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.
Creator:
Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197.
ii, 269, ii leaves : paper; 277 x 167 (180 x 110) mm bound to 285 x 175 mm
Personal Name:
Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr,; Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932, former owner.; Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197. Bidāyat al-mubtadī. Selections.
Corporate Name:
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
Rights:
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Notes:
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.; Decoration: Rubrications in red.; Layout: Written in 19 long lines; extensive marginalia.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.; 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.; Origin: The copy is undated, but was perhaps produced in the 18th century.; Arabic.
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