Item Summary

A part of the third quarter of lḥyā ʻulūm al-dīn. It contains Books I (in part) - III of Rubʻ al-muhlikāt (the destructive matters in life).

Descriptive Information

Title
[احياء علوم الدين].
Transliterated Title
[Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1084H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2f75rm74b
Publisher
[13th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1200-1299
Format
Manuscript
Extent
73 leaves : paper ; 250 x 177 (195 x 115) mm bound to 248 x 180 mm.
Provenance
Signature: Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm dated 1005 (fol. [i]b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1480.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
A few marginal notes. MS incomplete at the beginning.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 73 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23 lines per page.
Description: Occasional vowel signs ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from Xlllth century.
Beginning: صلي الله عليه و سلم [...] مثله الا الانسان او المومن اشارة الي تفصيل غلت المعار ...
Colophon: ... والله تعالى اعلم رالصواب تم ويتلوه كتال افات اللسان
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and yellow paper. Cut-out oblong with pendants on covers. Elaborate cut-out design on flap.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800
Religious life—Islam—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
cut-paper work
Autographs

Physical Characteristics

File Count
159

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/c57252a2-8b1d-498c-9018-9f4663787371/manifest