Item Summary

A collection of traditions. The original work contained 222 traditions. This fragment comprises 127 traditions (1-85 and 106-147). The work is also known as Maʻānī al-akhbār.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب بحر الفوايد / تأليف ابي بكر محمد بن ابراهيم الكلاباذي
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Baḥr al-fawāyid / taʼlīf Abī Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Kalābādhī
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 747H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcth83m936r
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1200-1299
Extent
169 leaves : paper ; 210 x 144 (156 x 110) mm bound to 207 x 152 mm.
Provenance
Ownership signatures obscured by repairs on folio 1. Seal impression at bottom of folio 69a. Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1368.
Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 20.
Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, I, p. 275.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes. MS lacking a number of folios in the middle and incomplete at the end. Samʻ certificate on title page.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 169 ; quires signed: 2-21 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Vowel signs ; ḥadīth numbers in red ink ; MS in good condition. Some repairs. MS is rare.
Decoration: Illuminated title page. Title in square framed with gold and blue lines with gold and black cloud and floral fill with blue highlights.
Origin: Probably from early XIII century.
Ending: ان تقدم زمان انفاقه وقتاله فله فضيلة سبق الزمان الذي لا يلام
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الصلاه والتسليم علي سيدنا محمد اخبرنا الامام الا[ديب] العالم ابو نصر محمد بن عبد الله بن احمد الارغياني ...
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled frame and edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Blue marbled paper pastedowns. Not currently sewn.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
352

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/2020d357-1e9e-45fd-b90b-bdbfe1f94d1d/manifest