Item Summary

Commentary on Ibn al-Ḥājib's work on Islamic law.

Descriptive Information

Title
كتاب رفع الحاجب عن مختصر ابن الحاجب / للشيخ تاج الدين السبكي.
Transliterated Title
Kitāb Rafʻ al-ḥājib ʻan Mukhtaṣar Ibn al-Ḥājib / lil-Shaykh Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 148Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/cz30pw25g
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1400-1499
Extent
251 leaves : paper ; 261 x 177 (190 x 120) mm bound to 256 x 195 mm.
Provenance
Ownership statements (fol. 1a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 882.
Brockelmann, GAL, S I, 538 (commentary 12).
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
Marginal notes. Bookdealer's labels including: "ELS No.148".
Collation: Arabic paper ; fol. i + 251 + ii (later paper) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; title in black ink with gold sprinkles ; MS in good condition, folios 240-251 damaged with some loss of text.
Colophon: ... حامد الله ومصلبا على النبى واله وصحبه وسلما
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب يسير با كريم قال ... تاج الدين ابو نصر عبد الوهاب السبكى الشافعى ... الحمد لله الذى شرع الى العليا طريقا مختصرا واطلع من سما الكتاب والسنه شمسا وقمرا ...
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and turquoise and red marbled paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
258

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/881a1426-f8a1-414e-bde1-24a3b5c91508/manifest