Princeton University, Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 913Hq

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DS ID:

DS15640

Shelfmark:

Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 913Hq

Title:

Tabyīn al-maḥārim

Author:

Amāsī, Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd Allāh, -1591 or 1592 / اماسي، يوسف بن عبد الله، -1591 or 1592

Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd Allāh Amāsī WIKIDATA

Date:

1720

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 308 leaves : paper ; 305 x 192 (208 x 122) mm bound to 305 x 198 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from colophon on fol. 307a.
Fol. ib-2a have a table of contents outlined in red and filled in black and red.
Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Written in a medium script in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Foliation in pencil in Western numerals, starts after one fol (fol. i) and skips one fol. between 3 and 4 (fol. 3i). Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red and white (fol. 3b). Opening spread frame-ruled in gold and black (fol. 3b-4a).
Origin: Copied by İbrahim el-Mehmedî, known as the kâtip of Parmaksız Ahmet, Kethüda-yi Müstahfızân, and completed on the 7th of Muḥarram 1133 (1720) -- colophon (fol. 307a).
Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

illuminated manuscripts

headpieces (layout features)

Gold tooled bindings

Manuscripts, Arabic

Islamic ethics

Hanafites

Islamic law

Muslims--Conduct of life

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9952987673506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d1ba22ff-2563-4588-8860-222a2c359892/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University