Multaqá al-abḥur. - Ḥalabī, Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, -1549 or 1550; Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961; Princeton University. Library (1700)
A compendium of Ḥanafite law.
Ms. codex.
Title from preface (fol. 5a).
Marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Label on upper cover: "ZK 8". Inscriptions (fol. 1a). Table of contents (fol. 1b-3b). Life of the author (fol. 221a-221b) followed by lines of verse and other inscriptions (fol. 221b, lower pastedown). Inserts.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 221 ; catchwords ; foliation in red ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (coat-of-arms?, roman-alphabet countermark initials with trefoil) ; MS in good condition.
Keywords: Islamic law -- Early works to 1800.; Hanafites -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Arabic -- New Jersey -- Princeton; Watermarks; Blind tooled bindings; manuscripts (documents)