مائده سماوية ... [الخ.]

Māʼidah-i samāvīyah ... [etc.].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Persian
  • Arabic
Published/​Created
[between 1675 and 1699]
Description
224 leaves : paper ; 187 x 121 (130-145 x 70-88) mm bound to 191 x 131 mm

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    Subject(s)
    Rare books genre
    Contains
    Summary note
    Collection of texts on Shiʻite law.
    Notes
    • Ms. composite codex.
    • Title from text 1.
    • Marginal notes.
    • Collation: Paper ; catchwords.
    • Layout: 18-23 lines per page.
    • Description: Written in Nastaʻlīq and general scripts ; rubricated ; leaves 96-135 are replacements ; MS has extensive staining.
    • Origin: [Risālah dar masāʼil-i shakk va sahv] Copy completed 6 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1098 H [12 September 1687] (leaf 184b). Remaining texts likely from the late 17th century.
    • Incipit: [مائده سماوية] نمک خوان حق شناسى شورانگىزى سپاس بىقىاس منعم جهان آفرىن است -- [رساله شراىع النجات] المقدمه و در آن اصلست اصل اول بر هر مکلف واجب عىنى است که قبل از نماز و قبل از وضو و غسل و تىمم-- [رساله در مسائل شك و سهو] حمدى فزون از قدرت عقل فراست اساس و ثناى پرون از مکنت درک کىاست اساسى -- [نزهة الناظر] الحمد لله ... انى قد صنفت هذا الکتاب و جمعت فىه بىن الحکم و نظىره وسمىته نزهة الناظر
    Binding note
    Limp brown leather; purple flyleaves.
    Language note
    Persian and Arabic;
    Script
    Nastaʻlīq
    Contents
    • 1. leaves 1(bis)b-62b: Māʼidah-i samāvīyah / Muḥammad Riz̤á ibn Ḥusayn Khvānsārī. A treatise on what is permitted and forbidden concerning food and drink according to Shiʻite law; consists of a muqaddimah, five faṣl, and a khātimah. Incomplete at end.
    • 2. leaves 63a-95b: Risālah-i Sharāyiʻ al-najāt / Yaḥyá ibn Saʻīd al-Ḥillī. Treatise on Shiʻite law. Missing one or two leaves at the beginning; incomplete at end. Contains only the muqaddimah and kitāb al-ṭahārāt, but according to the partial list on the first line on leaf 63a, the treatise contains at least six more topics, ending with kitāb al-jihād.
    • 3. leaves 96b-184b: Risālah dar masāʼil-i shakk va sahv. Treatise on legal matters pertaining to doubt and forgetfulness.
    • 4. leaves 185a-185b: [Extracts].
    • 5. leaves 186b-223b: Nuzʹhat al-nāẓir fī al-jamʻ bayna al-ashbāh wa-al-naẓāʼir / Yaḥyá ibn Saʻīd al-Ḥillī. Treatise on Shiʻite law in 79 unnumbered bāb; incomplete at end.
    Provenance
    Owner's stamps on leaf 186a.
    References
    • Mach, R. & Ormsby, E.L. Handlist of Arabic manuscripts (New Series), no. 858
    • Āghā Buzurg. Dharīʻah (1936-), XXIV, 125 (no. 636)
    Other title(s)
    • Risālah dar masāʼil-i shakk va sahv.
    • رساله در مسائل شك و سهو.
    OCLC
    855052921
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