(Q58048)
Statements
Miṣbāḥ al-hidāyat va miftāḥ al-Kifāyat
مصباح الهدايت و مفتاح الكفايت
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Miṣbāḥ al-hidāyah va miftāḥ al-Kifāyah
مصباح الهداية و مفتاح الكفاية
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Kāshānī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻAlī, -1334 or 1335
كاشاني، محمود بن علي
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Illuminated manuscripts--Islamic countries--18th century
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1300-1399
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Sufism--Doctrines--History--14th century--Sources
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Manuscrits persans--New Jersey--Princeton
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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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Suhrawardī, ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad, 1145-1234. ʻAwārif al-maʻārif
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between 17--? and 18--?
18. century
19. century
1700
1899
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Extent: i, 267, i leaves : paper ; 240 x 170 (165 x 82) mm. bound to 245 x 145 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from beginning of text (fol. 4a, l. 6-7).
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Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Vocalization of the Arabic parts of the text in red. The text is framed in ruled red and blue lines, with an outer frame consisting of a single red line. Interlinear and marginal annotations in red and black, chiefly explanation of words. Margins worm-eaten.
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Decoration: Two first pages of text illuminated (fol. 1b-2a), with headpiece in blue, gold and color, with floral motif ; text written in clouds left plain on a gold ground defined in black ; ruled frame in gold, blue, and green, outer frame consisting of one single red line.
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Chiefly quaternions ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
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Origin: The copy is not dated. The script, paper, and decoration suggest the 18th or more probably 19th century.
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Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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