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1296   ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS -- MAJMŪCA of two Andalusian works on hisba (inspection of the market and maintenance of public morals). Late 15th century manuscript). 106 fols., all in one handwriting; undated, watermark closely similar to Briquet, vol. 4, No. 11157 (a hand with a six-foiled flower, A.D. 1479). (1) fols. 1a-70b: Kitâb al-Ihtisâb of al-Saqatî al-Mâlaqî (ca. 500/1100); (2) fols. 71a-106b: Kitâb mushtamil calâ anwâc al-hisba by Ahmad ibn cAbd Allâh ibn cAbd al-Ra'ûf [Al-Qurtubî]. Ends abruptly. Mod. hcf. bind. (Occas. a bit stained, repairs in places).
EUR 2.500  EUR 2.800
¶ Printed edition of both texts in Trois traités hispaniques de hisba d'Ibn 'Abdûn, d'Ibn 'Abd al-Ra'ûf et de 'Umar al-Garsîfî; publ. avec une introd. et un glossaire par évariste Lévi-Provencal. Le Caire: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1955. (Documents arabes inédits sur la vie sociale et économique en occident musulman au moyen âge; sér. 1). The text of Al-Mâlaqî was published earlier by Colin and Lévi-Provencal in Cairo, 1931.

   

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