Author
Ibn ʻAqīl, Abū al-Wafāʼ ʻAlī, -1119
Author Original
Ibn ʻAqīl, Abū al-Wafāʼ ʻAlī, -1119, ابن عقيل، ابو الوفاء علي، -1119
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton, Islamic law—Early works to 1800, Hanbalites—Early works to 1800, Autographs, Blind tooled bindings
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
221
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9963582373506421
Record ID
dcs1784z21r
Library Location
Special Collections Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 906H
Date
01-01-1400 T00:00:00 AH/12-31-1799 T:Khas:Khasz — 1400-1799
Notes
The third volume of a work on the principles of Hanbalite law and jurisprudence. The work is also known as Kitāb al-FuṣūI. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 2a)., A few marginal notes and glosses. On the title page and the folio before is a table of contents. Title on lower edge of text block illegible., Collation: Paper ; fol. 221 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals., Layout: 19 lines per page., Description: Some vowel signs ; MS in fair condition; defective and stained with dampness. Last 3-4 lines of text on some pages faded and occasionally illegible., Incipit: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. The chapters of the rabbis and the disagreement therein. The chapter of the rabbi is his due and he does not say to the rabbi his due for what you have presented in the matter..., Colophon: And God knows best, and may his prayers and peace be upon our Master Muhammad the Prophet and his family and peace be upon him, and praise be to God, Lord of the worlds | Later? type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped central design of circles and dots and blind-tooled edging. Pink paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Cover in poor condition. | Ownership signatures: [illegible] (fol. 2a); ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad .. al-Kumayyil[?] (fol. 221b). Study note (fol. 221b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900. | Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1842., Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), VI, p. 415., Fihrist al-Kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, III, p. 295.