Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—History—13th century—Sources [Browse]
• Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—History—14th century—Sources [Browse]
• Shīʻah—Doctrines—History—13th century—Sources [Browse]
• Shīʻah—Doctrines—History—14th century—Sources [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Treatise on Shīʻī law.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from beginning of text (fol. 1a).
• Physical description: 19 lines per page. Written in medium large nash with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Dark cream paper, with laid lines and fiber visible. Ḥāshiyah on the beginning of the text. Wear on first leaves ; a few holes with loss of text.
• Chiefly quaternions ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
• Inscription in Arabic numerals on a handmade label pasted on the upper cover: "316".
• Origin: According to colophon, copied by Ibn ʻAbd al-Ṣamad al-Ḥusayn ...?, middle of Ramaḍān 1070 [May 1660] (fol. 232b).
• Incipit: فهذا كتاب قواعد الاحكام فى معرفة الحلال والحرام لخصت فيه لب الفتاوى خاصته بينت فيه قواعد احكام الخصة
• Explicit: ولو قال ادفع اليه بعد موتى لم ينعزل الثامنة والحمد لوليه والصلاة على نبيه ووصيه و ... ائمة المعصومين

Binding note

Limp binding (brown leather) ; smaller than text block.

Provenance

Ownership statement with seal reading: "ʻAbduhu Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar"(?) on fol. 1a.

References

Mach, R. and E. Ormsby. Handlist (New Series), 894

Other format(s)

• Microfilm negative available for reproduction.
• Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

240386069

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