Kitāb al-Shifā bi-taʻrīf ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafá; كتاب الشفا بتعريف حقوق المصطفى

Contributor:

Saʻūdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad (scribe); Dropsie College of Hebrew and Cognate Learning (former owner)

Name:

ʻIyāḍ ibn Mūsá, 1083-1149

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1428

Description:

Handbook in which the Prophet's life, qualities, and miracles are described in extensive detail.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.; Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/cajs_rarms126.html

Subject:

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632; Hadith -- Early works to 1800; Hadith; Religious life -- Islam -- Early works to 1800; Religious life -- Islam

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Stamps (Provenance); Manuscripts, 15th century; Manuscripts, Arabic; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

254 leaves : paper; 240 x 155 (185 x 105) mm bound to 240 x 165 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from incipit.; Collation: Paper, 254; 1⁸ 2¹²(-12) 3-11¹⁰ 12¹⁰(+1) 13¹⁰ 14⁴ 15¹²(-12) 16-26¹⁰ 27⁸(-7); [1-253, i], modern foliation in pencil, upper center. Catchwords on every page in ink, lower left or lower center verso.; Layout: Written in 22 long lines.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.; Decoration: Rubrications in red.; Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II), blind-stamped central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis, blind tooled frame, rebacked and flap repaired. Block stamped front doublure.; Origin: Copy completed on 4 Jumādá al-Ūlá 831 (February 1428 CE) by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Saʻūdī (f. 253v).; Stamp on f. 1r and 253v.; Title page heavily damaged; considerable damage to upper outer edge.; Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 126