Item Summary

Aḥmad al-Būnī's work on the introduction of Fatḥ al-Bārī.

Descriptive Information

Title
[مختصر مقدمة فتح الباري].
Transliterated Title
[Mukhtaṣar muqaddimat Fatḥ al-bārī].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 450Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc6t053w82r
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1707
Extent
206 leaves : paper ; 213 x 150 (185 x 130) mm bound to 222 x 156 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts (Yahuda Section), 582.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Bookdealer's label: "ELS No. 450" (upper pastedown). Notes on preliminary pages (fol. 1a-2a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 206 + iii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 27 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (crown-star-crescent, roman-alphabet initial countermark with trefoil) ; MS in fair condition, worm-eaten.
Origin: According to the colophon copied at the beginning of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1119 by the author (fol. 205b)
Kattānī, Fihris I, 169.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ... الحمد لله الذى شرح صدور اهل السنة ... وبعد فيقول ... البونى التميمى ... ان مقدمة ... ابن حجر ... شرحه على البخاري ...
Colophon: كتبه مؤلفه احمد بن قاسم بن محمد ساسي البوني التميمي غفر الله تعالى له بمنه وذلك اواخر شهر ربيع الاول الشريف الانوار سنة 1119
Binding Note
Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped and inset mandorla and blind-tooled edging on covers. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled edging on flap. Pink paper pastedowns.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
430

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/bf0dc2d0-a207-49a7-9a4d-25fdd9d94257/manifest