Item Summary

Collection of fragmentary texts.

Descriptive Information

Title
هذا كتاب بخاري شريف ... [الخ.]
Transliterated Title
Hādhā Kitāb Bukhārī sharīf ... [etc.]
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 382L
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3484zw28b
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1600-1899
Extent
95 leaves : paper ; 217 x 158 (154-190 x 92-132) mm bound to 222 x 162 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904, from the books of Amīn ibn Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 1b: Hādhā Kitāb Bukhārī sharīf. Text begins: Kayfa kāna badaʼa al-waḥy ilá Rasūl Allāh. The opening page of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī.
2. fol. 2, 24-26, 43, 45-48, 52, 54-61, 62-64, 66-67, 70-77, 79-82: [Miscellaneous fragments from treatises on grammar and inflection]. Some fragments originate from the same manuscript.
3. fol. 3a-4b: [Treatise on logic]
4. fol. 5a-11b: [Unidentified text]. On the topic of ṣifāt subūtīyah wa-salbīyah?
5. fol. 12a-23b and 65b: Ḥāshiyah li-abyāt al-mutawassiṭ.
6. fol. 27a-34b and 37a-42b: [Treatise on legal decisions]
7. fol. 35a-36b: [Commentary on Sūrat al-Kahf]
8. fol. 44a-44b: [Treatise on ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb]
9. fol. 49a-49b: [Risālat-i vujūd]. In Persian.
10. fol. 50, 53, 78, 87, 91-92: [Miscellaneous leaves]. On various topics.
11. fol. 51a-51b: [Commentary on Qurʼanic verses]
12. fol. 68a-69b: [Treatise on ʻilm al-kalām]
13. fol. 83a-86b: [Treatise on the movement of celestial bodies]
14. fol. 88a-89b, 93a-95b: [Philosophical work]. Not all folios may belong to the same manuscript.
15. fol. 90a-90b: [Treatise on knowledge and scholars]
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Title from title page of first work (fol. 1a).
Marginal and interlinear notes. Label on upper cover: "989 KE".
Collation: Paper ; fol. 95 + i (later paper) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23-31 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; some folios tinted brown ; watermarks (fol. 5-11: three crescents; fol. 12-23: animal, roman-alphabet lettering "En Rovergve..." and "..serre"; fol. 24-26: unidentified; fol. 27-30: crown; fol. 34, 39: anchor; fol. 50: three crescents; fol. 53 circles with cross; fol. 54-61: unidentified with roman-alphabet letters; fol. 64: unidentified; fol. 70-72: unidentified; fol. 73-77, 79-82: face-in-the-moon; fol. 83-86: three crescents; fol. 87: small crown?) ; MS in fair condition.
Origin: Folio 1a dated 1268 [1852].
Binding Note
Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather and dark paper. Endbands.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
199

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e05a5f48-17af-484b-aa14-ff15fc4e00da/manifest