United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Or. 165.8

United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Or. 165.8

Averroes' treatise "The Incoherence of the Incoherence"
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 166 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 210 x 143 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Western foliation (pencil); catchwords
  • Decoration:
    Rubrications. Body of text: framing in gold and red
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column.

    23 lines to the page
  • Hand Description:
    One hand, the manuscript is written in small, neat naskhī script. Body of text: 146 x 71 mm.
    Scribe (f. 165v ): مصطفى سباهى زاده من تلاميذ كتانى زلده
  • Binding Description:
    Original brown leather binding with flap and gold embossing on cover and spine.
  • Acquisition:
    The Cambridge University Library acquired this manuscript by Naaman on December 6th, 1901.
History
  • Origin Date: 18th century (undated)
  • Origin Place: Eastern Islamic World
  • Maurice Bouyges , Tahâfot at-Tahâfot ou "Incohérence de l'Incohérence" / Ibn Rushd, Beirut (1930)
Content
Averroes The Incoherence of the Incoherence 1v - 165v
  • Note:
    The citations of al-Ghazzālī are considerably shortened, mostly only given as Lemmata.
  • Colophon:
    On f. 165v the name of the scribe is given: مصطفى سباهى زاده من تلاميذ كتانى زلده