Item Summary

A book on the ordinances related to ablution and prayer according to the Hanafite school.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذا كتاب منية المصلى.
Transliterated Title
Hādhā Kitāb Munyat al-muṣallī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 298L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcqr46rd12p
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1610
Extent
83 leaves : paper ; 218 x 140 (152 x 72) mm bound to 218 x 150 mm.
Provenance
Signatures, stamps, and tughrás, some obscured (upper pastedown, fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1751.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from caption (fol. 1b).
Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "F.F38 19/12/99". Inscriptions (pastedowns, fol. 1a). Inserts.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 83 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (horse? in a circle) ; MS in fair condition; ink smudged but fully legible.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed beginning of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1018 by Ibrāhīm Chalabī, muʼadhdhin bi-Jāmʻ ʻAtīq (fol. 83b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين والعاقبة للمتقين ... اعلموا وفقكم الله تعالى وايانا ان انواع العلوم كثيرة واهم الانواع بالتحصيل مسائل الصلوة ...
Colophon: تمت كتبه الفقير ابراهيم چلبي المؤذن بجامع عتيق فقر الله له ولوالديه تحريرا في اوايل شهر ذي الحجه من شهور سنه ثمانه عشر والف
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled edging on covers. Blind-tooling on flap. Binding in poor condition, repaired.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
179

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/90fcb7a0-738f-4645-b34d-acde0915f26f/manifest