Item Summary

The fourth rubʻ (Rubʻ al-munjiyāt) of Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn. Likely created as part of a set with Princeton's Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1051Hq(i).

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب التوبة وهو الكتاب الاول من ربع المنجيات
Transliterated Title
Kitāb al-Tawbah wa-huwa al-Kitāb al-awwal min rubʻ al-Munjiyāt
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1051Hq(iii)
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcdz011314g
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1300-1399
Extent
271 leaves : paper ; 279 x 217 (205 x 148) mm bound to 278 x 214 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signature: Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Sulaymān dated 1207 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1479.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from caption (fol. 1b).
Marginal notes and glosses. Death notice of ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān in Medina on 24 Jumādá Awwal 1208 (fol. 1a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 271 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 33 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (lion; sun) ; MS in fair condition.
Decoration: Section titles surrounded by decorations in red and black. Sub-section titles decorated with red and black flourishes.
Origin: Probably from the XlVth century.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صلى الله على سيدنا محمد الحمد لله الف بحمده يستفتح على كتاب وبذلك يصدر كل خطاب ...
Colophon: تم
Binding Note
Later type III (without flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped madorla and decorative blind-tooled edging. yellow paper pastedowns. Probably a type II binding with the flap removed.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
552

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/1ef68c19-d5ef-46f8-998c-2b9fde57b22d/manifest