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. 714H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Leather doublures [Browse]
• Blind tooled bindings [Browse]
• Autographs [Browse]

Summary note

Collection of ordinances according to traditions, from Muslim and al-Bukhārī.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• A few marginal notes. MS in good condition; mended.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 68 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 15 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; overwriting and other use of red ; MS in good condition; mended.
• Origin: Probably from XVth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الملك الجبار الواحد القهار واشهد ان لا اله الا الله وحده لا شريك له رب السموات والارض ...اما بعد فان بعض اخواتي سالني اختصار جملة في احاديث الاحكام ...
• Colophon: وصلي الله علي سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-tooled central medallion and blind-tooled and blind-stamped decorative edging. Leather doublures with block-pressed design. Flap missing.

Provenance

Ownership signatures: ʻUmar al-Ḥanbalī ibn Muṣṭafá al-Rūmānī dated 1153, .. ibn Jamāl al-Dīn .. (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1378.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340424785

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