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A collection of some legends of the past regarding the origin of the world, paradise and hell, the creation of man and the life of the prophets.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- [19th century?]
- People
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- Author
- Kisāʼī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 11th century
- كسائي، محمد بن عبد الله، active 11th century
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 28L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A collection of some legends of the past regarding the origin of the world, paradise and hell, the creation of man and the life of the prophets.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- حديث.
- Transliterated Title
- Ḥadīth.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 28L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2f75rn00p
- Publisher
- [19th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1800-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 189 leaves : paper ; 208 x 163 (156 x 90-95) mm bound to 210 x 167 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 728.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), IV, p. 518.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 1021.
- Rieu, Supplement of the catalogue of the Arabic Mss, 497.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from caption (fol. 3b).
- Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses in Malay and Arabic. Marginal summaries in red. Foliate decoration and inscriptions in Arabic and Malay at beginning and end (fol. 1a-3a and 184b-189a). Foliation skips from 15 to 18.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 189 ; occasional catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (Pro patria with roman-alphabet lettering "W W & H Pannekoek" and "W W LTD") ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: Probably 19th century. Possibly created in Malaysia based on the Dutch paper and Malay marginalia.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلي اللع علي سيدنا محمد ... الحمد لله الذي انبت الخلق نباتا وجعلهم احيا بعد ان كانو امواتا ... وبعد فهذا كتاب جمعت فيه المبتداءت في خلق الارض والمسوات ...
- Colophon: تمت قصص الانبياء بحمد الله وعونه واليه المرجع والمآب وصلى الهي کل يوم وليله على من لنا يوم القيامة يشفع وصلى الله على خير خلقه محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين امين يا رب العالمين
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in golden brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla in a frame with cornerpieces, color-stamping, outlining in gold tooled lines and gold-tooled edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Gold-tooling on flap fore-edge.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 384
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- Holding location
- {@id=https://bibdata.princeton.edu/locations/delivery_locations/13}
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/749ed996-2151-4fb9-97f1-41359129ab24/manifest