First volume of Marghinānī's commentary on his own Bidāyat al-mubtadiʼ, a treatise on Ḥanafī law, comprising Kitāb al-Ṭahārah to Kitāb al-Waqf. A leaf is missing between f. 1 and 2 and the copy has several inserted leaves of differing sizes.
Language:
Arabic
Provenance:
Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (note on Lewis' bookplate, inside back cover).; Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner.; Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
Relation:
Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/kcajs_rar_ms144.html
ii, 269, ii leaves : paper; 277 x 167 (180 x 110) mm bound to 285 x 175 mm
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Titles supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Contemporary foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals in ink upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left; some have been pasted over.; Layout: Written in 19 long lines; extensive marginalia.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.; Decoration: Rubrications in red.; Binding: Red corduroy textile over cardboard sides with marbled paper doublure; three pieces of red corduroy laid in that at one time formed a fore-edge envelope flap and attached on the front cover with three buttons.; Origin: The copy is undated, but was perhaps produced in the 18th century.; Arabic.; Related Work: Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197. Bidāyat al-mubtadī. Selections.
Physical Location:
Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 144
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