Author
Abharī, Sayf al-Dīn, -1397?, Abharī, Sayf al-Dīn
Author Original
ابهري، سيف الدين
Publication Date
1400
Subject
Ījī, ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥman ibn Aḥmad, -1355? ʻAḍudīyah, Ibn al-Ḥājib, ʻUthman ibn ʻUmar, 1175-1 Mukhtaṣar al-Muntahá, Islamic Law -- Interpretation and Construction -- Early Works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
104 leaves : paper ; 180 x 140 (130 x 95) mm. bound to 180 x 145 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194678005
Record ID
990059858850106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
15th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from inscription on front flyleaf verso., Incipit: “Praise be to God who legislated the rulings and linked them to universal proofs and detailed reasons for the rulings and illuminated the landmarks of the religion with the lights of the Book and goodness...”, Explicit: “It is the prescribed time first and after the stated time it was narrowed down before the time and confirmed to Him by Ed [?]”, Collation: ii,13 IV(104), ii ; quire numbering in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, appears on the recto of the first leaf for the second through the sixth quires, thereafter likely cut off; entirely quaternions ; catchwords present, though occasionally lost to trimming ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes insert)., Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; graceful hand ; sans serif ; mainly closed counters; kāf mashkūlah preferred; slight effect of tilt to the right; some swooping tails; Initial hāʼ looking like two inverted commas., Decoration: Text rubricated with keywords, overlining, etc. in red ; Occasionally textual dividers in the form of red discs or inverted commas., Support: non-European (Arab) laid paper with indistinct laid lines spaced 8 laid lines per cm. (20 laid lines in 25 mm.) ; chain lines grouped in threes running horizontally spaced approximately 10 mm. apart with roughly 43-45 mm. between the groups; well-burnished with some burnisher's marks visible ; quite smooth; some undissolved fibres., Binding: Pasteboards covered in red brown leather; Type II binding (with flap); doublure hinges and interior of envelope flap extending onto lower doublure in red brown leather with block-stamped vegetable pattern; board linings in paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-tooled central circular medallion consisting of a series of concentric circles formed with a crescent-shaped stamp, accents in the same stamp, and border in s-shaped stamps and scored fillets; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in cream thread, four stations; endbands virtually gone though traces remain ; in fair condition with abrasion, lifting and cracking of spine and fore-edge flap leather, some pest damage, repairs in blue cloth tape, and paper label bookplate pasted over upper cover., Former shelfmark: British Museum, London “No. 18. Commentary on a work on theology by Al-Iji.” ; "394" on tail-edge of textblock., Accompanying materials: Slip of European laid paper with excerpt in black ink (paginated pp.85-86)., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper and hand suggest 15th century. Cover likely contemporary with transcript., Bookplate of British Museum, London on upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 18. Commentary on a work on theology by Al-Iji." ; Circular seal impression with figure of goat / gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "491" in Western numerals on front flyleaf recto; price on front flyleaf verso ; ownership statement on second of front flyleaves reads “His owner and owner, Shams al-Din Hassan bin Muhammad [...?] May God have mercy on them...” ; several effaced statements on fol.1a (p.1) along with circular waqf-seal impression in black ink (also appears several other places throughout) reads: “This is the endowment of Al-Raji Fayd Al-Samadi, Sheikh Ahmad Diya Al-Din Ibn Mustafa Al-Khalidi. Whoever changes it after he has heard it, his sin is only upon those who change it” in the name of Aḥmad Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn ibn Muṣṭafá al-Khālidī (i.e. Ahmed Ziyâüddîn Gümüşhanevî, d. 1893 or 4); numerous glosses and marginal corrections throughout; collation marks appear regularly on the verso of the final leaf of the first several quires, thereafter may simply be cut off., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 38
Sample Text
Elegant copy of al-Abharī's gloss upon al-Ījī's (d. 756/1355) commentary on Ibn al-Ḥājib's (d. 646/1249) abridgement of his own Muntahá al-suʼl wa-al-amal fī ʻilmay al-uṣūl wa-al-jadal, on uṣūl al-fiqh. Copy ends abruptly and appears incomplete.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Tiflis Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, SI 538
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase along with Abdul Hamid Collection (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
