Item Summary

Treatise on fiqh, written in such a manner that it can be read in five different ways, with the text as such and four vertical "sub-texts" indicated by red ink.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب عنوان الشرف
Transliterated Title
Kitāb ʻUnwān al-sharaf.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 5421Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/ws859j27n
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1899
Extent
59 leaves : paper ; 239 x 172 (184 x 125) mm. bound to 240 x 175 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Yahuda, 15
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from note on fol. 2a.
23 lines per page. Written in small naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. The text is written in seven columns framed by a red ink fillet. European glazed paper with watermark. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. Inscription on fol. 1a. Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "al-ʻulūm al-adab 6". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥāʼ 1032". Inscription in arabic script on the lower edge of the text block: "... 15".
Incipit: الحمد لله ولي الحمد ومستحقه ... وبعد فهذا كتاب جليل كتبته لم اسبق بعد اليه الفته مختصرًا فى الفقه
Explicit: وصللى الله على محمد واله وسلم غاية التسليم الموجب لكرامة فى دار النعيم آمين آمين آمين الكتاب
Binding Note
Blue and white marbled paper pasted over brown leather on pasteboards for upper and lower covers and envelope flap. Gold painted frame on each cover.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
62

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/73ff0eff-9776-402f-a1ce-284d98518bf5/manifest