Item Summary

A commentary on Manār al-anwār.

Descriptive Information

Title
منار ابن ملك في اصول الفقه.
Transliterated Title
Manār Ibn Malak fī uṣūl al-fiqh.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 227L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc0k225q39s
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1684
Extent
247 leaves : paper ; 206 x 134 (145 x 70) mm bound to 204 x 135 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1635.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from preliminary page (fol. (i)a).
Marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "M.KE 70 65". Inscriptions on the folio after the colophon. Blank label on spine.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 247 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Description: Overlining in red ; watermarks (coat-of-arms?; roman-alphabet initals "N," "VG" with trefoil, "HZ" and "PF") ; MS in good condition.
Origin: According to colophon copy completed beginning of Muḥarram 1096 (fol. 247b).
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لله الحى الاحد لا يحتويه على ما اولنا علم الفروع ... ويقول بعج اللطيف بن فرشته ...
Colophon: تمت قد وقع الفراغ بعون الله الملك العلام فى اوايل شهر محرم الحرام بعد العشاء فى ليلة الاثنين على يد الخضر الفقير غفر الله له ولوالديه احسن اليهما واليه سنه سته وتسعين والف
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in light brown leather and floral fabric. Fabric possibly covering an earlier leather and paper binding.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
504

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5b874921-b76e-47ec-b76b-30cdf69ee457/manifest