[al-Niṣf al-awwal min tafsīr al-Kashshāf,
15th century].
[النصف الأول من تفسير الكشاف, القرن 15م].
Description
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Arabic
- Published
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[14--?]
- Summary
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An odd first volume of al-Zamakhsharī's celebrated commentary on the Qurʼān treating Sūrat al-Fātiḥah (1) through verse 43 of Sūrat al-Furqān (25) [see Isl. Ms. 5 v.2 for a second odd volume treating Sūrahs 7-32 ]. Description provided by Alison Vacca.
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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 5 v.1
Origin: Lacks a colophon. Paper would indicate roughly late 17th century for repairs and binding.
Accompanying materials: Scrap of paper inserted between fol.85-86 with the same two lines copied twice.
Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 48. Zamakhshari's commentary on the Kuran I - XXV." ; "٢۰۰٦" on tail edge of textblock (along with edge title).
Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (in turquoise, crimson, and olive bistre) with spine in dark brown leather (effect of quarter binding) ; Type III (without flap) ; pastedowns in marbled paper (combed, in salmon rose, bright yellow, yellow green, pink tint, and gray blue) ; in fair condition but damaged with spine detaching in several places and spine linen visible where leather has been stripped; abrasion along edges, exposing pasteboards; and wear to marbled paper at corners.
Support: non-European paper ; with thick, sagging laid lines spaced approximately 6-7 laid lines per cm. ; unclear chain lines, possibly in groups of two or four. (see fol. 266 / p. 532, group of two spaced roughly 15 mm.) ; thick and smooth ; flyleaves and repairs in European paper, with evenly spaced vertical chain lines spaced rough 30 mm., thin ; paschal lamb watermark in flyleaf (enclosed in a four-lobed circle, approx. 40 x 50 mm. ; most similar to Piccard inv. J 340/no. 86802 / Venice, 1662).
Decoration: Text rubricated with sūrah headings, words such as "قلت" and "فان قلت", etc. in red.
Script: Naskh ; single hand for the majority of the text with a single hand supplying the text of the repaired portions ; main hand is partially seriffed with left-sloped head-serifs, mainly employing al-lām alif al-muḥaqqaqah but occasionally al-lām alif al-mukhaffafah, and mostly closed counters but quite inconsistent ; hand supplied repaired portions is sans serif, employing al-lām alif al-mukhaffafah nearly exclusively, with the two lines occasionally parallel, closed counters, and a free-standing nūn nearly forming a complete circle ; both hands are fully pointed with occasional vocalization in the same pen and ink.
Layout: Written in 33 lines per page.
Collation: i, 14 IV (112), IV+1 (121), 22 V (341), 1 (342), ii ; chiefly quaternions and quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).
Explicit: "وهذا كقوله وما انت عليهم بجبار لست عليهم بمصيطر ويروى ان الرجل منهم كان يعبد الحجر فاذا رأى احسن منه رمى به وأخذ اخر ومنه الحرث بن قيس السهمي"
Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي انزل القران كلاما مؤلفا منظما ونزله بحسب المصالح منجما وجعله بالتحميد مفتتحا وبالاستعانة مختتما واوحاه على قسمين متشابها ومحكما وفصله سورا وسوره ايات..."
Title supplied by cataloguer from inscriptions on opening folia and tail of textblock.
Ms. codex.
Bookplate of British Museum, London on inner front cover,"No. 48. Zamakhshari's commentary on the Kuran I - XXV." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "109" in Western numerals on front flyleaf ; inscription on back flyleaf "عبد الله" ; ownership statement in name of Muḥammad ʻUbayd Allāh Saʻdī Zādah on fol.2a (p.3) reads "ملكه الفقير اليه سبحانه محمد عبيد الله المعروف بسعدي زاده غفر له" ; many marginal corrections (frequently marked with صح (see fol. 221b / p. 442, etc.); signes-de-renvoi appearing as numbers (see fol. 130a / p. 259, etc.) ; some text crossed out (see fol. 304a / p. 607) ; kabīkaj invocation on fol.2a (p.3) reads "يا كبيكج يا حفيظ".
- Physical Description
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342 leaves :
paper ;
245 x 165 (200 x 120) mm.
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