Item Summary

The chain of authorities from whom the author acquired his learning. Sanad written by al-Adhraʻī followed by a number of certificates in the name of al-Adhraʻī.

Descriptive Information

Title
سند.
Transliterated Title
Sanad.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 795H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dckh04f194f
Publisher
[15th century]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1400-1499
Format
Manuscript
Extent
10 leaves : paper ; 184 x 139 (145 x 110) mm bound to 186 x 142 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1465.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preface (folio opposite 1a).
After the colophon are two obituary notes. Hitti believes this copy was made by the author.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 9 (lower pastedown is labeled "10" ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 16 lines per page.
Description: Lacking many iʻjām diacritical marks ; MS in good condition.
Incipit: الحمد لله وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم هذا سند کاتبه ابي بکر بن احمد بن سليمان بن داود بن ابى بكر الاذرعى ثم الدمشقى الشافعى ...
End of final certificate: وثبت في مجالس عدة وقع آخرها في اواخر جمادى الاخرة سنة ثلثين وثمان مئة ... الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) limp binding in violet paper. Lined with printed pages of a journal from May 1872.

Discovery Information

Subject
Muslim scholars—Intellectual life—Early works to 1800
Muslim scholars—Books and reading—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
holographs (autographs)
Certificates

Physical Characteristics

File Count
28

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f641939f-bc4a-4d8e-8054-8357211c6ac2/manifest