Details

Subject(s)

• Longevity—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Theological anthropology—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. 942H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]
• Autographs (Provenance) [Browse]

Summary note

A treatise discussing the length of life and whether it exceeds or falls short of its pre-ordained length.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• Two marginal glosses. Notes on title page.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 5 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 26 lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله ... فصل في ذکر فتوى من فتاوي الوالد
• Colophon: تم وکمل بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم تسليما تم

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather and red paper.

Provenance

Ownership signature written in gold ink (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

• Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1523.
• Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), I, pp. 369/70.
• Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, VII, p. 49.
• Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 2487.
• Pertsch, Die orientalischen handschriften der Herzoglichen bibliothek zu Gotha, 743.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340424920

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