Islamic Arabic 138 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
1 copy of al-Iftitāḥ by Ibn al-Aswad, Ḥasan ibn ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn
Title: al-Iftitāḥ
Title: الافتتاح
Commentary on al-Miṣbāḥ fī al-naḥw of Muṭarrizī, Nāṣir ibn ʿAbd al-Sayyid
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 1531
GAL I 293
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 115 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 20.4 × 15.0 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Foliation:
Layout
14-15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in two hands, the first part (fol. 1-80) in Taʿlīq, and the second (fol. 81-115) in Naskh by al-Ḥājj Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad; red headings in both parts.
Decoration
History
Origin: Second part dated Ramaḍān 1128 AH
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership note on title page of Isḥāq ibn Aḥmad al-Yusakī
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.
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