SA'AD AD-DIN AL-TAFTAZANI (d. 1389), Kitâb Mutawwal, dated 1 - Lot 166

SA'AD AD-DIN AL-TAFTAZANI (d. 1389), Kitâb Mutawwal, dated 1471 and signed Manuscript on paper with 21 lines of text per page in cursive Arabic in black ink, some signs in red ink, numerous multidirectional marginal notes. On the last page, colophon inscribed in a triangle circled in red giving the signature of the copyist 'Abd al-Razzaq Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Nur ad-Din al-Zahidi [?], the date and place of copying Tuesday 12 rajab 876 H / December 25, 1471 at the "Dar al-Sultana al-Mahbut". Titled on the edge "Kitab Mutawwal". Bound in garnet morocco, the boards embossed with a poly-lobed mandorla with floral decoration on a background of vegetal foliage. 26 x 17.3 cm As is, manuscript incomplete, missing, worn, restored, stained, freckled, wet, wormholes, numerous marginal notes, very damaged binding with one plate detached. The Kitab al-Mutawwal is a major work of Arabic rhetoric by the Persian Imam Sa'd al-Din al-Taftazani (d. 1389). It is based on seminal works. The text comments on Jalal al-Din al-Qazwini's Talkhis al-Miftah and explores the three sciences of what is known as Balaghah (eloquence): 'Ilm al-Ma'ani (semantics of syntax), 'Ilm al-Bayân (science of figurative expression) and 'Ilm al-Badi' (figures of speech embellishment). Its academic rigor and precision have made it the reference work in the teaching of rhetoric. The place of copying mentioned in the colophon ("Dar al-Sultana al-Mahbut"), has not been identified.