كتاب المفاتيح.

Kitāb al-Mafātīḥ.

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[1715]
Description
328 leaves : paper ; 200 x 146 (155 x 92) mm bound to 203 x 149 mm

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    Summary note
    Second half of a treatise on Shiʻite law, with a table of contents on leaves 318a-318b.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title from leaf 326a.
    • Manuscript erroneously foliated in Western script beginning on the first of eight flyleaves. Record follows erroneous foliation.
    • Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in large, casual naskh in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; marginal notes. Foliated in Arabic script, with errors. Mild staining and a few paper repairs.
    • Origin: 4 Rajab 1127 H [6 July 1715], by Ibn ʻAlī Akbar Mullā Ḥubb ʻAlī (leaf 326a).
    • Incipit: فن العادات والمعاملات من كتاب مفاتيح الشرايع وفيه كتب مفاتيح المطاعم والمشارب مفاتيح المناكح والمواليد
    Binding note
    Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants; front cover lacking.
    Language note
    Arabic.
    Provenance
    On leaf 326a, stamp of scribe next to colophon, and owner's stamp and note of ... ibn Muḥammad.
    References
    • Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 615
    • Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 584 (no. 3)
    Other format(s)
    Also available in an electronic version.
    Other title(s)
    • Mafātīḥ
    • مفاتيح
    OCLC
    854858272
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