al-Thānī min Sharḥ al-Muntakhab fī al-uṣul

Title	al-Thānī min Sharḥ al-Muntakhab fī al-uṣul
Publication Date:	1200
Subject	Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210. Muntakhab fī al-uṣūl min al-Maḥṣūl, Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	kitap
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	175 leaves : paper ; 257 x 185-190 (175 x 103) mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194790449
Record ID	990068050030106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	13rd century (exact date unknown)
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from tail edge., Incipit: "تشمل ما تقدم [؟] ايضا وقول ا مع مراحيه [؟] عنه احتراز من قوله افعل ولا تفعل ...", Explicit: "على مواضع التحقيق والاستعار بان مثل هذا علن [؟] ان يقال والله اعلم", Collation: ii, V-2 (8), 16 V(168), IV-1 (175), ii ; almost exclusively quinions ; opening quire (in a different hand) lacks catchwords, elsewhere catchwords present ; mid-quire marks in the form of ٢ in upper outer margin of the right-hand leaf and lower outer margin of the left-hand leaf ; quire numbering in the form of whole words with catch title ("الثاني") from the third quire on, in the upper outer corner of the recto of the opening leaf of each quire ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves)., Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; mainly a large 'Syrian' or Egyptian hand in a bold line ; mainly serifless (though very slight right-sloping head-serifs appear on occasional alif and initial lām) with curvilinear descenders, open and closed counters, the lām alif al-warrāqīyah preferred, bar (shaqq) of kāf occasionally left off, some elongation of horizontal strokes, freely ligatured and only casually pointed in distinct dots ; opening quire (and recto of opening leaf of second, i.e. through p.21) supplied in a similar though different hand in a thinner line., Decoration: Keywords and section headings heavily bolded., Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, curved and quite distinct, 20 in 33 mm.) and chain lines barely visible (horizontal) though possibly grouped in twos (or twos and threes) with 7-8 mm. between chains and 39-44 mm. between groups (see pp.70-71, 122, etc.) ; rib shadows also visible ; thick and fairly sturdy, lightly burnished, worn and soft, dark cream in color with inclusions and indissolved fibers ; ink burn and some pest damage., Binding: Boards covered in purple and black mottled paper (sponge painted or faux marbled look) with dark blue-green cloth over spine and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in brown wove paper ; resewn in yellow and cream thread, six stations ; worked chevron endbands (likely not original but with rebind) in yellow and blue ; overall in fair condition with some lifting and losses of paper, delamination of boards at corners, spine slant (slightly cocked), etc., Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover "IL 220" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper and hand suggest 13th or 14th century., Rare marginal corrections (see pp.81, 255, 257, 332, 333 occasionally with bāʼ hindīyah reference mark) ; possible collation marks in the form of three dots (see pp.8, 12, etc.)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 575
Sample Text	Fine copy of an odd second volume of a commentary (possibly of Ḥusām al-Dīn Abī al-Faḍl Muḥammad al-Nūrī, see GAL, S I, p.921) on al-Muntakhab fī al-uṣūl min al-Maḥṣūl of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d.1209) (compare the ms. in Dār al-Kutub al-Ẓāhirīyah, no.2811), opening in al-Faṣl al-sādis (presumably on al-nāsikh wa-al-mansūkh) and closing in al-Faṣl al-thālith ʻashar fī-mā ikhtalafa fīhi al-mujtahidūn.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar	al-Khiyamī, Ṣalāh Muḥammad wa-Muḥammad Muṭīʻ al-Ḥāfiẓ. al-Fihris al-ʻāmm li-makhṭūṭāt Dār al-Kutub al-Ẓāhirīyah. Dimashq : Majmaʻ al-Lughah al-ʻArabīyah bi-Dimashq, 1987, p.143, Brockelmann, C. GAL, S I 920-4 ; I 506 ff., Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 5 ; ii 373, Anawati, G.C. "Fak̲h̲r al-Dīn al-Rāzī." EI2, vol.II, p.751, col.2
Elde Ediliş	Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by his younger brother, the famous Orientalist and manuscript collector Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951).

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al-Thānī min Sharḥ al-Muntakhab fī al-uṣul

Publication Date 1200

Subject Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210. Muntakhab fī al-uṣūl min al-Maḥṣūl, Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type kitap

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 175 leaves : paper ; 257 x 185-190 (175 x 103) mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194790449

Record ID 990068050030106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 13rd century (exact date unknown)

Notes Ms. codex., Title from tail edge., Incipit: "تشمل ما تقدم [؟] ايضا وقول ا مع مراحيه [؟] عنه احتراز من قوله افعل ولا تفعل ...", Explicit: "على مواضع التحقيق والاستعار بان مثل هذا علن [؟] ان يقال والله اعلم", Collation: ii, V-2 (8), 16 V(168), IV-1 (175), ii ; almost exclusively quinions ; opening quire (in a different hand) lacks catchwords, elsewhere catchwords present ; mid-quire marks in the form of ٢ in upper outer margin of the right-hand leaf and lower outer margin of the left-hand leaf ; quire numbering in the form of whole words with catch title ("الثاني") from the third quire on, in the upper outer corner of the recto of the opening leaf of each quire ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves)., Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; mainly a large 'Syrian' or Egyptian hand in a bold line ; mainly serifless (though very slight right-sloping head-serifs appear on occasional alif and initial lām) with curvilinear descenders, open and closed counters, the lām alif al-warrāqīyah preferred, bar (shaqq) of kāf occasionally left off, some elongation of horizontal strokes, freely ligatured and only casually pointed in distinct dots ; opening quire (and recto of opening leaf of second, i.e. through p.21) supplied in a similar though different hand in a thinner line., Decoration: Keywords and section headings heavily bolded., Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, curved and quite distinct, 20 in 33 mm.) and chain lines barely visible (horizontal) though possibly grouped in twos (or twos and threes) with 7-8 mm. between chains and 39-44 mm. between groups (see pp.70-71, 122, etc.) ; rib shadows also visible ; thick and fairly sturdy, lightly burnished, worn and soft, dark cream in color with inclusions and indissolved fibers ; ink burn and some pest damage., Binding: Boards covered in purple and black mottled paper (sponge painted or faux marbled look) with dark blue-green cloth over spine and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in brown wove paper ; resewn in yellow and cream thread, six stations ; worked chevron endbands (likely not original but with rebind) in yellow and blue ; overall in fair condition with some lifting and losses of paper, delamination of boards at corners, spine slant (slightly cocked), etc., Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover "IL 220" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper and hand suggest 13th or 14th century., Rare marginal corrections (see pp.81, 255, 257, 332, 333 occasionally with bāʼ hindīyah reference mark) ; possible collation marks in the form of three dots (see pp.8, 12, etc.)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 575

Sample Text Fine copy of an odd second volume of a commentary (possibly of Ḥusām al-Dīn Abī al-Faḍl Muḥammad al-Nūrī, see GAL, S I, p.921) on al-Muntakhab fī al-uṣūl min al-Maḥṣūl of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d.1209) (compare the ms. in Dār al-Kutub al-Ẓāhirīyah, no.2811), opening in al-Faṣl al-sādis (presumably on al-nāsikh wa-al-mansūkh) and closing in al-Faṣl al-thālith ʻashar fī-mā ikhtalafa fīhi al-mujtahidūn.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Yahuda Collection.

Referanslar al-Khiyamī, Ṣalāh Muḥammad wa-Muḥammad Muṭīʻ al-Ḥāfiẓ. al-Fihris al-ʻāmm li-makhṭūṭāt Dār al-Kutub al-Ẓāhirīyah. Dimashq : Majmaʻ al-Lughah al-ʻArabīyah bi-Dimashq, 1987, p.143, Brockelmann, C. GAL, S I 920-4 ; I 506 ff., Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 5 ; ii 373, Anawati, G.C. "Fak̲h̲r al-Dīn al-Rāzī." EI2, vol.II, p.751, col.2

Elde Ediliş Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by his younger brother, the famous Orientalist and manuscript collector Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951).