Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic law—History—12th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Versified treatise on debated points of law.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from inscription on fol. 2a.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page in two columns. Written in medium large naskh in black ink (faded to brown on some leaves). The text is vocalized. Several short texts and excerpts on fol. 2a.
• Quaternions and quinions.
• Origin: According to colophon, copied by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, 17 Ramaḍān 740 [March 17, 1340] (fol. 111b).
• Incipit: بسم ... بسم الاله رب كل عبد والحمد لله ولى الحمد ... وبعد قد قال ابو حفص عمر
• Explicit: جنات عدن وقصورا ناعمه

Binding note

Coarse limp binding. Re-used paper pastedowns, with inscriptions.

Provenance

Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Mach, R. Yahuda, 1670
• Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 428/II ; SI

Other format(s)

Microfilm negative available for reproduction.

OCLC

232959038

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