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First volume of al-Ghazzālī's major work on Shafiite jurisprudence covering ṭahārah through ḥajj. Gap after fol. 1.
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- Publisher
- [13th century?]
- People
-
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 192Y
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
First volume of al-Ghazzālī's major work on Shafiite jurisprudence covering ṭahārah through ḥajj. Gap after fol. 1.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- الوسيط في المذهب.
- Transliterated Title
- al-Wasīṭ fī al-madhhab.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 192Y
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9880vt60g
- Publisher
- [13th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1200-1299
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 156 leaves : paper ; 240 x 164 (155 x 115) mm bound to 248 x 175 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 1398.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from preface (fol. 1b).
- Marginal notes. Bookdealer's markings including label: "ELS No. 192" (lower pastedown). Gold-stamped on spine: "al-Wasīṭ lil-Ghazzālī".
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i (later brown paper) + 156 (f. 156 later brown paper) ; quires signed using letters ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 20 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; MS in fair condition, folios 2-3 replaced with blank pages.
- Brockelmann, GAL, I, 542 (no. 49); S I, 752; Bouyges, Essai de chronologie des œuvres de al-Ghazali, no. 4.
- Incip.: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين اما بعد حمد الله الذى هو فاتحة کل کتاب وخاتمة کل خطاب .. فانى رأيت الهمم فى طلب العلوم قاصرة والارامى تحصلها فاترة ...
- Colophon (in later hand): وقد تم الجزو الاول يتلو الجزو الثانى كتاب البنوع والله الموقق للصواب تم الحروف الكتاب بعون الله
- Binding Note
- Modern binding in black leather and buckram[?]. Brown paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Gold-tooling on spine. Blue-sprinkled edges. Endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 162
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/bd6126f9-46c8-4370-9e6f-92a5b61a2148/manifest