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Collection of fragmentary texts on various topics.
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- Publisher
- [15th-17th century?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 375L
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
Collection of fragmentary texts on various topics.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [شرعة الاسلام] ... [الخ.]
- Transliterated Title
- [Shirʻat al-Islām] ... [etc.]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 375L
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcm613n998p
- Publisher
- [15th-17th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1400-1699
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 130 leaves : paper ; 210 x 149 (110-173 x 72-108) mm bound to 215 x 152 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1a-18b: [Shirʻat al-Islām] / [Imāmʹzādah]. From the beginning to chapter 12.
- 2. fol. 19a-19b: [Unidentified fragment]
- 3. fol. 20a-21b, 57a-57a: [Treatise on prayer]. Folios likely from the same manuscript.
- 4. fol. 22a-53b, 55a-56b: [Treatise on prayer]
- 5. fol. 54a-54b: [Commentary on a work of grammar]
- 6. fol. 58a-118b: [Commentary on a work on Arabic inflection]
- 7. fol. 119a-130b: [Treatise on inheritance]
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Marginal and interlinear notes. Some sections heavily annotated. Kabīkaj (invocation against bookworms), inscriptions, and a magic square using letters (folio 1a). Label on upper cover: "KE 317'. Inserts.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 130 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 7-15 lines per page.
- Description: Watermarks (fol. 1-18: grapes?, leaves; fol. 20: ..-star-crescent; fol. 58-118: three crescents) ; MS in fair condition.
- Origin: [Treatise on inheritance] Copied Jumādá al-Awwal 864 (fol. 130b).
- Incipit: [1ب] بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه العصمة الحمد لله الذى دلنا على معرفته بالشواهد والاعلام ... اما بعد فهذه عقود منظومة من سنن سيد العالمين امام المتقين منتقدة من كتب ائمة المهتدين ... -- [19أ] ... والجديد تقديم الا سن على النسيب فان استويا فنظافة الثوب ... -- [20أ] ... فصل استقبال القبلة شرط في صحة الصلوة الا فى شدة الخوف ... -- [22أ] ... عليه التقليد والاجتهاد والا اخذ يقول ثقة ... -- [54أ] ... او مزيد فيه لانه اما ان يكون بافيا على صروفه الاصلية ... -- [58أ] ... لا حروف الصغير الزاء معجمة والسين والصاد المهملات ... -- [119أ] ... فى اصل المسئلة كا مراتين وست جدات وعشر بنات وستعة اعمام ...
- Binding Note
- Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather and dark paper. Multi-colored endbands.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 272
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/52c587a0-4f6b-4bec-a060-7c56ca47bb80/manifest