Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 426

Metadata

DS ID:

DS13599

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts New Series no. 426

Title:

Kitāb Minhāj al-manāhij ... [etc.

Author:

Miṣrī, Yūḥannā ibn Isrāʼīl / مصرى، ىوحنا بن اسرائيل

Yūḥannā ibn Isrāʼīl Miṣrī WIKIDATA

Date:

between 17--? and 18--

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Persian and Arabic

Persian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 107 leaves : paper ; 173 x 106 (134-142 x 62-69) mm. bound to 172 x 110 mm.

Note:

Ms. composite codex.
On front cover: Label reading "444" in Arabic script.
Physical description: 14-18 lines per page; written in shikastah in black by different hands. Fol. 1-70, 75-77 on modern white paper. Fol. 71-74 on modern blue paper. Fol. 78-103, 105-107 on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Fol. 104 on blue glazed, laid European paper. Catchwords; Arabic quotations in naskh. Some staining and smudging, particularly in text 5. Fol. 70b, 75a-78a, 105a-107b blank.
Origin: Texts 1-4, on modern paper, likely from the second half of the 19th century. Text 5, on Arabic paper, possibly from the 18th century.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Manuscripts, Persian

Shīʻah--Customs and practices

Qurʼan

Imamate

Shīʻah--Doctrines

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9967279383506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University