[الهداية].

[al-Hidāyah].

Author
Uniform title
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
end of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 788 [May 1386]
Description
226 leaves : paper ; 259 x 181 (165 x 105) mm bound to 270 x 182 mm.

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    Summary note
    The author's commentary on his own work on Hanafite jurisprudcence entitled Bidāyat al-mubtadī. The first four folios are missing. The text begins with Kitāb al-Ṭaharāt and ends with Kitāb al-waqf.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Label on upper cover: "KE 270".
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 226 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 17 lines per page.
    • Description: MS in fair condition; stained with dampness.
    • Origin: According to colophon copy completed end of Rabīʻ al-Awwal 788 (fol. 226a).
    • Beginning: كله ثم سالنى بعض اخوانى ان املى عليهم المجموع الثانى فافتحته مستعينا بالله ... كتاب الطهارات ...
    • Colophon: حرر العبد الضعيف المحتاح الى رحمه الله تعالى سلمان بن محمد الداصانى؟ ... عفر الله له ولوالديه ... فى الاخر ربيع الاول سنه ثمان وثمانين وسبعمايه
    Binding note
    Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and cornerpieces with gold outlining and blind-tooled edging on lower cover. Upper cover covered with dark paper. Leather doublures; lower doublure is missing.
    Provenance
    Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1699.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1340422662
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