Item Summary

Commentary on Ibn al-Muṭahhar al-Ḥillīʼs Tahdhīb al-wuṣūl ilá ʻilm al-uṣūl; incomplete at end.

Descriptive Information

Title
منية اللبيب في شرح التهذيب.
Transliterated Title
Munyat al-labīb fī sharḥ al-Tahdhīb.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 5596Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/zw12z7900
Publisher
[15--?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1500
Extent
53 leaves : paper ; 202 x 133 (153 x 90) mm bound to 207 x 138 mm
Provenance
Large, partially smudged owner's stamp of al-Ḥājj Aḥmad on leaf 2a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift; Robert Garrett (Class of 1897), 1942.
References
Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts (Yahuda section), no. 963
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 211 (no. 10, commentary a); SII, 208
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from leaf 2b, line 16.
Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in miniscule naskh in black on beige glazed, laid Arabic and European papers. Rubrication and catchwords; a few marginal notes. Extensive damp staining on first half of manuscript, but text still legible.
Origin: According to Mach, 16th century.
Incipit: اللهم اني احمدك حمدا لا يقدر حصره ... اما بعد فان الالتفات الى علم اصول الفقه
Binding Note
Rebound in quarter leather with cloth covers.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
59

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d06cf369-ceef-4fd4-af18-f731e945811d/manifest