Details

Subject(s)

• Burhān al-Sharīʻah, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUbayd Allāh -1274 or 1275—Wiqāyat al-riwāyah [Browse]
• Islam—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Muslims—Conduct of life—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Hanafites—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. 843H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Cloth bindings [Browse]
• Headbands [Browse]
• Sprinkled papers (Paper) [Browse]

Related work(s)

• Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197. Hidāyah. [Browse]
• مرغيناني، علي بن ابي بكر، -1196 or 1197. هداية. [Browse]

Summary note

A commentary on Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Heavily annotated with marginal and interlinear notes and glosses. Inserts. The 5 pages before the opening of the text contain numerous inscriptions including short prayers, masāʼil, Seal of Solomon, a table of contents and extracts. Numerous notes, extracts, biographical notes, etc. follow the text (fol. 172a-175b and the following folio). Basmalah dabbed with gold ink.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. iii + 175 + iii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (later flyleaves only: coat-of-arms, roman-alphabet letters "GMF") ; MS in good condition.
• Origin: Probably from the XVth century.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله رب العالمين ... يقول العبد المتوسل الى الله تعالى باقوى الذريعة عبيد الله بن مسعود بن تاج الشريعة ... هذا حل المواضع المغلقة من وقاية الرواية من مسائل الهداية
• Colophon: قد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذه النسخة الشريفة في وقت الظهر من يوم الاحد اول الربيعين في سنة احدى عشر ...

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in green fabric. Gold sprinkled green paper flyleaves. Endbands. Fabric is missing from spine and lower cover.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1745.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1340420387

Statement on language in description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...