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Mukhtaṣar fī ‘ilm al-uṣūl مختصر في علم الأصول Anonymous [‎90r] (17/46)

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The record is made up of ff. 82r-104v. It was created in 711-712. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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An anonymous compendium of questions and answers concerning metaphysics (علم الأصول, lit. ‘the science of principles’). The text, as preserved here, is divided into four chapters (أبواب):

  • الباب الأول في المباحث المتعلقة بالعلم والنظر (‘Chapter 1: Studies related to knowledge and theory’; ff. 82v-85v);
  • الباب الثاني في أحكام المعلومات (‘Chapter 2: The accuracy of facts’; ff. 85v-91v);
  • الباب ج في بيان العلم بالصانع (‘Chapter 3: Explaining knowledge by means of the Maker’; ff. 91v-100r);
  • الباب د في صفة القدرة والعلم وغيرهما (‘Chapter 4: Descriptions of ability, knowledge and others’; ff. 100r-104r, defective at end).

Begins (f. 82r, lines 4-6 and 82v, lines 6-7):

الحمد لله فالق الأصباح وخالق الأرواح فاطر

العقول والحواس ومبدع الأنواع والأجناس

لا بداية لقدمه ولا غاية لكرمه ولا أمد لسلطانه

...

... أما بعد فهذا

مختصر في علم الأصول وهو مرتب على أبواب

Ends (f. 104r, lines 12-15):

... وأما ب

فألأنا إذا سمعنا الصوت علمنا جهته وذلك على آناء

أدركنا الصوت في الخارج ولأنا نسمع كلام الإنسان

من وراء الجراء ولو كنا لا نسمع الكلام إلا عند وصوله

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ff. 82r-104v
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Material: Paper

Dimensions: 174 x 124 mm leaf [130 x 94 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling:

  • Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm (ff. 4v-27v);
  • Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing lines per 10 cm (ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r);
  • No ruling visible; average 18 lines per page; 16 lines per 10 cm (ff. 105v-108v)

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and over lining in red

Binding: British Museum binding in brown leather

Condition: minor waterstains, some foxing and light grime from thumbing, some folios torn and repaired (e.g. ff. 10, 11 and 68)

Marginalia: Occasional marginal annotations and corrections

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Mukhtaṣar fī ‘ilm al-uṣūl مختصر في علم الأصول Anonymous [‎90r] (17/46), British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Arundel Or 10, ff 82r-104v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023878922.0x0000c3> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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