Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 968H.

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DS ID:

DS2958

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 968H.

Title:

Kitāb al-Madkhal /

Date:

22 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1279-25 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1279 October 17, 1862-May 14, 1863

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 volumes (388, 376 leaves) : paper ; 231 x 166 (1790 x 96) mm bound to 234-237 x 168-172 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from label on case.
A few marginal notes and glosses
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 388, 2 + 376 + ii ; quires signed: 2-39 and 2-38 ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (vol. 1: shield with a face-in-the-moon and roman-alphabet letters "AG"; vol. 2: double-headed eagle and roman-alphabet letters "DVC", shield with a face-in-the-moon with the letter "A", shield with a face-in-the-moon and roman-alphabet letters "AG") ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece of red, blue, green, yellow and black with frame of green, blue and red. Edge of frame decorated with semi-circles in similar colors. The first page of volume two frame-ruled in yellow and red with red and green decoration around the edges.
Origin: According to colophon, volume 1 copy completed Thursday 22 Rabīʻ al-Thānī 1279 by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ghālibī (vol. 1, fol. 388a) -- According to colophon, volume 2 copy completed Wednesday 25 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1279 by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ghālibī (vol. 2, fol. 376a).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Watermarks

illuminated manuscripts

headpieces (layout features)

Blind tooled bindings

Manuscripts, Arabic

Islamic ethics

Islamic law

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963579713506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/92515158-807e-4e55-ba2b-b16dba1c0e7f/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University