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A fragment of a work on jurisprudence. Incomplete at the beginning and end.
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- Publisher
- [16th century?]
- People
-
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 919H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A fragment of a work on jurisprudence. Incomplete at the beginning and end.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Fragment of a text on Islamic law]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 919H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc9593v6611
- Publisher
- [16th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1500-1599
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 243 leaves : paper ; 260 x 180 (200 x 145) mm bound to 260x 180 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1659.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- A few marginal notes. Final leaf (243) is several layers of stiffened, re-used paper, probably serving as an ealier cover.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 243 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 31 lines per page.
- Description: Overlining in red ; lacking many iʻjām diacritical marks ; MS in fair condition.
- Origin: Probably from the XVIth century.
- Beginning: وهذا خرج مخرج يذکرالنعم ...
- Ending: يتاخرالوجوب الى ان يقدرعلى الاکتاف
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamed and -dotted central design with blind-tooled decorative edging. Leather doublures.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 496
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b64a50c8-3c24-40f2-bc32-2515b6e05c05/manifest