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Kitāb al-Muntazaʻ min kalām mawlānā.
كتاب المنتزع من كلام مولانا.
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 141
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Sharīf al-Raḍī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 969 or 970-1016.
- Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
- Standardized Title:
- Nahj al-balāghah. Selections
- نهج البلاغة. Selections http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2015224980
- Language:
- Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Arabic.
- ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661.
- ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., Arabic--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- Manuscripts, 17th century.
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by [...]ʻAlī ibn Shaykh Shams al-Dīn in the year 1100 A.H. (1689 CE) (note in ink, f. 1r).
- Formerly owned by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī ibn Ḥaydar ibn Ḥasan ibn Ḥaydar al-Baḥrānī (note in ink, f. 1r).
- Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate inside front cover).
- Physical Description:
- ii, 244, iv leaves : paper ; 210 x 150 (140 x 80) mm bound to 210 x 155 mm
- Production:
- 1064 A.H. (1654)
- Other Title:
- Muntazaʻ min kalām mawlānā
- منتزع من كلام مولانا
- Language Note:
- Arabic.
- Summary:
- Selections from Nahj al-balāghah.
- Notes:
- Title from title page (f. 1r).
- Foliation: Contemporary foliation in ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals; upper left recto.
- Layout: Chiefly written in 14 long lines.
- Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.
- Decoration: Rubrications in red.
- Binding: Bound in red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II) with blind stamped central mandorla and narrow blind tooled frame; plain paper doublure.
- Origin: The copy was completed in the month of Rabīʻ al-Ākhir 1064 A.H. (March 1654) by Muṣṭafá ibn Aḥmad (f. 244r).
- Watermarked European paper: Mošin and Grozdanovic-Pajié Type VIII crown-star-crescent; trefoil on some leaves.
- Four notes, two partially effaced (f. 1r) and an embossed stamp (flyleaf 1 at front of book).
- Cited as:
- CAJS Rar Ms 141
- Contains:
- ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661. Speeches. Selections.
- علي بن ابي طالب، خليفة، approximately 600-661. Speeches. Selections.
- OCLC:
- 1143315207
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