Guide to the Arabic codices, 18--?
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Cite as: Arabic Codices, Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine
Three volumes of manuscript texts acquired in Turkey, possibly copied in the 19th century. Vol. [1]: Kitab Sayyid Sharif Sharh Sirajiyya, dated Rajab 1236 (April 1821) is a manual concerning fara'id (the legal division of estates and wills among family members). Vol. [2] has 2 parts: a treatise on usul al-fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), dated Muharam 1050 (April 1640); and, a work on mantiq (logic), dated Jumada al-Awwal 1175 (November 1761). Vol. [3]: a treatise on falakiyyat (astronomy), dated Dhu al-Qa'dah 1178 (April 1765) and including physics and engineering..
- Islamic law.
- Manuscripts, Arabic -- Maine -- Brunswick.
- Manuscripts, Arabic -- Specimens.
Manuscript codices in Islamic style flap bindings; ink on paper.
Forms part of the Miscellaneous Manuscript collection in the Bowdoin College Special Collections & Archives.