P.Penn. Museum inv.E16253 Hadiths
Title
HadithsCall number
P.Penn. Museum inv.E16253(Philadelphia, United States, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Ellen W. Harrison Collection)
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and AnthropologyLanguage
English; ArabicOrigin
10th-11th CE
- Place
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Egypt
Summary
Hadiths, or traditions (Sahih) of Bukhari, reporting the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. Almost certainly a fragment of the book al-Mulakhkhas lima fi''l-Muwatta'' min al-hadith al-musnad, by Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Khalaf Al-Qabis, d. 403 A.H. (Della Vida)
Notes
- Sheet, vertically folded through its middle, representing the first and last folios in the quire of a book. The former folio is inscribed only on its verso, where twelve broken lines appear: the recto is blank. The latter folio is inscribed on both faces, at 15 lines to the page. More than half of folio 1 is lost; the whole upper side and a part of the lower side of folio 2 are destroyed. The width of folio 2 is 12.8 cm. the outer and inner margins measure respectively 2.6 and 1.9 cm. the lower margin, 1.7 cm. the upper margin, of which only the outer corner is preserved, is of the same size as the lower. Moisture and dirt have obliterated much of the writing.
- The script has an outspoken Maghrabi aspect. Vowel marks are profusely, if not constantly, used.
- Identifier(s): upenn.apis.101.
Extent
21.8 x 16.0 cmSupport
LeatherLayout
Provenance
- Purchased from Professor Bernhard Moritz of Cairo through W.M. Mueller, 1910.
Subjects topical
- Literary
- Hadiths
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