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Book/Printed Material Jokes Relating to the Commentary on Al-Mataalia and Its Honorable Marginal Notes.

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Title

  • Jokes Relating to the Commentary on Al-Mataalia and Its Honorable Marginal Notes.

Summary

  • The present work is a further commentary on the ḥāshiyah (gloss) by al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Jurjānī (died 816 AH [1413 AD]) on the Lawāmi' al-asrār by Qutb al-Dīn al-Taḥtānī al-Rāzī (died 766 AH [1364 AD]). The latter is, in turn, a commentary on a book of logic entitled Maṭāli' al-anwār by Sirāj al-Dīn Maḥmūd al-Urmawī (died 682 AH [1283 AD]). The scribe of this work, who may also have been the author, was Muhammad ibn Pir Ahmad al-Shahir bi-Ibn Arghun al-Shirazi. Written for the library of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I, it was completed in Bursa (in present-day northwestern Turkey) in 918 AH (1512 AD), the year of that ruler's accession to the throne. The text, which opens with an illuminated headpiece (folio 1b), is written in Naskh script, mostly in black ink. Certain words, such as qawluhu (his saying) and aqūlu (I say), appear in red and delineate a quotation. The brown goatskin binding with central lobed oval and pendants with arabesque designs is contemporary with the manuscript. The work is from the Walters Art Museum and is designated Walters W. 591.

Names

  • Jurjānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, al-Sayyid al-Sharīf, 1340-1413 Contributor.
  • Muhammad ibn Pir Ahmad al-Shahir bi-Ibn Arghun al-Shirazi Creator.
  • Quṭb al-Taḥtānī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1294 or 5-1364 or 5 Contributor.
  • Urmawī, Sirāj al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Abī Bakr, 1198-1283 Contributor.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1512.

Headings

  • -  Turkey--Bursa
  • -  1250 to 1512
  • -  Arabic manuscripts
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Jokes
  • -  Naskh script
  • -  Wit and humor

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Foliation: i + 84. Dimensions: 11.5 centimeters wide by 18 centimeters high. Catchwords: On versos, written obliquely outside the frame close to the page edge, framing lines in gold and black.
  • -  Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928).
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667200

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Chicago citation style:

Jurjānī, ʻAlī Ibn Muḥammad, Al-Sayyid Al-Sharīf, Contributor, Muhammad Ibn Pir Ahmad Al-Shahir Bi-Ibn Arghun Al-Shirazi Creator, Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad Quṭb Al-Taḥtānī, and Sirāj Al-Dīn Maḥmūd Ibn Abī Bakr Urmawī. Jokes Relating to the Commentary on Al-Mataalia and Its Honorable Marginal Notes. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1512] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667200/.

APA citation style:

Jurjānī, ʻ. I. M., Muhammad Ibn Pir Ahmad Al-Shahir Bi-Ibn Arghun Al-Shirazi Creator, Quṭb Al-Taḥtānī, M. I. M. & Urmawī, S. A. M. I. A. B. (1512) Jokes Relating to the Commentary on Al-Mataalia and Its Honorable Marginal Notes. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667200/.

MLA citation style:

Jurjānī, ʻAlī Ibn Muḥammad, Al-Sayyid Al-Sharīf, Contributor, et al. Jokes Relating to the Commentary on Al-Mataalia and Its Honorable Marginal Notes. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1512] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667200/>.