هداية السائل الى معرفة الربع الكامل

Hidāyat al-sāʾil ilá maʻrifat al-rubʻ al-kāmil.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1585]
Description
11 leaves : paper ; 205 x 147 (150 x 110) mm.

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    Summary note
    Treatise describing a quadrant called "al-rubʻ al-kāmil", comprising an introduction and fifteen chapters (bāb). On fol. 1a is a chart explaining the influence of the rainbow in association with the signs of the zodiac.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from preamble of text (fol. 1b).
    • Physical description: 16 lines per page. Written in careful medium large naskh in black ink with use of red ; text is partially vocalized. Loose leaves and bifolia ; stained with water.
    • Origin: According to note at the end of the text, copied in 993 H. [1585] (fol. 11b).
    • Incipit: بسم ... الحمد لله الذى رسم على صفحات مصنوعاته قواطع الدلايل ... وبعد فهذه رسالة لخصت فيها محاسن الرسايل وخصصتها بالاهم مما يتعلق بالربع الكامل
    • Explicit: لبعده يحصل الغرض فيها وفى هذا القدر كفاية لمن وفقه الله تعالى والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا امين
    Provenance
    Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    • Mach, R. Yahuda, 4936
    • King, D. Fihrist al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻilmīyah (1981-1986), vol. 2, p. 448, 4/4/12 (5)
    Title in Mach, R. Yahuda
    • Hidāyat al-ʻāmil bi-al-rubʻ al-kāmil
    OCLC
    238250279
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