[Commentary on Bidāyat al-mubtadī].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[16th century?]
Description
54 leaves : paper ; 277 x 183 (200 x 120) mm bound to 282 x 192 mm.

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    Summary note
    A commentary on Bidāyat al-mubtadī. Incomplete at the beginning.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Heavily annotated with marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Notes and masāʼil follow the colophon (fol. 53b).
    • Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 54 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 21 lines per page.
    • Description: Text commented upon overlined in red ; MS in fair condition.
    • Origin: Probably from the XVIth century.
    • Beginning: لان الرواية محفوظة انه لو ادعى ... والجناية في النفس ...
    • Colophon: وقد تمت هذه النسخة الشريفة المبارکة على يد العبد الضعيف الفقيرالحقيرالمذنب المحتاج الراجي رحمة ربه اللطيف الجليل حامدا لله ومصليا على نبيّه محمد المصطفى خاتم الانبياء والمرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين
    Binding note
    Later quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and dark paper. Endbands.
    Provenance
    Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1702.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1463429252
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