Details

Standardized Title:

Hidāyah fī sharḥ al-Bidāyah
هداية في شرح البداية http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019017204

Subjects:

Marghīnānī, ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr, -1196 or 1197. Bidāyat al-mubtadī.
Islamic law -- Early works to 1800.
Islamic law.
Hanafites -- Early works to 1800.
Hanafites.

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts)
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Manuscripts, 16th century.
Manuscripts, 17th century.

Language:

Arabic.

Summary:

Legal treatise written as a commentary on another of al-Marghīnānī's works, Bidāyat al-mubtadiʼ. Extensive tables of contents added to beginning of work.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from introduction (f. 1v).
Foliation: Paper, 478; [i-vii, [i], viii-ix], 1-18, 18-48, 50-76, 78-87, 89-150, 150, 152-176, 178-187, 189-231, 233-240, 242-301, 303-307, 309-312, 312-321, [i], 322-423, 425-447, 447-474, foliation in red ink, upper left recto.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in red.
Binding: Leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); blind-stamped medallions on covers and flap; spine and flap hinge limp and damaged.
Origin: The copy is undated; perhaps produced in the 16th or 17th century.
Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Dropsie College of Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate, inside front cover).

Contributor:

Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, donor.
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

OCLC:

954274741