Author
Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 995-1067?
Author Original
Ṭūsī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan, 995-1067?, طوسي، محمد بن الحسن، 995-1067?
Publication Date
1552
Publication Place
-
[1552]
Subject
Islamic law—Early works to 1800, Shīʻah—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
204
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9962654963506421
Record ID
f4752k36p
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 134Y, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 134Y, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
1552-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1552
Notes
Compendium of Shiʻite law, missing about 10 leaves at the end. With a table of contents on leaves 2b-8a. | Ms. codex., Title from leaf 9b., Manuscript consists of 204 original leaves preceded by 8 leaves added later. Manuscript is erroneously foliated beginning on the first leaf of the later addition; record follows erroneous foliation., Physical description: 21 lines per page; written in small, neat naskh in black on cream glazed, laid Arabic paper. Headings in large script; catchwords and occasional rubrication. A few marginal notes. Foliated in Arabic script beginning on leaf 9. Light staining and smudging; front cover and leaves 1-16 detached., Origin: Juzʼ 1 completed 15 Jumādá I 959 H [9 May 1552], by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad Iṣfahānī (leaf 108b)., Incipit: الحمد لله مستحق الحمد وموجبه | Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and gold-stamped fillets and pendants; tan leather doublures. | On leaf 2a, owner's note and stamp of Muḥammad Bāqir al-Najafī. On leaf 9a, owner's notes by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Riḍā ibn Muḥammad Bāqir and Shaykh Khiḍr ibn Shallāl. On leaf 10a, owner's note and stamp of Jaʻfar Ḥusaynī, as well as other effaced notes and stamps. On leaf 10b, stamp of Muḥammad Riḍā. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Catalogue of Arabic manuscripts (Yahuda section), no. 1557, Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 513 (no. 11); SI, 707