بحر الانهرعلى ملتقى الابحر.

Baḥr al-anhur ʻalá Multaqá al-abḥur.

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Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[18th century?]
Description
321 leaves : paper ; 216 x 163 (167 x 95) mm bound to 215 x 158 mm.

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    Summary note
    A commentary on Multaqá al-abḥur.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from preface (fol. 2a).
    • A few marginal notes. Label on upper cover: "29 MX". Title on upper edge of text block. Inscriptions (fol. 321b).
    • Collation: Paper; fol. 321 ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
    • Layout: 27 lines per page.
    • Description: Text commented upon overlined in red ; watermarks (grapes; crown or coat-of-arms; other unidentified) ; MS in fair condition.
    • Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذي شرع الاحكام وبين الطرق العاش والمعاد قوانين الاحكام ... لما کان ملتقى الابحر اجل متون المذهب ...
    • Colophon: واما حظ السمسار والصيرفي فيجي الکلام فيه ان شاء الله تعالى والله اعلم
    Binding note
    Later type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped design on lower half of covers. Binding in poor condition.
    Provenance
    Obscured signatures and seal impressions (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
    Source acquisition
    Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
    References
    • Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1741.
    • Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 103.
    • Khulāṣat al-Athar IV, p. 318.
    • Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 4615⁴.
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    OCLC
    1340425770
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