Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Work on Islamic theology].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 314L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcnp193p45n
Publisher
[18th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1700-1799
Format
Manuscript
Extent
327 leaves : paper ; 215 x 155 (140 x 100) mm bound to 233 x 160 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1513.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
A fragment of a work on theology. Incomplete at beginning and end.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Marginal notes.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i (later paper) + 327 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 20 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (hand) ; MS in fair condition; lower edge decayed but without loss of text.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.
Incipit: ... واليه ذهب اکثر المعتزلة وبعض اهل السنة بناء على ...
Ending: ...فان تعذر ولصق الريا بصدره فان
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Gold-tooled edging.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Watermarks
Gold tooled bindings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
668

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/f4caf7d1-7e3e-45cd-96da-f4bf560782c7/manifest