Princeton University, Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 921Hq

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DS ID:

DS27991

Shelfmark:

Oversize Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 921Hq

Title:

Kitāb al-Waqf / کتاب الوقف

Kitāb al-Waqf

Date:

17th century?

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 74 leaves : paper ; 310 x 206 (220 x 110) mm bound to 310 x 204 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from beginning of text (fol. 5b).
It is stated in the colophon that this copy was made for a certain Katikhdāzādah. Kabīkaj (invocation against bookworms) on fol. 1a. Table of contents (fol. 2b-3b). Title on upper and lower edges of text block.
Collation: Paper ; fol. 74 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 33 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (fol. 1-4: grapes with crown, roman-alphabet initials "PF"; f. 5-: grapes with crown and cartouche, roman-alphabet letters "MI" or "AS") ; MS in very good condition.
Origin: Probably from the XVIIth century.
Obscured ownership signature and seal impression (fol. 1a). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Keyword:

Headbands

Stamps

Autographs

Watermarks

Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations (Islamic law)

Early works

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Waqf

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963582833506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/09019e23-4f73-40ed-a5b4-0f6de0fa136c/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University