Item Summary

Treatise on Shiʻite doctrine and fiqh.

Descriptive Information

Title
كشف الغطاء / شيخ جعفر.
Transliterated Title
Kashf al-ghiṭāʼ / Shaykh Jaʻfar.
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 847q
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/7p88ck14j
Publisher
Mashhad, [1823 or 1824]
مشهد، [1823 او 1824]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1823-1824
Format
Manuscript
Extent
264 leaves : paper ; 299 x 199 (216 x 134) mm bound to 306 x 205 mm
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 480
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 505/10
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from lower edge.
Physical description: 25 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. First leaf detached. Mild staining.
Origin: 1239 H [1823 or 1824] in Mashhad, by Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn Mīrzā Ismāʻīl (leaf 264b).
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي اختص بالازلية والقدم وابرز نور الممكنات والقد من ظلمة العدم
Binding Note
Full black leather with pink paper doublures.

Discovery Information

Subject
Shīʻah—Doctrines
Islamic law
Shīʻah
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
269

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/68198b1f-06c6-4e3e-93be-e6a0634b602f/manifest