Item Summary

First part of a commentary on al-Shahīd al-Awwal's treatise on Shiʻite law. Complete through kitāb al-musāqāt.

Descriptive Information

Title
الروضة البهية في شرح اللمعة الدمشقية.
Transliterated Title
al-Rawḍah al-bahīyah fī sharḥ al-Lumʻah al-Dimashqīyah.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 58
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/mp48sg37m
Publisher
[1764]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1764
Format
Manuscript
Extent
223 leaves : paper ; 245 x 180 (160 x 105) mm
Provenance
On leaf 223a are several owner's stamps and a waqf statement.
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 924
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 131 (no. 1, commentary a); SII, 131
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 1b, line 9.
Physical description: 19-21 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on cream glazed, laid Arabic paper. Headings in large script; text of the Lumʻah overlined in red. Catchwords and marginal notes. Some staining and paper repairs; edges are ragged. Disbound.
Origin: Shawwāl 1177 H [April 1764] (leaf 223a).
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي شرح صدورنا بلمعة من شرايع الاسلام كافية في بيان الخطاب ونور قلوبنا من لوامع دروس الاحكام
Binding Note
Loose in brown leather folder.

Discovery Information

Subject
Shahīd al-Awwal, Muḥammad ibn Makkī 1333 or 1334-1384—Lumʻah al-Dimashqīyah
شهيد الاول، محمد بن مكي، 1333 or 1334-1380—لمعة الدمشقية
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
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Physical Characteristics

File Count
229

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7a3440f8-c95e-40f0-8e87-c72055abcd47/manifest