Details

Subject(s)

• Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Religious life—Islam—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. 1084H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• cut-paper work [Browse]

Summary note

A part of the third quarter of lḥyā ʻulūm al-dīn. It contains Books I (in part) - III of Rubʻ al-muhlikāt (the destructive matters in life).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• A few marginal notes. MS incomplete at the beginning.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 73 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 23 lines per page.
• Description: Occasional vowel signs ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: Probably from Xlllth century.
• Beginning: صلي الله عليه و سلم [...] مثله الا الانسان او المومن اشارة الي تفصيل غلت المعار ...
• Colophon: ... والله تعالى اعلم رالصواب تم ويتلوه كتال افات اللسان

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in brown leather and yellow paper. Cut-out oblong with pendants on covers. Elaborate cut-out design on flap.

Provenance

Signature: Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm dated 1005 (fol. [i]b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1480.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1401937078

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