Details

Subject(s)

• Hadith—Authorities—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Shafiites—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Former owner

• Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932 [Browse]
• Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning [Browse]

Contains

• Ghazzālī, 1058-1111. Wasīṭ fī al-madhhab. Selections. [Browse]
• غزالي، 1058-1111، وسيط في المذهب. Selections. [Browse]

Summary note

Collection of biographies drawn chiefly from the Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʻīyah of Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī. The leaves are disbound and have considerable gaps and lacunae. One leaf contains material from al-Ghazzālī's al-Wasīṭ fī al-madhhab.

Notes

• Binding: Not bound.
• Decoration: Rubrications in red including marginal comments.
• Foliation: No foliation, no catchwords.
• Layout: Written in 19 long lines; short titles in upper left recto.
• Ms. codex.
• Origin: Item is not dated, possibly produced in the 14th or 15th century based on the paper.
• Paper: Syro-Egyptian handmade paper, chain lines in groups of three occasionally visible.
• Script: Written in a large and clear naskh.
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Location of originals

• Original Columbia, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• OPenn University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

Language note

Arabic.

Provenance

Gift of John Frederick Lewis to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.

Cite as

CAJS Rar Ms 131.

OCLC

276878128

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