Islamic Arabic 853 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
1 copy of al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ by Bukhārī, Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl, 810-870
Title: al-Jāmiʿ al-ṣaḥīḥ
Title: الجامع الصحيح
End: bāb kam ghazā al-nabī; follows kitāb al-tafsīr.
Incipit: باب متاقب جعفر ابن أبي طالب
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 100
GAL I 157-60
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 207 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 26.3 × 17.3 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation: Original foliation with catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.
Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper left recto.
Condition
In poor condition, spine missing, paper quite worm-eaten and water-damaged.
Layout
Hand(s)
Naskīh
Decoration
Headings in red and green.
Additions:
- Orthography Fully vowelled.
- Marginalia Some marginalia in several hands.
Binding
Redish-brown leather binding with fore-edge flap, envelope flap and a central blind-stamped almond-shaped medallion (mandorla) on front and back cover.
History
Origin: Undated, but reader's note at the end dated 874 AH. CE
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.
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Funding of Cataloguing
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