Details

Standardized Title:

Shifāʼ fī taʻrīf ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafá
شفا بتعريف حقوق المصطفى http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018080777

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

Arabic.

Summary:

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

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.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.

Contributor:

Saʻūdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, scribe.
Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, former owner.
Dropsie College of Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
سعودي، محمد بن احمد بن محمد.

OCLC:

954274738