University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1743

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30144

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1743

Title:

Hādhā kitāb irshād / / هذا كتاب ارشاد /

Author:

ʻAbd al-Ḍayf Mūsá ibn Walī ibn Ḥasan / عبد الضيف موسى بن ولي بن حسن

ʻAbd al-Ḍayf Mūsá ibn Walī ibn Ḥasan WIKIDATA

Place:

Turkey

Turkey TGN

Date:

A.H. 1171 (1758)

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic, with colophon in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish (in Arabic script, f. 8v)

Arabic WIKIDATA

Ottoman Turkish WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 8 leaves : paper ; 215 x 155 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1v); author attribution from colophon (f. 8v).
Collation: Paper, 8; 18; [1-8], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
Layout: Written in 19 long lines (f. 1v-3v) and 16-17 long lines (f. 4r-8v); frame-ruled in red ink at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1v-3r). Catch phrases, lower left recto.
Script: Written in naskh script by the author (colophon, f. 8v).
Decoration: Simple headpiece and caption title (f. 1v), frame ruling (f. 1v-3r), significant words or phrases, and occasional overlining all in red ink.
Binding: Modern library cloth, Type 3.
Origin: Written in Taş Han Medresi, Tokat (Turkey), completed 9 Jumādá al-Ākhir 1171 A.H. (18 February 1758) (colophon, f. 8v).
Some water damage or staining at lower edge.
Sold on eBay in 2014.

Keyword:

Early works

Manuscripts, Arabic

Eighteenth century

Pillars of Islam

Islam--Customs and practices

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9962793893503681

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania