Author
Zāhidī al-Ghazmīnī, Mukhtār ibn Maḥmūd, -1259 or 1260, Zahidī al-Ghazmīnī, Mukhtār ibn Maḥmūd
Author Original
زاهدي الغزميني، مختار بن محمود
Publication Date
1600
Subject
Qudūrī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 972 or 973-1037. Mukhtaṣar, Islamic law -- Early works to 1800, Hanafites -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
217 leaves : paper ; 210 x 155 (169-171 x 105-111) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194770869
Record ID
990064914210106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
17th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: “The shadow of everything is a dummy for saying, ‘It is cold at noon, for the severity of the dhuhr [sic] is like hell’, and because Gabriel prayed the noon prayer on the second day when the shadow of everything became a dummy...”, Explicit: “So multiply by the root of the question and divide it if it is a family, then the numbers are equal.”, Collation: 4 V (40), IV (48), 12 V (168), IV (176), V (186), VI (198), IV+1 (207), V (217) ; chiefly quinions; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, opens with folio '1 8' on p.1, visible only on first three leaves; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 15 (pp.1-176), 17 (pp.177-216) and 23 (pp.226-434) lines per page; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; fine, clear Turkish hand; virtually serifless ; effect of tilt to the left ; many open counters ; rightward descenders tapered; pointing in joined dots, forming lines or curves ; point of final nūn often assimilated with bowl., Decoration: Section headings rubricated ; Overlining of matn in red and black., Support: European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart(horizontal); Watermarks include crown star crescent (compare Heawood 1132) and three crescents (tre lune); thick and burnished; some blocking, smudging, and staining., Binding: Pasteboards covered in once marbled paper with dark brown leather over spine, foreedge flap and edges/turn-ins ; Type III binding (without flap); board linings in laid European paper; sewn in dark yellow thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in red and blue, headband intact, tailband damaged with half missing; overall in poor condition with severe abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather, staining, moisture damage, pest damage, etc., Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 126. Work on law.", Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper suggests early 17th century., Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 126. Work on law." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "331" in Western numerals on opening leaf (p.1) ; Occasional marginal corrections and glosses., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 104
Sample Text
Fine (though defective) copy of Mukhtār ibn Maḥmūd al-Zāhidī's commentary on al-Qudūrī's Mukhtaṣar, a concise manual of Ḥanafī law ; acephalous and ending abruptly with end wanting. See Mich. Isl. Ms. 62 for another ms. copy.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Tiflis Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 174
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase along with Abdul Hamid Collection (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
