Details

Subject(s)

• Hadith—Texts—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 689H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Gold tooled bindings [Browse]
• Blind tooled bindings [Browse]

Summary note

The ninth volume of al-Jāmiʻ al-ṣaḥīḥ, the famous collection of traditions. The contents correspond to vols. VII, p. 43 (in part) - VIII, p. 12 of the copy printed in Būlāq, 1296.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• A few marginal notes and glosses. Inscription inside lower cover.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 125 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 19 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; full vowel signs ; MS in fair condition, heavily stained with dampness.
• Origin: Probably from the XVth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا اله الا الله عدة للقاءية باب ما کان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم يتجوز من اللباس والبسط حدثنا سليمن بن حرب قال تعالى حماد بن زيد ...
• Colophon: فقال ان هذه الاقدام بعضها من بعض وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله

Binding note

Type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-tooled and gild?-punched medallion with wide blind-tooled decorative border. Leather doublures. Cover loose. Probably type II binding with the flap removed.

Provenance

Waqf volume for a Madrasah (named on fol. 38b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1342.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Kitāb al-Bukhārī
• كتاب البخاري

OCLC

1349925724

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