Hādhā kitāb irshād / ʻAbd al-Ḍayf Mūsá ibn Walī ibn Ḥasan.; Kitāb irshād; Irshād

Abstract:

18th-century text on the Pillars of Islam. The basmalah at the beginning is upside down (f. 1r). One bifolium or more may be missing from the center of the gathering, where the catchword does not appear to link to the text of the following page (f. 4v-5r).

Creator:

ʻAbd al-Ḍayf Mūsá ibn Walī ibn Ḥasan.

Date:

1758

Description:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel P. Orlando Fund.

Identifier:

9962793893503681; (OCoLC)937833399; (OCoLC)ocn937833399; (PU)6279389-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Sold on eBay in 2014.

Publisher:

[Turkey], A.H. 1171 (1758)

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366320; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1743.html

Subject:

Pillars of Islam -- Early works to 1800.; Islam -- Customs and practices.; Pillars of Islam.; Islam -- Customs and practices -- Early works to 1800.; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 18th century.; Early works.

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

8 leaves : paper; 215 x 155 mm

Corporate Name:

Samuel P. Orlando Fund.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Binding: Modern library cloth, Type 3.; Decoration: Simple headpiece and caption title (f. 1v), frame ruling (f. 1v-3r), significant words or phrases, and occasional overlining all in red ink.; Origin: Written in Taş Han Medresi, Tokat (Turkey), completed 9 Jumādá al-Ākhir 1171 A.H. (18 February 1758) (colophon, f. 8v).; Some water damage or staining at lower edge.; Ms. codex.; Layout: Written in 19 long lines (f. 1v-3v) and 16-17 long lines (f. 4r-8v); frame-ruled in red ink at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1v-3r). Catch phrases, lower left recto.; Title from caption title (f. 1v); author attribution from colophon (f. 8v).; Collation: Paper, 8; 1⁸; [1-8], modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.; Script: Written in naskh script by the author (colophon, f. 8v).; Arabic, with colophon in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish (in Arabic script, f. 8v).

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1743

Collection:

Samuel P. Orlando Fund.