Item Summary

Treatise on Shiʻite fiqh. Incomplete at end; breaks off at the Kitāb al-diyāt, faṣl 10. Fihrist on leaf 2a.

Descriptive Information

Title
تبصرة المتعلمين في احكام الدين.
Transliterated Title
Tabṣirat al-mutaʻallimīn fī aḥkām al-dīn.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1372
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/f1881p502
Publisher
[15--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500
Extent
136 leaves : paper ; 160 x 123 (96 x 72) mm bound to 164 x 126 mm
Provenance
Two owners' notes and a stamp on leaf 2a.
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 1389
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 208 (no. 25)
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 2b, lines 5-6.
Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in naskh in black on heavy glazed, laid Arabic paper. Rubrication and catchwords; marginal notes. Some staining.
Incipit: الحمدلله القديم سلطانه العظيم شانه الواضح برهانه المنعم على عباده بارسال انبيائه
Binding Note
Full black leather with blind-stamped fillets; pink paper doublures.

Discovery Information

Subject
Islamic law—Early works to 1800
Shīʻah—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
147

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2fc3e516-af75-4385-acbd-a5e3289c17fc/manifest