Author
‘Ala’i, Khalil ibn Qaykaldi, 1295–1359
Author Original
ʻAlāʼī, Khalīl ibn Kaykaldī, 1295-1359, علائي، خليل بن كيكلدي، 1295-1359
Publication Date
1135
Publication Place
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23 Rajab 1135 [April 29, 1723]
Subject
Hadith—Texts—Early works to 1800, Hadith—Commentaries—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, headpieces (layout features), illuminated manuscripts, Blind tooled bindings, Autographs, Watermarks (Paper)
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
128
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963579013506421
Record ID
dc8g84mz32w
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 762H
Date
01-01-1723 T 00:00:00 F/429-12-31 T:Khas:Khasz — 1723-429
Notes
A collection of forty traditions extensively explained by other traditions and metrical selections. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., A few marginal notes., Collation: Paper ; fol. 128 ; catchwords; Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 31-32 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red., Description: Entries in red, headings in red or green ; overlining and verse separators in red; watermarks (crown-star-crescent variant with two animals below the crown [dogs?]) ; MS in good condition., Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, red, black and blue-green. Opening spread frame-ruled in gold and blue-green (fol. 1b-2a)., Origin: According to colophon copied Thursday 23 Rajab 1135 by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, known as al-Baḥr al-Mālikī (fol. 128a)., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the Sheikh Imam, the only scholar, the Hafiz Abu Sa’id, informed us Salah al-Din Khalil bin the late prince Badr al-Din Kaykeldi... Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds, and there is no god but Him... As for what follows, there has been many verses of hadith in the ancient and modern art of the years..., Colophon: God Almighty has graciously granted and blessed the completion of this book at the hands of the poor servant Muhammad bin Muhammad, known as Bahr al-Maliki. May God forgive his sins and fill his sins with goodness on the morning of the twenty-third Thursday of the month of Rajab al-Fird in the year five. Thirty, one hundred and a thousand. Thank God. Done | Contemporaneous? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and blind-tooled decorative edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Red paper pastedowns. | Obscured ownership signature of Muṣṭafá (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1438.