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[Ṭabaqāt].
[طبقات].
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1327-1370.
- Standardized Title:
- Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʻīyah al-kubrá. Selections.
- طبقات الشافعية الكبرى. Selections.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Shafiites.
- Shafiites--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Hadith--Authorities--Early works to 1800.
- Hadith--Authorities.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- Manuscripts, 14th century.
- Manuscripts, 15th century.
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- biographical dictionaries
- Penn Provenance:
- Gift of John Frederick Lewis to the Library of the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning
- Physical Description:
- 190 leaves : paper ; 265 x 185 (190 x 125) mm
- Place of Publication:
- [between 1350 and 1550?]
- Language Note:
- Arabic.
- Summary:
- Collection of biographies drawn chiefly from the Ṭabaqāt al-Shāfiʻīyah of Tāj al-Dīn al-Subkī. The leaves are disbound and have considerable gaps and lacunae. One leaf contains material from al-Ghazzālī's al-Wasīṭ fī al-madhhab.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Foliation: No foliation, no catchwords.
- Layout: Written in 19 long lines; short titles in upper left recto.
- Script: Written in a large and clear naskh.
- Decoration: Rubrications in red including marginal comments.
- Binding: Not bound.
- Origin: Item is not dated, possibly produced in the 14th or 15th century based on the paper..
- Paper: Syro-Egyptian handmade paper, chain lines in groups of three occasionally visible.
- Cited as:
- CAJS Rar Ms 131.
- Contains:
- Ghazzālī, 1058-1111. Wasīṭ fī al-madhhab. Selections.
- غزالي، 1058-1111، وسيط في المذهب. Selections.
- OCLC:
- 276878128
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