Natāj al-fikr fī kashf asrār al-Mukhtaṣar
نتاج الفكر في كشف اسرار المختصر

Description
First volume (of 4) of a commentary on a work about Malikī law called al-Mukhtaṣar by Khalīl ibn Isḥāq al-Jundī (d. 1365?).
Creator
Zurqānī, ʻAbd al-Bāqī ibn Yūsuf, 1611-1688
Form
manuscripts (documents)
codices (bound manuscripts)
commentaries
Date
1830
Language
Arabic
Subject
Malikites
Islamic law -- Early works to 1800
Khalīl ibn Isḥāq al-Jundī, -1365? Mukhtaṣar
Extent
318 leaves : paper ; 230 x 180 (150 x 105) mm bound to 230 x 185 mm.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Arabic.
Title from colophon (f. 317v).
Foliation: Modern western foliation added in pencil, top left recto; previous modern foliation every 100 pages top right verso. Catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 25 long lines, frame-ruled; notations and finding aids in the margins.
Script: Written in maghribi script in black ink; headers in larger script.
Decoration: Polychrome ink in blue, green, red, black; colors used for overlining and section headers.
Binding: Bound in red leather (Type III); blind stamped mandorlas with paper onlay on front and back covers; gilt stamped frame and central line on front and back covers. Endbands in purple and white thread. Leaves are detached from spine.
Machine made paper.
Origin: Likely copied in North Africa in the mid- to late-19th century.
Related works
Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1915.html
Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3513v265
Also listed in
Penn Libraries Catalog
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1915
Provenance
Formerly owned by Marcus Jastrow and Morris Jastrow, Jr.
Accessioned, 1934.
Jastrow, Marcus, 1829-1903, former owner.
Jastrow, Morris, Jr., 1861-1921, former owner.
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

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