Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 544Origin: As appears in colophon on p.429, transcription of final section completed Ṣafar 1052 [May 1642]. Opening section (pp.17-214) likely copied somewhat earlier, perhaps early 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- c. Eighteen inserts mainly carrying glosses (paginated pp.25-26, 29-30, 35-36, 39-40, 43-44, 49-50, 55-56, 59-60, 69-70, 73-74, 79-80, 83-84, 103-104, 111-112, 121-122, 133-134, 147-148, 191-192).Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label "IL 218" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in once marbled laid paper with dark red-brown leather over edges/turn-ins (likely once also spine and fore edge flap, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap, now lost) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; sewn in heavy light blue thread, two stations ; overall in poor condition with loss of flap, significant abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather, delamination of boards, staining, shrinkage, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of several types ; earlier section includes type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28-30 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.26, 38, 92-93, 160, etc.) and type with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and crossbow in circle (trefoil above) watermark (see p.24, 42, etc.) ; later, final section includes type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 30 mm. apart (horizontal), and a different crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.224, 225, etc.) and a type with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and anchor in circle watermark (see p.330, etc.) ; some leaves tinted yellow.Decoration: Keywords and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; overlining in red ; in early section text of written area surrounded by red rule-border (pp.17-214) ; some textual dividers in the form of red dots.Script: Naskh ; at least two elegant Turkish hands ; following replacement leaves at opening (from p.19) an elegant Turkish hand, partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on some ascender letters, effect of tilt to the left, only casually pointed, curvilinear descenders, extension of horizontal strokes, free assimilation of letters (kāf followed by alif, etc.), point of final nūn set deep in bowl (even fully encircled occasionally), alif maqṣūrah often mardūdah, etc. ; from p.215 to close, another elegant though more compact Turkish hand, seriffed (nearly all ascender letters) with sharp tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, free assimilation of letters, and pointing in curves rather than distinct dots ; replacement leaves at opening in still another naskh and a nastaʻlīq (talik).Layout: Written mainly in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V-9+8 (9), 18 V(189), III+2 (197) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "الحمد لله على التمام ولرسوله افضل السلام فرغت عن تنميق هذه النسخة في ان من الزمان ويسر اتمامه في صفر الخير لسنة اثنى وخمسين والف"Explicit: "حتى قتل صار شهيدا لانه يكون بادلا نفسه لعزاز دين الله تعالى ولاقامة حق الشرع تم تم"Incipit: "لله الحي الاحد حمد لا يحتويه الحد على ما اولانا علم الفروع ... اما بعد يقول عبد اللطيف بن فرشته ... ان ارباب البطانة واصحاب الفطانة من خلص احبابي ... قالوا ان كتاب المنار للامام ... حافظ الدين النسفي ... صائر اهالي الامصار انار ... نسألك ان نشرحه شرحا على طريق الحل مختصرا ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. composite codex.Fine composite copy of the commentary by Ferişteoğlu (Feriştehoğlu) Abdullatîf İbn Melek (ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Firishtah, al-maʻrūf bi-Ibn Malak) upon al-Manār fī uṣūl al-fiqh (Manār al-anwār), a concise account of the foundations of law by Abū al-Barakāt ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Nasafī (d.1310).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 328Origin: As appears in colophon on p.366 (followed by scribal verses), copied by Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Ṣafāhānī, known as Jānī, with transcription completed 23 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1009 [ca. 25 June 1601].Former shelfmark: "581 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered (faced) in painted lacquerwork with light brown leather over spine and board edges / turn-ins, possibly constituting repair (lacquer faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in similar light brown leather with gold-painted rule border only partially visible ; upper and lower covers carry painted lacquerwork composition of simple bookcover design with recessed, stamped scalloped mandorla and pendants covered in metallic paint with golden copper hue and bordered in gold-painted accents with further gold-painted rule borders ; now sewn in white, red and green threads, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in magenta and sping green, good condition (protected by tabs of extended spine leather) ; overall in fairly good condition with minor cracking in lacquer, minor abrasion and delamination at board corners, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper of perhaps two types ; one type with roughly 5 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, fairly distinct, some curving) and irregular chain lines only faintly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, inclusions, well-burnished to glossy, thin, crisp and transluscent, dark cream in color ; another type, thicker and sturdier with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, well-burnished (burnisher's marks visible), dark cream in color ; endpapers and repairs (fills, etc.) in wove paper ; some moisture damage and tide lines.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surrounded by delicate swirling vegetal designs in gold with red, turquoise (pistachio), and white floral accents on a ground of lapis lazuli, gold and black surrounded by bands of gold, turquoise, white (with black crosses) and red and surmounted by a scalloped dome (or semi-circular piece) in gold and lapis lazuli with similar floral vegetal designs, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; similar illuminated headpieces (also of exquisite execution and in slightly better condition) at opening of second daftar (p.216) and third daftar (p.306) ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a gold band defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule ; section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant, delicate hand in medium to narrow line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct or nearly conjoined (closely adjacent) dots, point of final and free-standing nūn often set down in wide bowl, shaqq (sarʹkash) of kāf often slightly detached from ascender, etc.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, 22 IV(176), IV-1 (183), i ; exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "باتمام رسید دفتر سيیوم از سلسله الذهب من کلام افصح الفصحا مولانا عبد الرحمن جامی علیه الرحمة والغفران لعون الله تعالی وحسن توفیقه والصلوة والسلام علی نبیه وآله اجمعین بتاریخ یوم الاثنین بیست و سیوم شهر ذی الحجة الحرام سنه تسع والف کتبه اضعف عباد الله محمد بن حسین صفاهانی المتخلص به جانی غفر ذنوبه وستر عیوبه ..."Explicit: "همه مقبول و مستجاب شده همه مقرون بفتح باب شده بهمین نکته ختم شد مقصود لله الحمد و العلی و الجود"Incipit: "لله الحمد قبل کل کلام بصفات الجلال والاکرام حمد او تاج تارک سخنست صدر هر نامه نو و کهنست ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Silsilat al-ẕahab, the first of the seven seven mas̲navīs of Jāmī (d.1492) collected under the title Haft awrang. Descriptive contributions from Sarah Mirza.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 463 v.7Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest late 16th century ; many replacements likely 18th century.Accompanying materials: Scrap carrying "VII" in red pencil paginated pp.179-180.Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label (see cloth once covering spine tucked inside upper cover), "IL 91 VII" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in Isl. Ms. 463 v.2).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather with spine in tan leather, later covered in green-blue paper-backed cloth (retained on upper cover and flap, cloth once covering spine tucked inside upper cover) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in dull yellow paper ; upper (now covered by cloth) and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSd 8) and border in tooled rules with rosette stamp accents ; sewnin dark pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in cream and dull pink, fairly good condition ; overall in poor condition with lifting and losses of cloth and leather, abrasion, staining, etc.Support: European laid paper of two main types ; opening (and closing, from p.667) type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 30 mm. apart (horizontal), and bull's head watermark (see p.8, 14, etc.), sturdy and very well burnished to glossy ; second main type (from p.443, etc.) with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and anchor in circle with leaf above watermark (see p.458, 459, etc.) ; replacements in several other types including type with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown above grapes (raisin) watermark, beige to light-brown in color (see pp.461-496).Decoration: Section headings and some abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke marking keywords) rubricated ; overlining in red ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame, elsewhere (through p.442 and again from p.667) written area surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Naskh with some influence of nastaʻlīq ; two main clear Turkish hands (central replacements in several other hands) ; opening and closing hand virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), closed and open counters, rounded but with a mix of curvilinear and rectilinear descenders, pointing (of two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots ; next main hand (see p.443, 529, etc.) a clear, bold naskh, mainly serifless with marked effect of inclination to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, adhering to baseline, point of fina l nūn set above or assimilated with bowl.Layout: Written in 27 and 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 11 V(110), 4 (114), V (124), I+1 (127), II (131), 9 V(221), 7 (228), I (230), 4 (234), V (244), 4 (248), V (258), 6 (264), 6 V(324), V-1 (333), 4 V(373), II+2 (379) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes insert and skips two pages between pp.235-236).Explicit: "سبحان ربك رب العزة عما يصفون وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين تمت الحواشي المعلقة كل مغلقات انوار التنزيل واسرار التأويل الذي صنفه الامام العلامة ... عبد الله بن ابي القاسم علي بن عمر البيضاوي تغمده الله تعالى برحمته ورضوانه واسكنه اعلى جنانه تم"Incipit: "سورة ق مكية بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله المنعم المنان والصلوة والسلام على سيد من ارسل لهدايته نوع الانسان ... قوله الكلام فيه كما قر في ص والقرآن ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. composite codex.Careful copy of the last of seven volumes (v.1 and v.4 now lacking) of the commentary by Shaykhʻzādah Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá al-Qūjawī (d.1544 or 5) upon al-Bayḍāwī's commentary on the Qurʼān, Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl, covering Sūrat Qāf (50) through Sūrat al-Nās (114). Contents listing on 'title page' (p.3).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 603Origin: As appears in colophon on p.377, copied by Ahmet bin Mehmet bin Bâlî (Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Bālī ; احمد بن محمد بن بالي ) with transcription completed ("waqaʻa al-farāgh ʻan taḥrīrih wa-imlāʼih wa-tarqīmih ...") 3 Muḥarram 1032 [ca. 7 November 1622]. As appears in closing matter ('authorial colophon') on p.376, dictation of the composition by the author completed ("wa-qad faraghtu min imlāʼih ...") end of Ramaḍān 965 [July 1558] in Istanbul ( قسطنطنية ).Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and 'title page' (p.1) "IL 229" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Boards covered in deep teal cloth ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in olive green cloth ; sewn in dull pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged with losses to head and tailband, cores exposed ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper board and spine cloth detaching, etc.Support: European laid paper ; mainly with 9 laid linse per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29-30 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.24, 34, 88, 89, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished to glossy ; also toward in the latter part of the codex, another type with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25 mm. apart (horizontal), and crossbow in circle watermark (see p.268, 269, etc.), thin and crisp though still dense and sturdy, well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and notabilia rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas or discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish hand, small and compact ; serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline, some sweeping descenders, pointing (multiple dots) mainly in strokes or conjoined dots, free assimilation of letters.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V-1 (9), 18 V(189) ; virtually exclusively quinions ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "وقع الفراغ عن تحريره واملائه وترقيمه بعون الله وانعامه على يدا [؟] عبده الفقير الى عفوه وغفرانه احمد [؟] بن محمد بن بالي في اليوم الثالث من محرم الحرام لسنة اثنتين وثلثين والف من الهجرة النبوية عليه افضل السلام والتحية هر كه خوند [خواند] دعا طمع دارم زانكه من بندهء كنهكارم"Explicit: "ومنهم الشيخ الصالح مصلح الدين مصطفى من خلفاء السيد احمد البخاري ... توفى رحمه قريبا من ستين وتسعمائة روح الله روحه ونور ضريحه هذا اخر ما تيسر لي بعون الله الملك العلام من تفصيل احوال علماء الاعلام وذكر مناقب المشايخ العظام وحين آن آوان الاختتام ... فليكن هذا اخر الكتاب وقد الميته على بعض من الاصحاب ... وقد فرغت من املائه يوم السبت آخر شهر رمضان المبارك بتاريخ سنة خمس وستين وتسعمائة بمدينة قسطنطنية ... واجب يا رب دعوتي وثبت حجتي وسدد لساني واهد قلبي واسدل [اسلل] سخيمة صدري سبحان الله وبحمده سبحان الله العظيم الكريم لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم م"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي رفع بفضله طبقات العلماء وجعل اصولهم ثابتة وفرعهم في السماء وزين سماء الشريعة والاسلام بانوار افكار الفضلاء ... وبعد فاني منذ ما عرفت اليمين من الشمال والمستقيم من المحال كنت مشعوفا بتنبع مناقب العلماء واخبارهم ... ولما شاهد هذه الحال بعض من ارباب الفضل والكمال التمس مني ان اجمع مناقب علماء الروم فاجبت الى ملتمسه ... وضعت الرسالة على ترتيب سلاطين آل عثمان ولهذا سميت الرسالة بالشقائق النعمانية في علماء الدولة العثمانية ..."Title from opening matter (preface) on p.3.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the celebrated biographical work by Taşköprüzâde (Taşköprî-zâde) İsam ed-Dîn Ahmet (d.1561), mainly addressing ʻulamāʼ and ṣūfī shaykhs under the Ottomans and organized in ten classes (ṭabaqāt) corresponding to the reigns of the first ten Ottoman sultans through Süleyman I (r.1520-1566). A contents listing (ṭabaqāt by sultan) is provided on the 'title page' (p.1).
Abstract: A collection of tratises in a variety of subjects, including tafsīr, theology, philosophy, metaphysics, semantics and science of time-keeping. Most are in Arabic, with few texts in Ottoman. Only texts 17 and 20 are dated, 3rd of Rajab 1096 and first 10 days of Rajab 1096 respectively (1685). Most texts are in same hand, appear to be contemporary and vary only slightly in style and layout.Binding note: Brown leather. Gold guilloche and fillets around borders of covers. Gold tooled mesh pattern in diamond shape in the centre of upper and lower covers. Marbled paper pastedowns. Label on upper cover: "Majāmiʻ 27".Contents: 1. Fol. 1b: Table of contentsContents: 2. Fol. 2b: Tafsīr "Yawm yaqūmu al-rūḥ wa-al-malāʼikah"Contents: 3. Fol. 3a: Ḥadīth "taken from Ḥāshiyat al-Kashshāf by Shaykh Akmal al-Dīn" and a short wird by Ibn al-ʻArabīContents: 4. Fol. 3b-7a: blankContents: 5. Fol. 7b: Manlā Aḥmad al-Anṣārī ʻalá qawl al-Bayḍāwī title from the table of contents.Contents: 6. Fol. 8a-8b: Tafsīr Sūrat al-TawbahContents: 7. Fol. 9a: Tafsīr Sūrat al-TawbahContents: 8. Fol. 9b-13b: Risālah mutaʻalliqah bi-iṣṭilaḥāt arbāb al-ḥadīth.Contents: 9. Fol. 14a-18b: blankContents: 10. Fol. 19a-19b: Risālat al-waḍʻContents: 11. Fol. 21a: Maqādīr sharʻīyah title from the table of contents.Contents: 12. Fol. 22a-24a: Tafsīr kabīr min Sūrat al-Aḥzāb.Contents: 13. Fol. 24b-28b: Tafsīr Sūrat al-Mulk.Contents: 14. Fol. 29a-32b: al-Risālah al-Walāʼīyah.Contents: 15. Fol. 32b-37a: Risālah fī radd al-Risālah al-Walāʼīyah.Contents: 16. Fol. 37b-39a: Risālah fī afʻāl al-ʻibād.Contents: 17. Fol. 39b-43a: Risālat al-Zawrāʼ.Contents: 18. Fol. 43b-46b: Sharḥ khuṭbat al-ZawrāʼContents: 19. Fol. 47a-56a: al-Ḥawrāʼ ʻalá al-ZawrāʼContents: 20. Fol. 56b-63a: Sharḥ al-dāʼirah al-ḤindīyahContents: 21. Fol. 63b-64a: Risālah fī ḥall al-taʼrīkh.Contents: 22. Fol. 64a-64b: Risālah fī al-gharaḍ wa-al-ghāyahContents: 23. Fol. 65a: an inscription concerning verses (in a risālah) coined by Ḥabīb Allāh Mīrzā Jān (d. 1586?)Contents: 24. Fol. 65b-71b: blankContents: 25. Fol. 72a-80b: Risālah fī taḥqīq al-kalām fī mawqif al-maʼmūm wa-al-imām.Contents: 26. Fol. 81a-84a: blankContents: 27. Fol. 84b-86a: Şeyhülislam hazretlerine maruz-i fakir (in Ottoman).Contents: 28. Fol. 86b-88b: blankContents: 29. Fol. 89a-90a: Taʻlīqah ʻalá qānūn al-khabr min al-miftāḥ lil-ʻAfīf title from the table of contents.Contents: 30. Fol. 90b-91a: blankContents: 31. Fol. 91b: a short paragraph containing a list of excerpts from a number of different worksContents: 32. Fol. 92a-92b: blankContents: 33. Fol. 93a-93b: Qānūn al-khabr min miftāḥ al-ʻulūm.Contents: 34. Fol. 94a-95b: blankContents: 35. Fol. 96a: a short text on ʻilm al-uṣūlContents: 36. Fol. 96b: a recipe (in Ottoman)Contents: 37. Fol. 97a-99a: blankContents: 38. Fol. 99b-112a: Esrârname title from the table of contents; the text is a risālah (in Ottoman) in metaphysics, and includes commentaries on a selection of ḥadīthContents: 38. Fol. 112b-116b: blankContents: 39. Fol. 117a-123a: al-Tanbīh ʻalá ghalaṭ al-ḥāmil wa-al-nabīhContents: "40. Fol. 123a-125a: al-ʻIddah fī al-nisāʼ wa-al-rijāl title from the table of contents; the text (in Ottoman) is an exposition by Ebussuud Efendi on the 'waiting time' between marriages"Contents: '41. Fol. 126a: a short text in tafsīr'Contents: 42. Fol. 126b: Fawāʼid Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ.Contents: 43. Fol. 127a-129a: blankMs. codex.Title supplied by the cataloger.Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Written surface varies. Catchwords present in most texts. Glazed European paper. An ownership signature, accompanied by a seal, in the name of Molla Sayyid Mehmet "protected by" Lalaʹzade on fol. 1a.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 148Origin: As appears in colophons on p.99 and p.209, and in 'title page' inscriptions on p.11, p.103, and p.219, copied by al-Sayyid al-Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá al-Izmīrī. As appears in colophon on p.99, transcription of Ḥāshiyat al-Khiṭāʼī completed in Istanbul (Qusṭanṭīnīyah) 22 Jumādá I 1076 [ca. 30 November 1665]. As appears in colophon on p.209, transcription of Ḥāshiyat ʻAbd Allāh al-Yazdī ʻalá al-Khiṭāʼī, completed in Istanbul (bi-Dār al-Salṭanah al-ʻāliyah) 25 Muḥarram 1076 [ca. 8 August 1665].Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 13. Glosses on al-Khatai on the Mukhtasar & of Mirza Jan on the former ." ; on tailedge of textblock "٤۱۷".Binding: Pasteboards (semi-limp) covered in marbled paper (red, yellow, blue) with dark brown leather over spine and edges/turn-ins ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in yellow-tinted paper ; sewn in brownish pink thread, two stations ; only traces of endbands remain ; overall in poor condition with abrasion, staining, some lifting of paper and leather, moisture damage, upper cover detaching at spine, label affixed to upper cover, etc. repairs to spine in tan leather.Support: European laid paper mainly with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart, and paschal lamb in four-lobed circle watermark (see p.34, 38, 208, 214, 336, etc.) with 'G A' or 'G M' below trefoil countermark (see p.326, 332, etc. and compare Piccard No. 86801) ; a few leaves at opening in laid paper with crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.16 etc.) and 'G T' below trefoil countermark (see p.18, 22, 46, etc.) ; other opening and closing leaves in still a different laid paper with three fleurs-de-lis and fleur-de-lis above scrollwork watermarks ; all well-sized and burnished.Decoration: Keywords and abbreviations symbols rubricated.Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik) ; virtually serifless ; mainly closed counters ; effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated) ; final nūn reversed (re-curved) ; kāf mashkūlah (mashqūqah) preferred.Layout: Written in 21 and 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: III+1 (7), 4 V(47), III (53), 5 V(103), IV (111), 5 V(161), IV+1 (170) ; chiefly quinions ; opening quire left mainly blank ; several leaves between each work left blank ; final three quires left blank (incomplete) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips first two leaves).Explicit: "ولو سلم ان لها جزءا بناء على كونها مركبة من القدرة على هذا التعبير"Incipit: "نحمدك اللهم على ما اعطتنا من سوابغ النعم وبوالغ الحكم ونصلي على نبيك الهادي للعرب والعجم على وجه اكمل واتم قوله ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscription on 'title page' (p.11).Ms. codex.10. p.271-p.336 : [blank].9. p.220-p.270 : Ḥāshiyat Mīrzā Jān ʻalá al-Ḥāshiyah al-Khiṭāʼīyah ʻalá al-Mukhtaṣar / Ḥabīb Allāh Mīrzā Jān al-Shīrāzī.8. p.210-p.219 : [blank].7. p.104-p.209 : Ḥāshiyat ʻAbd Allāh al-Yazdī ʻalá Ḥāshiyat al-Mukhtaṣar lil-Khiṭāʼī / ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Yazdī.6. p.100-p.103 : [blank].5. p.12-p.99 : Ḥāshiyat al-Khiṭāʼī ʻalá al-Mukhtaṣar / ʻUthmān al-Khiṭāʼī Mawlānāzādah.4. p.11 : ['title page' for opening work with contents listing, excerpts, and ownership statements].3. p.2-p.10 : [blank].2. p.1 : [excerpt from Murūj al-dhahab of al-Masʻūdī].1. p.[]-p.[] : [blank].Clear (though incomplete, ending abruptly) copy of a collection of glosses on the Mukhtaṣar or shorter commentary by Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-Taftazānī on Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī (d.1338), itself an abridgment of part 3 of Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm by al-Sakkākī (d.1229), on rhetoric (al-maʻānī wa-al-bayān). Opens with al-Khiṭāʼī's glosses, followed by the superglosses of ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Yazdī (d.1606 or 7) and Mīrzā Jān (d. 1586?) upon al-Khiṭāʼī's glosses.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 679Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.281b, copied by Nāʻil Ṣuḥufī [?]. Date transcription finished appears as a chronogram "غزلق" or 1137 [غ1000 + ز7 + ل30 + ق100 =1137, i.e. 1724 or 1725].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From spine label and inscription on fol.1a (p.1), "IL 132 a1" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings and interior of envelope flap in pink tinted laid paper ; interior of foreedge flap in light brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry central blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (elongated) and pendants with vegetal pattern (compare Déroche class. OSd 8) accented with gold and red paint, bordered by fillet with strokes and dots at apices and sprandels of scallops in gold paint ; frame of striated s-shaped stamps painted gold and bordered by two gold fillets also in gold paint ; at corners and midpoints of frame, dots and strokes in gold paint ; foreedge flap decorated with fillets and heavy vegetal pattern (vine) in gold paint ; in fair condition with significant wear and pest damage but intact and still well-attached to text block.Support: European laid paper, mainly with laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 11-12 laid lines per cm., single chain lines running horizontally spaced roughly 25-26 mm. apart, and watermark of three hats (tre cappeli) or caps (see p.38, 58, 230, 232, etc.), well-burnished, thin though quite sturdy; very few if any inclusions ; countermark of "V d" under trefoil appears in p.136.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) on fol.1b consists of a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) flanked by scalloped accents filled by a vegetal pattern in gold, blue, red, and black on fields of gold and blue ; dome and flanking pieces are outlined in a blue fillet and surmounted by vertical stalks (ṭīgh) in blue positioned at alternating spandrels ; entire piece is bordered by an elaborate frame consisting of a band of blue with minute cross or diamond shapes flanked by narrow gold bands outlined by fillets ; elaborate frames appear throughout, consisting of gold band (of at least three thicknesses) bordered by black fillets surround both the entire written area for each folio as well as the columns of text within ; text rubricated with titles, headings, etc. in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, point of final and free-standing nūn set at mouth of tall, wide, angled bowl, occasionally nearly assimilated with it, hāʻ mudghamah looking like two inverted commas, pointing (for two and three dots) often in conjoined dots or strokes.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page; written area consists of a broad single column most often divided into two columns and framed thusly, though this layout varies ; in certain sections a centered column of two hemistiches of verse alternates with verse laid in two columns, divided at each hemistich ; headings usually appear centered on the single column or across its width; frame-ruled.Collation: i,12 V (120), IV (128), I (130), 6 V (190), IV+1 (199), 3 V (229), V+1 (240), 2 I (244), i ; chiefly quinions; leaves falling between the various sections of poetry left partially blank (though without missing text) and leaves following close of text intially left blank but now carry additional matter including lines of poetry, lines on Ebussuud Efendi, etc. ; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "تمام شد ديوان نابى رحمه الله تعالى في تاريخ غزلق دست حقير نائل صحفى [؟] تم"Explicit: "طاغيلرسه كور رآنى نكران جمع اولور ايه اولور آب روان"Incipit: [rubric]" قصيده در توحيد باري جل شانه براى باعث ترتيب ديوان ابراهيم پاشا رح [text] تعالى الله زهى ديوانطراز صورت معنا كه جسم لفظله روح مآ لي ايلمش الما ..."Title from inscription below headpiece on fol.1b.Ms. codex.Collected poems (ghazalīyāt, qaṣāyid, rubāʻiyāt, etc.) of Nabi, followed by a few additional excerpts at close of codex.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 347Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, style of painting, etc. may suggest late 16th or early 17th century ; dated ownership statement provides terminus ante quem of 1195 [1780 or 81].Former shelfmark: "468 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "222" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now lost [traces of flap on upper board lining, front flyleaf and opening leaf, damage at fore edge of lower cover]) ; board linings in orange paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing with most gatherings loose ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, upper cover detaching, flap lost, etc. ; reinforcements at sewing stations ; ill-fitting (slightly small) and likely not original.Support: non-European laid paper, possibly of more than one type ; 7-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), curving, quite faint and indistinct in many leaves ; rare single chain lines occasionally visible as short lengths ; sturdy and burnished ; flyleaves in well-burnished European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 25-27 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of "VG" and "F" set among three stylized hats [?].Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with large, empty gold cartouche with flanking domes and swirling floral vegetal motifs in gold, white, orange, red, and blue on grounds of gold and blue, bordered in bands of gold, orange and blue ; written area of incipit page surrounded by frame of heavy red and turquoise [?] bands (here and throughout divisions within defined by black fillets), elsewhere written area surrounded by a faint gold frame with outermost turquoise rule ; keywords, section headings and illustration captions rubricated ; generously illustrated with 8 full-page and 12 half-page paintings in gold, red, turquoise, blue, lavender, yellow, dark green, etc. depicting in Mecca and vicinity: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām (p.38), al-masʻá between al-Ṣafāʼ and al-Marwah (p.41), Jabal Bū Qubays marked "محل شق القمر" (p.43), Sūq al-Layl with the birthplace of the Prophet, ʻAlī and speaking stones (p.44), Mudʻá or sūq al-mudʻá, here marked "مدعا" (p.45), Maʻlā with tombs (most prominently of Khadījah) and pools for the Egyptian and Syrian caravans (p.50), Shubaykah cemetery (p.51), Jabal Nūr with Ghār Ḥirāʼ (p.53), Jabal Thawr with Ghār Hijrat (p.54), ʻArafāt with pilgrim tents, banners and lampstands, Maṭbakh Ādam, Masjid Namīrah, four posts marking the place of the standing ritual, and Syrian, Egyptian and Yemeni maḥāmil (p.61), Muzdalifah (p.64), Minā with the jamarāt, place of the sacrifice, Masjid Khayf, cave where the Prophet was sheltered (غار والمرسلات), etc. (p.68) ; in Medina and vicinity: Jabal Mafraḥ (p.80), the Prophet's mosque / al-Masjid al-Nabawī (p.83), al-Baqīʻ cemetery (p.87), Masjid Qubā (p.88), Four mosques and the two-qiblah Mosque (p.90), Jabal Uḥud (p.91) and in Jerusalem: al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (p.93) with al-Masjid al-Aqṣá, Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah, etc. and a sandal of the Prophet (p.94).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 5 IV(40), IV-1 (47), i ; exclusively quaternions (final anomalous) ; on pp.74-75 written area framed but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "صل علی روضۀ خیر الانام خاتمه نسخه برین شد تمام تم تم تم تم تم تم تم تم تم"Incipit: "اى همه کس را بدرت التجا کعبۀ دل را ز تو نور و صفا ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant, richly illustrated copy of Muḥyī al-Dīn Lārī's renowned poetical description of the holy cities Mecca and Medina with a full account of the rites of pilgrimage (ḥajj).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 450Origin: As appears in colophon at close of Saddi Iskandariĭ on p.530, copied by ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Ṣamad al-Marghīnānī al-Kāshgharī with transcription completed 16 Rajab 890 [ca. 29 July 1485] in Herat. Statement at close of Sabʺai saĭër (here entitled Haft paykar) on p.654 indicates completion in Ramaḍān 889 [September-October 1484].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with notes in pencil on dating and copyist [from colophon on p.530] (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Turquoise-tinted scrap with ḥadīth of the Prophet regarding inscription of the basmalah "قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من كتب بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وجوده فله الجنة صدق حبيب رب العالمين" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Recycled slip with notes (likely in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas) on paper types and papermaking, "Devlet Shah", etc. (paginated pp.5-6).Former shelfmark: "504 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis" in pencil at close on p.654 ; "٨٩" in black ink on tail edge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; doublures in red-brown leather with elongated central mandorla and cornerpieces in delicate filigree appliqué over blue paper as well as gold-tooled accents and border ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition reminiscent of Déroche class NSh 1), pendants, and cornerpieces as well as gold-painted accents and border in blind rules and a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and cream, tab extending from spine leather (repair) protects headband, losses to tailband though core and primaries remain ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap lost, abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, delamination of boards, opening leaf affixed to upper doublure, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in brown leather.Support: non-European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct, some curving) and chain lines in pairs occasionally visible (see p.32, etc.), cloudy formation, somewhat thin, transluscent and crisp though dense and sturdy, cream color, well-sized and burnished ; staining and tidelines.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece at opening of each mesnevi (see incipit page of opening work and pp.108, 258, 348, 532), rectangular with central scalloped cartouche or lozenge carrying the title in gold (or black) set in a swirling arabesque (in gold, green or red), surrounded by further delicate arabesques (in green-blue and red on gold ground or gold on light blue ground) ; written area surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands ; headings and keywords rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page with written area divided to four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV (8), IV+1 (17), 3 IV(41), IV+1 (50), 9 IV(122), II (126), III+1 (133), 4 IV(165), IV-2 (171), IV-1 (178), 10 IV(258), II+1 (263), 7 IV(319), III (325) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips opening leaf now affixed to upper doublure and includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "توكاندى بنجشنبه كونى رجب آيى ينينك اون آلتى سيندا تاريخ سيكزيوز توقسان دا فى دار السلطنه هراة حميت عن الآفات بيتكجى سى عبد السلم ابن عبد الصمد المرغينانى ثم الكاشغرى غفر الله ذنوبهما وستر عيوبهما امين يا رب العالمين"Incipit: "بسم الله الحرمن الرحيم رشته غه چكتى نجه دريتيم ..."Title from ownership statements inscribed on incipit page at opening and 'title page' of each mesnevi.Ms. codex.Elegant early copy of the five mesnevis of Mir Ali Şîr Nevâî (d.1501), including Ḣaĭratul-abror (حيرت الابرار / Ḥayrat al-abrār), Farhād va Shīrīn (فرهاد و شيرين, entitled Khusraw va Shīrīn in headpiece, see p.108), Laĭli va Mazhnun (ليلى و مجنون / Laylī va majnūn), Saddi Iskandariĭ (سد اسكندرى / Sadd-i Iskandarī, here entitled Iskandarnāmah, see pp.347-8) and Sabʺai saĭër (سبعه سياره / Sabʻa-yi sayyār, here entitled Haft paykar, see pp.531-2).
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, hand, etc. would suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "42" in pencil on front flyleaf.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1057Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible on spine) ; present pastedowns and flyleaves (as well as lining of envelope flap) in marbled paper (blue, lavender, yellow and pink) ; upper and lower cover carry gold-stamped mandorla (gold applied to orange onlays, scalloped and filled with floral composition), as well as gold-painted border of rules, rosettes and accent strokes (frame lightly stamped with geometric design) ; design continues on flap ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in purple and white, primaries / tie downs also in white, quite good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, losses of gold, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persianate) laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, some curving and sagging) and faint traces of chain lines only occasionally visible ; somewhat cloudy formation with inclusions and clumps of fiber visible ; well-burnished to glossy and likely surface sized, thin and crisp though sturdy, medium beige in color ; slip of lavender wove paper interleaved between fol.1-2, presumably to protect illuminated headpiece.Decoration: Added illuminated titlepiece in gold and blue on fol.1a ; elegant and finely executed illuminated headpiece at opening on fol.1b consisting of w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal designs in gold outlined in orange on a blue ground set off by delicate floral accents in blue, white, pink, lavender, red and orange, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and set in a well of gold and black interlace flanked by orange and white bands with contrasting red and blue crosses ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by frame consisting of a gold band outlined in black fillets ; keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; chiefly an elegant Persianate hand in a thin line ; small, characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline ; elongation and slight contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes ; elegant shaqq / sar-kash (gently curving upward) on even final kāf ; pointing in distinct dots, though somewhat casual with occasional dots omitted ; point of final and free-standing nūn set down at center of somewhat narrow, angled bowl ; ʻalāmat ihmāl of three dots regularly appears under sīn.Layout: Written mainly in 19 lines per page (single column) ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 11 IV(88), 3 III(106), 3 IV(130), III (136), 3 IV(160), III (166), 4 IV(198), III (204), 2 IV(220), III+1 (227), III (233), IV (241), I (243), 2 III(255), III+1 (262), 6 III(298), IV (306), 3 III(324), I (326), ii ; chiefly quaternions and ternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Dedication: As appears in opening matter on fol.3b, composed for Sulṭān Saʻīd Bahādur Khān (سلطان سعيد بهادر خان).Incipit: "فهرست قسم علمى از كتاب تحفه خانى مصنف حضرت ايشان سلمه الله و ابقاه [ابغاه] برءوس [رؤوس] العالمين الى يوم الدين باب اول در بيان قسم علمى كتاب و اين باب مشتمل بر نود و سه مقاله است ... الحمد لله الذى خلق الانسان فى احسن تقويم و هو يحيى العظام و هى رميم و الصلوة والسلام على حبيبه ونبيه شفى آلام الضلاله و اسقام الجهالة و على اله و اصحابه هم الهادين الى طريق الحق و سبيل الداله اما بعد عرض مدارد راقم اين سواد حقير قليل البضاعه محمود بن محمد عبد الله بن محمود نور الله انار الله مضاجعه كه جون در اوان شباب بواسطه كثرت طريان بعضى امراض مراين ضعيف را ..."Title from illuminated titlepiece (chrysographed inscription set off by blue and gold cloudbands) on fol.1a (‘title page’).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a Persian medical treatise by Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Maḥmūd Nūr Allāh (fl. 15th century), followed by an appendix (ẕayl, cf. fol.283 to close). Compare Kitābkhānah-i Millī no.2876, Fihrist-i nusakh-i khaṭṭī-i Kitābkhānah-i Millī (Iran), v.6, pp.553-4.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 516Origin: As appears in colophon on p.419, copied by al-Sayyid Sulayman Adīb al-Qayṣarī (Süleyman Edip el-Kayserî / Kayserili Süleyman Edip ) with transcription begun in Kayseri and completed in Erzurum 6 Rabīʻ II 1142 [ca. 29 October 1729]. A statement on p.420 in name of Muḥammad al-Dahrī (Mehmet Dehrî) and attested by Ibrāhīm Aḥmad Saʻudī (İbrahim Ahmet Suudi) and Aḥmad Yaqīn [Baqiyah?] al-Shanṭūrī (Ahmet Yakin [Bakiye?] Şentûrî) may claim that half of the book [?] was written by al-Sayyid Muḥammad al-Sharīf (Seyyit Mehmet Şerif) reads "انا محمد الدهري الدلل [؟] كتب نصف [؟] هذا الكتاب السيد محمد الشريف والضمان علينا ضمان غرم الدلال في المكتوب [؟] كاتب محمد الدهرى شهد بذلك ابراهيم احمد سعودي الحنفى شهد بذلك احمد يقين [بقيه؟] الشنطورى".Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Insert with glosses (paginated pp. 73-74).Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label, "IL 241" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in quite dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; doublures (board linings) in comb marbled paper (red, pink, blue, yellow, green, etc.) with hinges in shell marbled paper (blue and brown) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition employing cloud bands and with both vertical and horizontal symmetry, compare Déroche class. NSd) along with gold-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps framed by gold fillets ; sewn in dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and likely another color difficult to discern due to damage, only headband remains ; overall in quite poor condition with flap lost, upper cover (along with front flyleaf and opening leaf) fully detached, lifting and losses of leather, abrasion, staining, etc. ; repairs (now split) to spine in light brown leather ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper with 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 24-25 mm. apart (horizontal), and grapes (raisin) under cartouche and crown watermark (see p.10, 15, etc.) ; dark cream in color, well-burnished, thin and transluscent though sturdy.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.4, consisting of a rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral accents in white and pink on a gold field and surrounded by border in blue with white crosses, surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal design reminiscent of arabesque in white, lavender, pink, orange, etc. on fields of blue and gold, set into a well of pink with white crosses and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and pink ; basmalah also flanked by floral accents ; written area surrounded by gilt frame ; keywords, section headings, and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine Turkish hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline, occasionally more exaggerated, elongation and thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 20 V(200), IV+1 (209) ; final leaf left blank ; almost exclusively quinions ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "وبدأت الطريقة المحمدية في القيصرية المحمية واتممت في ارض روم المحروسة وانا الفقير اليه سبحانه وتعالى السيد سليمان اديب القيصري احسن الله حاله في اليوم السادس عن ربيع الاخر لسنه اثنى واربعين ومائة والف سنه ۱۱٤٢"Explicit: "وجلاء القلوب فعليك بها وطالعها حتى تعلم حقيقة مقالنا ونقول الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا نهتدي لو لا ان هدانا الله ربنا لا تزغ قلوبنا بعد اذ هديتنا وهب لنا من لدنك رحمة انك انت الوهاب اللهم صل وسلم على محمد سيد المرسلين وعلى آله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي جعلنا امة وسطا خير امم ... وبعد فان العقل والنقل متوافقان والكتاب والسنة متطابقان ... فاردت ان اصنف الطريقة المحمدية واحببت ان ابين السيرة الاحمدية حتى يعرض عليها عمله كل سالك ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Elegant, ell-glossed copy of the sermons and homilies of Birgivî (Birkawī, Birgilī) Mehmet Efendi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 155Origin: As appears in colophon on p.25, Muʻaddil al-ṣalāh copied by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī with transcription finished in 1103 [1691 or 2]. As appears in colophon on p.77, al-Muqaddimah fī al-ṣalāh also copied by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Yār Aḥmad with transcription finished in 1103 [1691 or 2]. As appears in colophon on p.112, transcription of Sharḥ al-Fiqh al-akbar completed in 1107 [1695 or 6]. Final work ends abruptly and lacks dated colophon ; paper suggests late 17th or 18th century.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 160. Tracts on law & religion."Binding: Pasteboards (very thin) covered in block-stamped paper with brown leather over spine and edges/turn-ins ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in laid paper ; sewn in dark blue thread, two stations ; worked endbands in pink and yellow, poor condition ; overall in poor condition with significant abrasion, staining, some lifting and losses of paper and leather, delamination of boards, moisture damage, etc. ; housed in envelope.Support: European laid paper of around three types ; first two works supplied on a European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-23 mm. apart (horizontal), watermark in crown above bar carrying initials with grapes / raisin resembling studded diamond shape below, thin and transluscent though sturdy, and well-burnished ; Sharḥ al-Fiqh al-akbar supplied on a European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), coat of arms watermark with two lions flanking cross in shield above two circles, well-burnished, and thin but sturdy ; final work, al-Talwīḥ supplied on two types of European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28-30 mm. apart (horizontal), sturdy and well-burnished, one type with three hats watermark (top hat), other type with three hats watermark (hat with brim and feather).Decoration: Keywords, abbreviation symbols and some vocalization rubricated ; occasional overlining in red.Script: Naskh ; several Turkish hands, some showing greater influence of nastaʻlīq ; first two works supplied in a clear Turkish hand, virtually serifless, effect of tilt to the left, mainly closed counters, final yāʼ and alif maqṣūrah often mardūdah, pointing in distinct dots ; third work supplied in a rounded hand, virtually serifless, freely ligatured, with pointing in curved lines and inverted caret and 'bowl' of final nūn forming a complete circle around its dot ; final work supplied in still a different hand, mainly serifless (though with occasional head serifs on lām and alif), mainly closed counters, effect of tilt to the left, slight effect of words descending to baseline ; several other hands suppliying glosses and excerpts.Layout: Written in 19, 21 and 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 4 IV(32), IV+1 (41), IV (49), III+1 (56), 4 V(96), II (100) ; mainly quaternions and quinions ; catchwords present in al-Talwīḥ, elsewhere proper catchwords lacking but last word of final line on the verso of each leaf is usually repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf).Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. composite codex.8. p.116-p.200 : al-Talwīḥ ʻalá al-Tawḍīḥ [incomplete] / Saʻd al-Dīn Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar al-Taftāzānī.7. p.113-p.115 : [blank].6. p.86-p.112 : Sharḥ al-Fiqh al-akbar / Abū al-Muntahá Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Maghnīsāwī.5. p.78-p.85 : [assorted excerpts, partly blank].4. p.26-p.77 : [al-Muqaddimah fī al-ṣalāh] / Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī.3. p.4-p.25 : Muʻaddil al-ṣalāh / Birgivî Mehmet Efendi.2. p.3 : [assorted excerpts and waqf statement].1. p.1-p.2 : [blank].Careful copy of a collection (majmūʻah / mecmua) of works on prayer and Ḥanafī fiqh.