The present synopsis of edition and translation of Kitāb al-Uṣūl al-ḫamsa, attributed to Abū ’l-Ḥasan ʿAbd al-Ǧabbār b. Aḥmad al-Hamaḏānī (d. 415/1024), was initially used as illustrative test material in a hands-on introduction to the Classical Text Editor (http://cte.oeaw.ac.at/) for post-graduate students at SOAS University of London and is hereby placed at the disposal of whomever would like to make use of it for teaching and other purposes.