Description of Columbia University. MS Or 369: al-ʻĀqibah fī dhikr al-mawt.

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Lacunose copy of a work on Islamic eschatology; missing large portions of the text from the middle and from the end.

Arabic al-ʻĀqibah fī dhikr al-mawt. [العاقبة في ذكر الموت] Ibn al-Kharrāṭ, ʻAbd al-Ḥaqq ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, 1116 or 1117-1185 ابن الخراط، عبد الحق بن عبد الرحمن، former owner Gray, Louis H. 1875-1955 former owner Gottheil, Richard J. H. 1862-1936 1 [al-ʻĀqibah fī dhikr al-mawt].

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194 bi-paginated leaves : 230 x 165 (190 x 125) mm, bound to 235 x 170 mm 21 lines per page. Written in neat naskh in brown ink. Chapter headings in larger script; space has been left for rubrications that were not added. Notation: "Louis H. Gray, 29 July 1907" Catalog entry, lot 372

Bound in modern brown and black speckled cardboard with brown textile spine.

16--?-17--? Gift of Richard J. H. Gottheil (bookplate inside front cover). Formerly owned by Louis H. Gray, 29 July 1907 (signature and date, first flyleaf recto at front of book). Death--Religious aspects--Islam--Early works to 1800 Future life--Islam--Early works to 1800 Islamic eschatology--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents)