[Arabic text on moral, religious, and ceremonial matters].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[14th century?]
Description
323 leaves : paper ; 208 x 145 (160 x 110) mm bound to 197 x 142 mm.

Details

Subject(s)
Donor
Rare books genre
Summary note
A work on moral, religious and ceremonial matters modeled after Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn of al-Ghazzālī.
Notes
  • Ms. codex.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Collation: Paper ; fol. 323 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
  • Layout: 17 lines per page.
  • Description: Some vowel signs ; MS in poor condition; worm-eaten and defective; final folio badly damaged.
  • Origin: Probably from the XlVth century.
  • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب يسر ... الحمد لله رب العالمين الرحمن الرحيم الملك القدوس ...
  • Colophon: ...وکتب ذلك الکتاب المبارك
Binding note
Later? type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-tooled lines crossing the covers and along edges. Multi-colored endbands.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1483.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
OCLC
1420386424
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