Item Summary

The author's commentary on his poem on Islamic law.

Descriptive Information

Title
[شرح نبراس الهدى].
Transliterated Title
[Sharḥ Nibrās al-hudá].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 631
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dj52w731n
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1850-1899
Extent
138 leaves : paper ; 170 x 104 (120 x 55) mm bound to 173 x 107 mm
References
Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 841
Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936), XIV, 98
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger, per Mach and Ormsby.
Physical description: 17 lines per page; written in small naskh in black on machine-made paper. Orginal text overlined in red; catchwords. Occasional staining.
Incipit: الحمد لله الذي نوهنا اي رفعنا رفعاً معنويا
Binding Note
Full black leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, and fillets; salmon paper doublures.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
141

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/be085dbe-2ee1-4353-a13d-b368626fa4be/manifest