Details

Subject(s)

• Hadith (Shiites)—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Ismailites—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript Islamic Manuscripts, Third series no. 851 [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• headpieces (layout features) [Browse]

Summary note

Collection of Shiite prayers and hadith from the Ismailite tradition.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from title page (fol. 1a).
• A few marginal notes and markings. Reading statement in Persian on fol. 1a dated Shaʻbān 602 in Ghazná.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 10 + i ; catchwords in a different (later?) hand ; foliation in pencil using Hindu-Arabic numerals.
• Layout: 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled in blue and red.
• Description: Text in brown ink, fully vocalized ; MS in fair condition with some repairs and light staining.
• Decoration: Illuminated title page on fol. 1a, and illuminated headpieces in gold with brown embellishments on fol. 1b, 5b, and 8b. Verses divided with gold rosettes.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وجدت بخط السيد الامام الكبير ضيا الدين تاج الاسلام سلطات العلما فضل الله بن علي الحسين
• Colophon: والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلواته على سيدنا محمد واله الطاهرين وسلم تسليما كثيرا وحسبنا الله وجده ونعم الوكيل ونعم المولى ونعم النصير

Binding note

Recent cloth binding.

OCLC

1484353068

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