Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 857H.

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DS ID:

DS3015

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 857H.

Title:

al-Durr al-mukhtār fī sharḥ Tanwīr al-abṣār /

Place:

Dimashq

Damascus TGN

Date:

23 Rabīʻ Awwal 1164-4 Rajab 1165 February 19, 1751-May 18, 1752

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 volumes (245, 255 leaves) : paper ; 215 x 130 (160 x 75) mm bound to 213 x 135 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from label on case.
Marginal notes and glosses. Inserts. The text is over lined with red. Table of contents for volume 1 on fol. 10b. Kabīkaj (invocation against bookworms) and fawāʼid (vol. 1, fol. 12a). Table of contents for v. 2 (fol. 1b-2a). Vol. II begins with Kitāb al-Buyūʻ. Inscriptions (v. 1, fol. 244b. 245b; vol. 2, fol. 253b-255b).
Collation: Paper ; fol. 245 + 255 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 29 lines per page.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (circles topped with a cross) ; MS in good condition.
Origin: Volume 1 Copy completed 23 Rabīʻ Awwal 1164 in Damascus (v. 1, fol. 243b) -- Volume 2 Copy completed Thursday 4 Rajab 1165 by Ibrāhīm ibn ? Muḥammad Aslam al-Ḥasanī al-Malakī al-Ḥanafī al-Māturīdī (v.2, fol. 253a)
Ownership signature: Miḥḍār ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Saqqāf dated 1285 (v. 1, fol. 12a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Watermarks

Sprinkled papers

Autographs

Blind tooled bindings

Islamic law

Hanafites

Manuscripts, Arabic

Tanwīr al-abṣār (Khaṭīb al-Tamartāshī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh)

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963581553506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/cab2f3aa-c3d3-48ee-825b-0f4df897bba9/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University