سيرة النبي محمد. Sīrat al-Nabī Muḥammad, 1838 C.E.; 1254 A.H.
Abstract
Short account of the life of the Prophet Muḥammad with extensive commentarial marginalia. The margins are 65-80 mm wide on each side with commentary written in angled paragraphs, numbered individually.
Dates
- Creation: 1838 C.E.; 1254 A.H.
Extent
1 volumes
Language of Materials
Arabic
Custodial History
Copy completed 19 Shaʻbān 1254 A.H. (November 1838) (f. 20r); the copyist also signs his name, Ḥusayn al-Saʻdī, on the title page.
Author
- Ghayṭī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1504 or 1505-1573 or 1574 غيطي، محمد بن احمد،
Other related names
- Saʻdī, Ḥusayn, active 1838, scribe سعدي، حسين،
- Usis, Felix, donor
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Felix Usis in 1983.
Physical Description
Manuscript codex. Title from title page (f. 1r).
Paper support
Bound in patterned black paper over card (Type III) with blue textile spine.
I, 20, i leaves : 213 x 160 (75 x 70) mm bound to 221 x 162 mm
Written in 10-15 long lines with commentary on three sides.
Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords each verso, lower left
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