Author
Rāzī, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, active 1261
Author Original
Rāzī, Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, active 1261, رازي، محمد بن ابي بكر
Publication Date
1421
Publication Place
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[1421]
Subject
Islamic law—Early works to 1800, Islamic law—History—13th century—Sources, Hanafites, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic empire—15th century
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9953233993506421
Record ID
n870zt42s
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 905Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 905Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1421-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1421
Notes
Short treatise on fiqh according to Abū Ḥanīfah. | Ms. codex., Title from illuminated title page (fol. 1a)., Physical description: 9 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh (professional hand) in black ink with use of red. The text is vocalized. Illuminated title-page (ʻunwān), with a panel in gold, blue and red outlined in blue, on fol. 1a (wear; damaged). Illuminated colophon on fol. 76b. Light cream paper with pulp visible and darker cream paper with laid and chain lines visible (ink corrosive on the latter). Ḥāshiyah on the margins, apparently by the same hand as the main text., Collation: paper, fol. i, 76, i ; i (later added fly-leaf) 1¹⁰ (-2 at beginning of quire) 2-7¹⁰ 8⁸ ; the quires are numbered in red ink using Arabic ordinals in the form "thānī" (see fol. 9a)., Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Ḥ 63". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on pastedown of the upper cover: "Ḥ 389". Inscription "9100" in Arabic numerals in black ink on the upper corner of fol. 76b., Origin: According to colophon, copied for himself by ... (cyphered) on Thursday 13 (or 23) Rabīʻ al-Awwal ḌKD [824] [March 1421] (fol. 76b; year in abjad)., Incipit: الحمد لله والسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى هذا مختصر فى علم الفقه جمعته لبعض اخوانى فى الدين بقدر ما وسعه وقته واقتصرت فيه على عشرت كتاب هي اهمّ كتب الفقه له واحقها بالتقديم, Explicit: كما قال الله تعالى ولقد وصينا الذين اوتوا الكتاب من قبلكم واياكم ان اتقوا الله فعليك ايها الاخ بالتقوى والاستعداد للقاء الله عز وجل ونعيم الاخرة [76ب] والسلام على من اتّبع الهدى وخشى عواقب الردى واطاع الملك الاعلى والحمد لله وحده وحسبنا الله | Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. The covers are similarly decorated, with a central blind and gold-tooled mandorla filled with impressions of a small v-shaped stamp, and outlined by a gilt guilloche developing into pendants on the vertical axis. The outer border consists of fillets and a running pattern. Leather doublure, with gilt decoration. Damaged; mended. | From the books of Aḥmad Najīb Ibn Aḥmad Ṭāhir, 7 [Shawwā]l 79 (fol. 1a). Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 1058, Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 50/1 ; S1
