الشجرة المثمرة لتيسير النقطة المعتبرة

al-Shajarah al-muthmirah li-taysīr al-nuqṭah al-muʻtabarah.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[between 17--? and 18--?]
Description
46 leaves : paper, ill. ; 234 x 167 (180 x 90) mm.

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    Summary note
    Treatise on geomancy illustrated with diagrams and tables.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from beginning of text (fol. 2a).
    • It is not clear whether this is Barbarī's text or an edition of his text (see incipit). On Barbarī, see W. Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, no. 4201.
    • 17 long lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black and magenta ink. European paper with watermark ("Andrea Galvani") ; frame-ruled. Fol. 43b-46b : blank. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Seems to be in the same hand as Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 549H.
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. 46 ; 1-3¹⁰ 4-5⁸ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
    • Incipit: بسم ... الحمد لله الكريم الوهاب الذي خلق الخلق وصور آدم من تراب والصلاة ... الحساب وبعد فهذه رسالة في علم الرمل عن طريقة الشيخ خلف البربري رحمه الله تعالي التي سماها بالشجرة المثمرة
    • Explicit: وامور سعيدة موفقة وزوال كل عنا وشقا وراحة قلب وطيب خاطر والله سبحانه وتعالي اعلم بغيبه واحكم وهو احكم الحاكمين والصلاة والسلم علي سيدنا محمد خير الانبيا والمرسلين صلي الله عليه ما دامت السموات والارضين امين برحمتك يا ارحم
    Binding note
    Unbound.
    Provenance
    Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 962
    Other title(s)
    الشجرة المثمرة لتسيير النقطة المعتبرة
    Title given by P. Hitti. Garrett coll
    • al-Shajarah al-muthmirah li-tasyīr al-nuqṭah al-muʻtabarah
    OCLC
    70912827
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