Islamic Arabic 513 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)

Mingana

Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Al-kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq al-tanzīl by Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar, 1075-1144

Author: Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar, 1075-1144 الزمخشري

Title: Al-kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq al-tanzīl

Verses of the Qurʾān in red, headings of the sūrahs in gold; golden and blue borderlines, first page illuminated; some notes on the margins; no title-page.

Illuminated incipit page has a headpiece

Language(s): Arabic

References

Printed catalogue no. 9

GAL I 289-93, esp. no. 1; I 507-13

Hunt (1997):13

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 771 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 21.8 × 12.6 cm.

Dimensions (written):

Foliation: Contemporary foliation in black ink with Eastern Arabic numerals, top left recto.Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.

Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil with Western Arabic numerals, upper left recto.

Condition

Paper slightly stained. Binding in poor condition with pasteboards delaminating, old repairs

Layout

Hand(s)

Written in Naskhī of probably the 18th century Index by a later hand.

Decoration

Verses of the Qurʾān in purple-red.

Fol. 1v: Ornamental headpiece in gold and blue with floral motifs in red, purple and white.

Framing lines in gold and blue

Additions:

Marginalia Some notes in the margins

Binding

History

Origin: Undated, probably 18th century CE

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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Funding of Cataloguing

Cadbury Research Library

Subjects

Qurʼan--Hermeneutics

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