Item Summary

Autograph copy of selections from Kitāb al-Bukhalāʼ of al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī (d. 463/1071).

Descriptive Information

Title
المنتقى من كتاب البخلاء
Transliterated Title
al-Muntaqá min Kitāb al-Bukhalāʼ.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3879Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/zs25x8517
Publisher
Damascus, [1335]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1335
Format
Manuscript
Extent
8 leaves : paper ; 182 x 134 (150 x 100) mm.
Provenance
Four statements of reading (partly obliterated) on fol. 8a-b, the first by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Faʻmah al-Maqdisī, dated 26 Ṣafar 736. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 4322
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (partly erased).
17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink. Dark cream glazed paper with laid and chain lines visible. On fol. 1a: Title ; several inscriptions. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Autograph, dated Damascus, 25 Ṣafar 736 (colophon, fol. 8a).
Incipit: بسم ... اخبرنا الشيخ عز الدين ابو الغر عبد العزيز بن عبد المنعم ... الحرانى التاجر بقراتى عليه بظاهر القاهرة
Explicit: قالوا كيف يا رسول الله قال انما مال احدكم ما قدّم ومال وارثه ما اخّر
Binding Note
Unbound.

Discovery Information

Subject
Arabic literature—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Autographs (manuscripts)—Syria—Damascus—14th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
16

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f434460f-2962-435e-9fa8-2f3b7c04bf21/manifest