latterly as Commissioner in Delhi. He acquired over a thousand Indian and Persian manuscripts of which 352 were selected after his death for the British Museum. The remainder were purchased in 1868 by Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford.
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, for the John Rylands Library.
Arabic MS 257A
Contents
Lawāmiʻ al-asrār by al-Quṭb al-Taḥtānī
Folios 1-88
Title: لوامع الاسرار في شرح مطالع الانوار
Title: Glitterings of Mysteries in the Explanation of the Maṭāliʻ
Incipit: الحمد لله فياض ذوارف العوارف وملهم حقائق المعارف ... وبعد فان العلوم على تشعب فنونها وتكثر سجونها ارفع المطالب وانفع المآرب
Explicit: لانه لا يكون مستعدا لدرك حقائق الاشياء وكل ميسور لما خلق له ... حامدا الله على الاتمام موجهين لحضرة النبوة افضل السلام
Language(s): Arabic
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 396A [257A]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
History
Origin: 1106 AH (1694 CE)
Arabic MS 257B
Contents
Risālah fī Taḥqīq Al-Kullīyāt by Jurjānī
Folios 88-191
Title: رسالة في تحقيق الكليات
Title: Treatise on the Verification of the Universals
Incipit: الحمد لله مخترع ماهيات الاشياء وهوياتها المطلع على كليات الامور وجزءياتها ... وبعد فقد التمست مني ايها الحريص على تحقيق الحق ... ان احرر لك رسالة في تحقيق الكليات واتلو عليك ما فيها من الآيات والبينات
Language(s): Arabic
References
Catalogue no. Arabic MS 396B [257B]
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
History
Origin: 18th century (before 1188AH)
Additional Information
Record Sources
Catalogue information compiled by Abdullah al-Rashidi from Alphonse Mingana, Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester University Press, 1934.
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