Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 903H.

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DS ID:

DS3057

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 903H.

Title:

Fatḥ al-qadīr ʻalá matn al-Ustādh al-Amīr.

Date:

22 Shaʻbān 1278 November 17, 1870

twelfth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 volumes (474, 230 leaves) : paper ; 230-232 x 159-163 (165 x 90) mm bound to 230-232 x 167-175 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from prologue (fol. iib-a1).
Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 474 and i + 230 ; quires signed: 2-47 (volume 1) and 2-23 (volume 2) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (shield with a face-in-the-moon and roman-alphabet letters "AG") ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in green, blue, red, yellow (vol. 1, fol. iib). Opening spread frame-ruled in lines of red and black. Opening page also has a wide line of blue on the outside edge (vol. 1, fol. iib and 1a).
Origin: According to colophon copy completed Thursday 22 Shaʻbān 1278 by Abū al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Ghālibī (volume 2, fol. 228b).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Watermarks

illuminated manuscripts

headpieces (layout features)

Blind tooled bindings

Amīr al-Kabīr, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1742-1817. Majmūʻ fī al-fiqh

Islamic law

Islamic law--Interpretation and construction

Manuscripts, Arabic

Malikites

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963582343506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/232002cf-6bf4-4698-aa26-b8bf5192833a/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University