Author
Ghazzali, 1058-1111
Author Original
Ghazzālī, 1058-1111, غزالي
Publication Date
1367
Publication Place
-
[1367?]
Subject
Ghazzālī, 1058-1111—Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-Dīn., Islam—Doctrines—11th century, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Ghazali—Revival of the Religious Sciences
Type
kitap
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9949170053506421
Record ID
ws859j265
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 838Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 838Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1367-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1367
Notes
Elegant copy of an abridgment in forty chapters (bāb) of the Iḥyāʼ ʻulūm al-dīn. See table of contents at the beginning of the text (fol. 1b-2b). | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., 15 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of gold and blue for the headings. Red is also sporadically used. Illuminated title page (ʻunwān) in gold, red, blue and green on fol. 1a. Collation notes (collation statement fol. 186b). Ownership statements dated 1215, 1243 and 1315 H. on fol. (i)a (partly illegible). Foliation in red ink using Arabic numerals (starts with "2" on fol. 4). Foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Collation: Paper, fol. i, 186, i ; i, 1⁶ (+1, fol. 7) 2-18¹⁰ 19⁶ (+3, fol. 178-180), i ; catchword on the verso of each leaf., According to the colophon, copied in the middle decade of Rajab 768 (fol. 186b)., Incipit: قال الشيخ الامام حجة الاسلام ابو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالى رحمه الله الحمد لله على اسباغ نعمه وصلى الله ... اما بعد فقد عنّ لى فى بعض اسفارى ان استخرج من كتاب احياء علوم الدين بتعذر استصحابه مع كبر حجمه, Explicit: و ثقلت البطاقة فى كفة فلا تثقل مع الله شيء | Red leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Paper pastedowns. | Ownership statements dated Shaʻbān 1187 [1773] and 14 Rajab 1225 on fol. 1a. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 2164
