Kitāb al-Istīʻāb fī asmāʼ al-madhkūrīn fī al-riwāyāt wa-sāʼir al-āthār wa-al-muṣannafāt mimman ṣaḥaba al-Nabī. = كتاب الاستيعاب في أسماء المذكورين في الروايات وسائر الآثار والمصنفات ممن صحب النبي. Vol. 2

Alternate Title:

Kitāb al-Istīʻāb.

Name:

Ibn ʻAbd al-Barr, Yūsuf ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 978 or 979-1071

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1674

Description:

A copy in two volumes, in good condition, of Ibn ʻAbd al-Barr's compilation of companions of the Prophet Muḥammad.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Muḥammad al-Hāshimī ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Mālik al-Ḥasanī (inscription and stamp on f. 1r of both volumes).; Formerly owned by Marcus Jastrow and Morris Jastrow, Jr.; Accessioned, 1934.; Hāshimī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Mālik al-Ḥasanī, former owner.; Jastrow, Marcus, 1829-1903, former owner.; Jastrow, Morris, Jr., 1861-1921, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex26_v1.html; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex26_v2.html; Digital facsimile for browsing v.1 (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p38p5vg78

Subject:

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632; Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 Companions Early works to 1800; Hadith -- Authorities -- Early works to 1800; Hadith -- Authorities; Friends and associates

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); Stamps (Provenance); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

Volume 2 of 2 (220 leaves) : paper; 296 x 208 (225 x 155) mm bound to 295 x 220 mm.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from title page of volume 1 (f. 1r).; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: 25 long lines; frame-ruled.; Script: Written in maghribi in dark brown ink; pointed, unvocalized.; Decoration: Rubrications in red and brown (the brown may once have been red). The first opening of volume 2 has double border rules in red and a red and black medallion in the margin; the heading is also set off by red rules (f. 1v-2r).; Binding: Both volumes bound in the same way. Red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II) with a large, blind stamped central mandorla and a blind tooled frame with knotwork pattern. Flap has coordinating frame and stamp. Doublure of covers and flap is plain, laid paper cut in a scalloped shape along one edge. Blue and white endbands. Title written on the bottom edge of each volume.; Origin: The colophon of volume 2 gives the date of completion as A.H. 1085 (1674) (f. 220v).; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 26 v.2