Qāḍī Ǧaʿfar in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana: An Overview

Yemen
17th Century
Source: Lucas, S. (2018). Qāḍī Ǧaʿfar in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana: An Overview. CmY 7 (Juillet 2018), 119-139.
Recipe Details

Preparation Steps

This manuscript was copied by Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā b. Aḥmad b. al-Mahdī in the year 1092/1681 (p. 121). The ink is used for both the primary text of Tābiʿat al-hudā and for marginal glosses (p. 121).

Original Recipe Text

This manuscript was copied by Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā b. Aḥmad b. al-Mahdī in the year 1092/1681 (p. 121). The ink is used for both the primary text of Tābiʿat al-hudā and for marginal glosses (p. 121).

Evidence

"It is complete and clearly written, with a few glosses in the margins"

Remarks

The glosses in the margins are identified as quotes from Ibn Ḥābis’s (d. 1061/1651) commentary on Miṣbāḥ al-ʿulūm, indicating a layer of scholarly interaction with the primary ink text (p. 121).

Scientific Analysis
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Certainty Level
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Instrumentally Verified
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Metadata
Material Type
ink
ColorBlack
RegionYemen
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorLucas, S.
CollectionMS Milan Ambrosiana E 47
Language
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