Item Summary

A commentary on al-Arbaʻūn ḥadīth of al-Nawawī.

Descriptive Information

Title
تعليق مختصر على الاربعين حديثا.
Transliterated Title
Tāʻlīq mukhtaṣar ʻalá al-Arbaʻīn ḥadīth.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 752H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc7h14b211k
Publisher
[17th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1600-1699
Format
Manuscript
Extent
152 leaves : paper ; 204 x 151 (153 x 101) mm bound to 205 x 148 mm.
Provenance
Obscured ownership signatures on folio 1a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1435.
Khulāṣat al-Athar, II, p. 414.
Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1500.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from text (fol. 1b).
Marginal notes and glosses. It is stated in the colophon that the work was composed 1010/1601. Long notes on folio 1a and 152b related to Ibn Ḥajar's commentary of Nawawī's Arbaʻīn.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 152 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلي الله علي سيدنا محمد ... الحمد لله وكفي والصلاة والسلام علي اشرف الرسل المصطفي وبعد فيقول العبد الفقير ... عبد الروف بن المناوي هذا تعليق مختصر على الاربعين حديثا التي جمعها ... النووي ...
Colophon: فرغ من تأليفه العبد الفقيرعبد الرؤف بن المناوي في غرة صفر سنة عشر والف. هذا ما وجد في نسخة کتبت بخط المؤلف رحمه الله تعالى ثاني نسخة ونقل منها على صورته
Binding Note
Upper and lower covers differ. Upper cover of light brown leather with blind-stamped circular motif and blind-tooled edging. Lower cover of dark brown leather with blind-stamped mandorla with pendants. Outer edges of both covers repaired with leather. Modern repair on spine. Not currently sewn.

Discovery Information

Subject
Nawawī 1233-1277—Arbaʻūn al-Nawawīyah
Hadith—Commentaries—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Blind tooled bindings
Autographs
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
312

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/d75a81b6-efea-4f23-b19d-53a46e93072f/manifest