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Institution

Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Collection

Oriental Collection

Present shelfmark

Arab O. 145/2

Former shelfmark

Total pages

39 fols

Folio measures

167x100 mm

Material composition

Writing support

Paper

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Attributed Title

Sharḥ al-Muqaddimah al-jazarīyah

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

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Released date

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Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

Yes

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Dévényi, Kinga, Munif Abdul-Fattah, and Katalin Fiedler, eds. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Islamic Manauscripts and Books 9. Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2016

Descriptive card

An undated copy of an anonymous commentary on the renowned versified treatise entitled al-Muqaddima al-Jazariyya fi ʿilm al-Tajwid of the Shafiʿi scholar, Muhammad ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Jazari (751–833/1350–1429) on the rules governing the recitation of the Koran. The original text typically contains 109 lines of rajaz, although the last two lines are thought to be later additions. This commentary is the third tract in a collected volume of four texts on various subjects, the first of which is Anis al-fuqahaʾ fi taʿrifat al-alfaz al-mutadawala bayna l-fuqahaʾ (fols. 2r–46r) by al-Qunawi (d. 978/1570). Fols. 64r–103v; 19 lines per page; page dimensions: 167×100 mm, text dimensions: 120×49 mm; marginal notes in Arabic in black and red ink; full leather binding; with almond-shaped centrepiece; with missing flap; paper doublure; in fair condition; paper: laid paper with watermarks; script: naskhi; partially vocalized; ink: black; horizontal catchwords in black or red ink; headings in red ink; rule-borders in red ink; the text of the commented work is marked by a red line; fols. 64r and 103 are blank.

Entry author

Marina Santana