Details

Subject(s)

• Hadith—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. 215L [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Headbands [Browse]

Summary note

A defective and incomplete work on tradition.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Label on upper cover: "308 KE".
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 138 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 17 lines per page.
• Description: MS in poor condition; stained, worm-eaten and worn with some loss of text.
• Origin: MS probably from XlVth century.
• Beginning: سأل رسول الله ... ما حکيم خير لك قال ومنك
• Ending: ...في حق ولا في غير حق الا فساقلبه

Binding note

Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in red leather and dark paper. Multi-colored endbands.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1476.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1459754369

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