Item Summary

A fragmentary commentary on Minhāj al-ṭālibīn.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب شرح المنهاج.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Sharḥ al-Minhāj.
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 263Lq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dctq57p4352
Language
Arabic
Extent
246 leaves : paper ; 281 x 185 (187 x 130) mm bound to 280 x 194 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1793.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from folio 1b.
A few marginal notes. Table of contents (fol. 1a). Inserts. Title also appears on upper edge of text block. MS incomplete at beginning and end.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 246 ; catchwords ; foliation in brown ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 25 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; MS in good condition.
Incipit: التأثير وخصه بعضهم بالاناء لغطاء الراس
Ending: قال ومن ادرك الامام قائما
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped shell designs crossing and along the edges of the covers.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
504

Institutional Information

Collection
Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d3b73298-02be-42a5-9e62-a4cff76e6070/manifest