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Hādhā Kitāb al-ʻAẓamah /
هذا كتاب العظمة /
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Ibn Abī al-Dunyā, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 823-894
ابن ابي الدنيا، عبد الله بن محمد، 823-894
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Islamic cosmology--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Arabic--New Jersey--Princeton
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15 Rabīʻah al-Awwal 1068 December 21, 1657
1657
1221Gregorian
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Extent: (1), 80 leaves : paper ; 201 x 150 (153 x 100) mm. bound to 201 x 158 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from title page (fol. 1a).
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Marginal notes and glosses. In the colophon it is stated that this is what was found in the book of the Prophet Daniel. Text has numerous edits, deletions and substitutions. Inscriptions on upper pastedown, flyleaves and title page. Pastedowns are detached revealing writing within the binding.
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Collation: Paper ; fol. (1) + 80 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
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Layout: 15 lines per page.
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Description: Watermarks (three crescents with countermark; anchor?) ; MS in fair-to-poor condition, worm-eaten, stained and mended. Many folios are loose. Rare.
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Origin: According to colophon copied 15 Rabīʻah al-Awwal 1068 (fol. 80a).
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Ownership signatures Aḥmad dated 1255; Aḥmad ibn Ṣāliḥ? dated 1255; and an obscured signature (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
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8 November 2023
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8 November 2023
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