Author
Marghīnānī, Ali ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197
Author Original
Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197, مرغيناني، علي بن ابي بكر
Publication Date
1284
Publication Place
-
[1284]
Subject
Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197—Bidāyat al-mubtadiʼ., Islamic law—History—12th century—Sources, Hanafites—History—12th century—Sources, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
258
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9954040473506421
Record ID
xs55mf69w
Library Location
HSVM Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3593Yq, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3593Yq, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1284-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1284
Notes
Careful copy of the first half of Marghinānī's commentary on his Bidāyat al-mubtadiʼ, a treatise on Ḥanafī law. Even though the copyist and the layout are different for each volume, 3593Y and 3594Y circulated as a set at least since 1166 H. [1752 or 3] (see provenance note and binding note). | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 2a; up to Abū al-Ḥasan on a repair)., Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Thick soft dark cream paper, hardly translucid, with laid lines visible. Mainly quinions, catchword on most verso. Fol. 1 and 258 are later additions (European paper). Marginal annotations by several hands. Some leaves are crudely repaired with loss of marginalia. The modern foliation in pencil omits a leaf between fol. 121 and 122., Inscription in Roman script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "A264a". Inscriptions in Roman script in pencil on fol. 1a: "255 Bl. / vol. I / A264a"., Origin: According to colophon, copied by Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar ibn Ismāʻīl, who completed his work on Friday 7 Ramaḍān 683 [Nov. 17, 1284] (fol. 257b). On the margin of the colophon, collation statement, mentioning that the text was collated on the authograph (aṣl al-muṣannif) in 683 H., Incipit: الحمد لله الذى اعلى معالم العلم واعلامه واظهر شعاير الشرع واحكامه, Explicit: ولان الحاجة تشتمل الغنى والفقي فى النزول والشب والغنى لا يحتاج الى صرف هذه الغلة لغنايه والله اعلم بالصواب واليه المرجع والماب تم المجلد الاول من الهداية | Loose quires placed in a binding in marbled paper and red leather, with flap. Paper pastedowns. | From the books of Aḥmad Mahdī ibn al-Sayyid Muḥammad ʻAṭāʼ Allāh al-Ayyūbī al-Anṣārī (ownership statement, fol. 1a). Five ownership and reading statements on fol. 2a, some obliterated or covered by repair, including one ownership statement in the name of al-Ḥājj Muḥammad ibn Sinān kātib al-Sulaymānīyah, mentioning Juzʼ 2 (dated 1166 H., with hardly legible seal); one reading statement dated Jumādá I '77; another dated M. 1209 H. Reading statement on fol. 257b, mentioning that this part was read under al-Shaykh Muṣṭafá al-Ayyūbī in 1166-1167 H. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 1011
