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Code, or Record (al-Mudawwana), by Saḥnūn (d. 854)
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Code, or Record (al-Mudawwana), by Saḥnūn (d. 854) Codex, ink on parchment, 73 folios, Arabic text in maghribi script, the Code or Record (al-Mudawwana), by `Abd al-Salām ibn Sa`īd ibn Ḥabīb al-Tanūkhī, known as Saḥnūn (d. 854, Qayrawan), incomplete copy of the important treatise on Maliki jurisprudence, compendium of Imam Malik's statement on the legal opinions of the Medina school, compiled and revised by Saḥnūn and three others, quires out of order, copyist Yusuf ibn `Abd al-Jabbar ibn `Amr al-`Abdari, Calatrava la Vieja (Qalʿat Rabāḥ, fol. 49v), Spain, earlier sections dated Dhu'l-Qa`da 506H (fol. 3v) and Dhu'l-Hijja 506H (fol. 72r), main colophon (fol. 49v) dated Muharram 510H, May 1116. Another unbound part of this mansucript, signed by the same copyist and dated 1115 (509H), is also in this collection (CB Ar 3006).
| Artist / Maker | Yusuf ibn `Abd al-Jabbar ibn `Amr al-`Abdari |
|---|---|
| Culture / Origin | Arabic manuscript, Ireland |
| Department | Arabic manuscript |
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