Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 566H.

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2803

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 566H.

Title:

Kitāb al-Munqidh min al-halakah fī dafʻ al-samāʼīyah al-muhlikah /

Date:

1500-1599

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 54 leaves : paper ; 242 x 167 (190 x 122) mm. bound to 242 x 171 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
The author composed the MS for al-Mufaḍḍal ibn Abī al-Barakāt, fl. ca. 484 1091, the minister of Sayyidah ḥurrah, 532 1137, who played the dominant role in Ṣanʻāʼ after the death of the Ṣulayḥid al-Mukarram Aḥmad 473-484 1080-1091.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 54 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; overlining in red ; vowel signs ; MS in good condition, some staining. MS is probably from the sixteenth century; extremely rare.
Ownership signatures: Muḥammad ibn Badr al-Dīn al-? (fol. 54b). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Headbands

Autographs

Blind tooled bindings

Manuscripts, Arabic

Poisons

Antidotes

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963576083506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cab278eb-fb24-403a-ba00-28b451445ebe/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University