37. هذا كتاب حديقة السعدا

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 855Origin: As appears in colophon on p.624, bulk of manuscript (p.51 to close) copied by Ḥāfiẓ Abū al-Fatḥ ibn Qāḍī Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad Rāzī (Hafız Ebülfatih b. Kadı Ziyaettin Mehmet Razi) with transcription completed 24 Shaʻbān 1000 [ca. 5 June 1592]. Replacement section (first three gatherings, through p.50) likely dates to early 19th century (ca. 1807-1830) as suggested by paper, hand, and decoration.Accompanying materials: a. Pink card with typed description "[Muḥammad ibn Suleimān, Fuẓulī, d. c. 1562] | Ḥadīqat al-suʻadāʼ. | Turkish. Ms." -- b. Bits of unused "gold" leaf found between pp.384-385 and 412-413 -- c. Pen shaving found between pp.508-509.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 4Binding: Pasteboards covered in a cut velvet printed with a colorful floral pattern incorporating boteh (بوته) and other designs (in shades of blue, red, yellow, and green on grounds of red, white and dark blue) with spine, fore edge flap and edges / turn-ins in dark brown leather (textile faced, leather edged framed binding / frame covers) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in pink-tinted, gold-flecked laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted border ; fore edge flap carries gold-painted designs ; envelope flap also covered in cut velvet ; sewn in dark pink to mauve thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and white, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition though upper cover fully detached, some staining and losses to textile, minor abrasion and staining of leather, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite faint and indistinct) and occasional chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, inclusions and fibers visible, thin though quite sturdy, lightly burnished, dark cream to beige in color, some staining and tide lines ; replacement leaves of opening section (through p.50) in European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29-30 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermarks of lion passant guardant (see p.6,7, 22, 32, 46, 50, etc.) and "AFG" (see p.4,9, 26, etc. i.e. Antonio et Fratelli Galvani, see pp.88-89 in Walz, "The paper trade of Egypt and the Sudan" and compare Eineder nos. 997, 1003, etc. dated 1807), medium cream with a yellow hue, sturdy, and well-burnished ; flyleaves also in European laid paper.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of scalloped dome filled with floral vegetal composition in gold, set in a well of pink, blue and gold bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue ; written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs on incipit page ; keywords and headings rubricated (red inks of each section distinct).Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; two elegant hands ; both serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots ; hand supplying replacement section at opening (pp.1-50) slightly finer, larger and more compact along the line with large, open and sometimes sweeping descenders, and exaggerated elongation of some horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV-1+1 (8), IV+1 (17), IV (25), IV-1 (32), 4 IV(64), III (70), 23 IV(254), III+1 (261), 6 IV(309), I+1 (312), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present, plainly visible in opening section (through p.50) but mainly cutoff in bulk of codex (p.50 to close) ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes back flyleaf).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب تحريرا فى چهار شنبه اربع وعشرين من شهر شعبان المعظم سنه الف كاتبه الفقير الحقير كثير التقصير حافظ ابو الفتح بن قاضى ضياء الدين محمد رازى غفر ذنوبهما"Explicit: "كل اى حال تكلمدن خبردار ترحم قيل تعرض اتمه زنهار"Incipit: "يا رب ره عشقنده بنى شيدا قيل احكام عبادتى بكا اجرا قيل ..."Title from inscription above headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. composite codex.Elegant composite copy of Fuzulî’s rendering of the suffering of the prophets, particularly Imām Ḥusayn in the tragedy at Karbalāʼ, drawn from Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī’s Rawz̤at al-shuhadāʼ, a Persian martyrology of ʻAlī and his family.

40. حكم مندرجه في شرح منفرجه

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 428Origin: As appears in colophon on p.242, copied by Ahmet bin İbrahim ül-Üsküdarî ( احمد بن ابراهيم الاسكدارى / Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Uskudārī ) with transcription completed in the latter part of Shawwāl 1090 [December 1679].Former shelfmark: "۱۲۳" in black ink on upper cover label ; "٦٥" in pencil on recto of front flyleaf ; "404 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "238" in pencil on 'title page' (p.7).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings and flyleaves (as well as lining of envelope flap) in pink silver-flecked paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (dark brown recessed onlays) and gold-painted scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi 2) and pendants, as well as gold tooled and painted accents (rosettes and radiating strokes) and guilloché roll border ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached, lifting of leather at fore edge flap, minor abrasion, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct) and occasional chain lines faintly visible, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, beige in color (lighter and darker shades).Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.8, consisting of rectangular piece with central cartouche carrying title in white (partially effaced, reads "... قصيده المنفرجه الشريفه") on a gold ground flanked by floral motifs in red and gold and bordered in a turquoise band with white accents, surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with swirling floral motifs in white, red, orange, pink, lavender, and light blue on a gold ground, set into a well of red, gold and heavy pink bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with floral accents ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy gold frame outlined by black fillets and set off by gold cloud-bands ; elsewhere written area surrounded by a narrower gold frame ; textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes and gold discs ; keywords rubricated ; illuminated tailpiece at close on p.242, consisting of swirling floral motifs in pink and gold flanking the text.Script: Naskh ; elegant Ottoman hand ; partially seriffed with right-sloping head-serif mainly on lām, effect of tilt to the left, open and closed counters, mainly curvilinear descenders, pointing in conjoined dots, fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, 12 V(120), I (122), iii ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes inner flyleaves and skips two pages each between pp.103-104 and 205-206).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular and rectangular, reads "تمت القصيدة المباركة المسمى بالمنفرجه في اواخر شهر شوال من سهور سنه تسعين والف من هجرة من له العزة والشرف اللهم صل وسلم على شرف الخلق ... حرره العبد الحقير المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الرحيم البارى احمد بن ابراهيم الاسكدارى"Explicit: "وحضرت علينك رضى الله تعالى عنه مدحنه متعلق اولان بيتله تمام ايدوب ختم قلديسه زياده تحريره حاجت قلميوب بونك شرحى دخى بو محلده ختم اولوب نهايت بولدى الحمد لله على التمام والصلوة والسلام على رسوله افضل الانام ... والله هو الرؤف الرحيم وهو حسبى ونعم الوكيل غفرانك ربنا واليك النصير"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي جعل الصبر على اشتداد الازمة والاذى مفتاحا للفرج ... اما بعد بو جريدۀ لطيفۀ نك تأليف وتحريرنه هادى وبو قصيدۀ شريفۀ نك شرح وتفسيرنه باعث وبادى ... وبوكه حكم مندرجه في شرح منفرجه ديمكله نام ويردم ..."Title from opening matter on p.11.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Turkish commentary by İsmail Ankaravî Rasühî Dede (d.1632) on al-Qaṣīdah al-Munfarijah, an invocational poem by Ibn al-Naḥwī (d.1119).

41. حكمت طبيعيه

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 833Origin: As appears at close on p.281, dated 28 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1279 [ca. 17 May 1863].Binding: Boards covered in textured, coated black paper with red leather over spine and corners of boards (barely, not quite half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in printed 'marbled' paper (mainly in dark blue, pink and yellow) ; spine gold-stamped with vegetal designs and lines along ridges ; sewn in yellow thread, five stations, over cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather, etc.Support: Machine laid paper (faux laid wove) with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of "L J D," thin, transluscent, and quite well-burnished, tinted blue.Decoration: Headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rural scene with canon on rolling hills set in a crescent flanked by assorted arms / weapons ; keywords, section headings, numerals and other symbols rubricated ; numerous line-drawings and diagrams (in pencil and black and red inks) illustrating text.Script: Ruqʻah ; clear Turkish hand ; serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, freely ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in as many as 23 lines per page, though varies considerably depending on number of diagrams, mathematical problems, etc. ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 14 V(140), I (142), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Incipit: "مقدمه علم حكمت طبيعيه علوم طبيعيه نك ..."Title from rubricated heading at opening (p.2).Ms. codex.Careful copy of an Ottoman physics (physical science or natural sciences, i.e. hikmet-i tabiiye) textbook of uncertain authorship.

42. حكمت طبيعيه دفترى

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 831Origin: Lacks dated colophon, though date 1257 [1841 or 2] appears in text (pp.16, 20, and 38) ; statement signed Emin Efendi and dated 1848 provides a terminus ante quem of 1848 ; paper, etc. certainly suggest 19th century.Binding: Marbled paper cover (mainly in blue and brown, single sheet, limp binding without boards) ; sewn in heavy dark blue to black thread, eight stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some abrasion, staining, tears losses, etc.Support: European laid paper (as well as a few bifolia in wove paper) ; mainly with 13-14 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical), beige, sturdy and well-burnished ; another type with 12-13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 23-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of arms / shield with crown above (see p.6, etc.).Decoration: Headings, keywords, numerals and other symbols rubricated ; written area of many pages surrounded by rule-border ; many diagrams and tables, as well as two colored illustrations showing ships at sea (see p.9 and p.11).Script: Ruqʻah ; fairly clear Turkish hand ; serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, highly ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, closed counters ; notes in several other hands.Layout: Highly variable, as written area often contains diagrams, tables or lines of arithmetic along with problem statement.Collation: XVIII (36) ; single gathering of 18 bifolia ; some leaves ruled but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Carefully executed physics (physical sciences or natural sciences, i.e. hikmet-i tabiiye) notebook containing numerous sample problems (with problem statement, solution and any diagrams), tables and notes.

43. حليۀ شريف ...الخ

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1008Origin: As appears in colophon on p.71, executed by Derviş İbrahim b. Hafız Halil with transcription completed 1129 [1716 or 17].Accompanying materials: "a. Two 5 x 7 catalog cards bearing above description of item. -- b. Letter, Warner G. Rice (Director, General Library, U of M) to Mr. Richard Ford of Detroit, 20 July 1951. In the letter Rice acknowledges receipt of a 16 July note from Ford which included a copy of a letter obtained by Ford from G. M. Meredith-Owens, Brit. Mus. Dept. of Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts, presumably authenticating (and describing?) the work in hand. Ford's letter may have asked what research institutions in the United States might be interested in acquiring the text. Rice writes: "There are several research institutions in the Unites States which have made some special attempts to collect materials on and about the Near East. Among these I suppose the most distinguished is Princeton, though a good deal has been done at the University of Chicago also. At the University of Michigan we have specialized for a long time in Coptic materials, but we are now extending our interests, especially through the activities of Professor Cameron, who has recently become head of our Department of Near Eastern Languages...The General Library is now making rather extensive purchases of materials in Turkish, Persian, and Arabic. Last fall we acquired a large collection 19 of such materials and shall doubtless continue to build in this field. I can assure you that if you were to offer the Arabic manuscript which Mr. Owens describes to the University of Michigan we should be very glad indeed to have it." -- c. Note on pink slip of paper in handwriting of Harriet Jameson: "From Mr. Wagman 12-22-61. Is this the missing manuscript? No. In his vault. Keep anyway." -- d. Small Univ. of Mich. campus mail envelope addressed "Islamic MS," containing small fragment of a book binding: filigree cut gilded leather on cloth" - from handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993, only cards carrying description still with manuscript.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 157Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures (board linings) and interior of flap in spring green textile (possibly silk), flyleaves and hinges in pink-tinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, reminiscent of Déroche class. OAi 10) with gold-tooled rosette accents and guilloché roll border ; sewn in dull pink thread, two stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition with lifting and losses of leather (particularly at pine, spine lining exposed), abrasion, staining, minor delamination of boards, minor pest damage, etc.Support: European laid paper with roughly 14 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 19 mm. (vertical) and no watermarks visible (perhaps lost to trimming), beige in color, sturdy though thin and transluscent, well-sized and burnished ; flyleaves in a different European laid paper.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.8 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral accents, surmounted by dome or semi-circular piece filled with swirling floral decoration in gold with black outline, white, red and orange-red on fields of gold and dark blue (cobalt), all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue and set in a well of gold, red and blue bands with white crosses ; additional illuminated headpieces at section openings throughout the manuscript ; written area surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes with red and blue accents.Script: Naskh ; clear, well-formed Ottoman hand in a medium line ; mainly serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing mainly in conjoined dots, extensively vocalized (mainly Arabic passages).Layout: Written mainly in 9-11 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, 3 V(30), II (34), iii ; almost exclusively quinions ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "كتبه اضعف الضعفاء درويش ابراهيم ابن حافظ خليل حامدا لله تعالى ومصليا على نبيه محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين سنة تسع وعشرين ومائة والف من هجرة النبوية"Explicit: "شفاعتلرين احسان وصحبتلريله شرفياب ايليه امين يا معين"Incipit: "اعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد هر حمد وافرين كه ازلدن ابده دك موجود ومعلوم اولدى ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.7. p.67-p.71 : Nat-i Damad-i Resulullah [or Hilye-yi Hazret-i Ali].6. p.64-p.66 : Nat-i Osman [or Hilye-yi Osman].5. p.61-p.64 : Nat-i Faruk yani Ömer [or Hilye-yi Ömer ].4. p.59-p.61 : Nat-i Yar-i Gar-i Sıddık [or Hilye-yi Ebübekir].3. p.16-58 : [Hilye-yi şerif].2. p.13-p.16 : [Asmāʼ al-Nabī].1. p.8-p.12 : [elucidation of the Fātiḥah in Turkish].A fine specimen of Ottoman calligraphy comprising devotional material in Arabic and Turkish, opening with a Turkish elucidation of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah, followed by the names of the Prophet, description of the Prophet's characteristics (or hilye text, opening with the text related by ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib) with Turkish elucidation, and similar descriptions for each of the four rightly guided Caliphs (Çihâryâr-i Güzin).

44. خلاصة التبيين في تفسير سورة يس ...الخ

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 368Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; hand, paper, etc. suggest late 18th or possibly early 19th century.Former shelfmark: "346 T. D. M. [T. Dell ?]" inscribed in pencil on recto of opening leaf (p.1) ; "243" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.3).Binding: Pasteboards covered in red brown leather with red leather over spine ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in red laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class OSd 1) with pendants and tooled border consisting of a heavy gold band in a series of s-shape stamps flanked by two thin gold fillets inside and outside ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked endbands in red and yellow thread in a chevron pattern ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and lifting of leather on the hinges.Support: European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical), chain lines (horizontal or vertical) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark only faintly visible at gutter (very tightly bound, see p.244, 298, 300, etc.) ; well-burnished ; thin and crisp.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of Hulasatü't-tebyin on p.4 consisting of a rectangular piece with cartouche outlined in gold carrying the ḥamdalah in black ink, surmounted by a gold rectangular piece with a cartouche carrying the title in red ink, itself surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with floral and vegetal designs in orange, red, pale purple, blue, yellow, and pale green, all set in a well consisting of thick orange and blue bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; simple illuminated headpieces at opening of second work (p.246) and third work (p.268) each consisting of a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with floral motifs and surmounting tīgh all in gold ; written area surrounded by a thick gold band outlined in black with outer fillets of black and red ; textual dividers in gold discs and red inverted commas ; Qurʼānic excerpts overlined in red.Script: Naskh ; neat, compact Turkish hand in a thin line ; serifless with slight inclination to the left, curvilnear descenders, kāf mashqūqah preferred, Qurʼānic passages vocalized ; excerpt on pp.243-244 in a different hand.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: VI (12), 14 V(304) ; opening senion followed by quinions ; leaves between works left blank ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloging.Colophon: [Hulasatü't-tebyin] Authorial, reads "غب هذا اشبو خلاصة التبيين في تفسير سورة يس ايله نام زد اولان كتاب كزين تاريخ رنتم و تزبار عقبنده كى عدد تامك اول ثلث ثانيسنك آخرى سنه سنده بعون الله الملك العلام رسيدۀ حسن ختام اولدى م" ; [Tefsir Âyetü'l-Kürsî] Authorial, reads "لقد كمل ما نمقته في هذه الكراسه بالاعتماد علي اقوا من هو الراقي الي رتبه الاستاد في بلده هي صيغه المصدر لفعل الجهاد ... تو ضيحه ان تاريخ الختام هى الغاية الحاوية ... وبهذا النمط يعلم المدد خذ هذا التوضيح وكن به فريحا م" ; [Nasriye] Authorial, reads "اشبو اسم نصريه ايله مسمى اولان رسالۀ فاخره تاريخ رسول اكرم ونبى محترم صلى الله عليه و سلم حضرتلرينك الف ثانيسنك ثانئ مات عشره سنك جزؤ اخير عشرات خامسه سنك اجزاي اثلاث اربعه سندن ثلث ثالثنك ثانئ احاد اسبوعنك ارباع سته سنك اخر ربع ثانيسي كه يوم احدك قبيل وقت عصرنده تمام و بو كونه توريخ نوين ايله رسيدۀ حسن تدوين اولدى والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة على رسوله الامين وآله وصحبه اجمعين آمين تم"Explicit: [Hulasatü't-tebyin] "و عنايت ايليوب انوار قلب قران ايله قلوبمزي منور ايليه بجاه طمويس عليه افضل صلوات الله الملك المعين" ; [Tefsir-i Âyetü'l-Kürsî] "وصلى الله على من هو حبيبه ورسوله وعلي الال والاصحاب والتابعين رضوان الله تعالى عليهم اجمعين" ; [Nasriye] "بيوريلورسه سر افتخارم فلك الافلاكه برابراولمق امر مقدردر وما ذلك على الله بعزيز ... اسئلك اللهم غبطا لاهبطا"Incipit: [Hulasatü't-tebyin] "سبحان من سلخ من ليل البشرية نهار الروحانية ثم قدر لقمر القلب منازل العرفان مستفيضا من شمس نور الرحمانية ..." ; [Tefsir-i Âyetü'l-Kürsî] "حمد بيقياس وبيحد وشكر وسپاس لا يعد من الازل الى الابد اول آفريده كار ششن جهت وزمين و آسمان ... بعد هذا بو عبد حقير كثير العصيان محمد اسعد ناتوان استدعاى اخوان خلان ايله اعظم آيات فرقان عظيم الشان اولان آية كرسينك تفسيرينى وفضائل جليله وجزيله سنى لسان تركى ايله تعبير وتحرير وحسب الطاقة تقريره شروع وابتدا ايلدم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ..." ; [Nasriye] "حمد وثناء بيقياس وهزار وهزار [كذا] درود وسپاس پاروچۀ آفريدن و تكيونده طينت ستوده هيئت ادمى ... بو نعمت وعنايتى تحديث ايجون بدايت قرآن كريمدن نهايتنه دكين ذكر كروۀ جناب رب الارباب اولان آيات نصر وظفرى مع قلة البضاعة وقصر الباعة جمع وترقيم واسم نصريه ايله تسميه وتوسيم ايدوب ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4).Ms. codex.6. p.268-p.302 : Nasriye / Ebu İshak Efendizade Mehmet Esat Efendi.5. p.262-p.267 : [blank].4. p. 246-p.261 : [Tefsir-i Âyetü'l-Kürsî] / Ebu İshak Efendizade Mehmet Esat Efendi.3. p.245 : [blank].2. p.243-p.244 : [excerpt from Tafsīr Rūḥ al-bayān of Bursalı İsmail Hakkı].1. p.4-p.242 : Hulasatü't-tebyin fi tefsir-i Suret Yasin / Ebu İshak Efendizade Mehmet Esat Efendi.Elegant copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah) of three works of tafsīr by the Ottoman şeyhülislâm Mehmet Esat Efendi (d.1752 or 3) son of Șeyhülislâm Ebu İshak İsmâil. Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.

45. خطوط متنوعۀ اسلاميه البومى

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 440Origin: Dates in dated pieces range from 1006 [1597 or 8] to 1252 [1843 or 4]. Some pieces possibly earlier. Binding late 19th or early 20th century, likely produced in Yıldız Palace workshop and certainly not earlier than 1882 when the arma was finalized by Sultan Abdülhamit II.Former shelfmark: "208" inscribed in pencil on opening panel.Binding: Heavy boards covered in red leather ; Western style binding ; interior of boards (and facing panels) lined with white, textured paper (satin-like pattern) ; upper and lower covers carry central panel gold-stamped with the Ottoman arms (upper cover) or crescent and star (lower cover) at center, outlined in gold-tooled stars and bordered in gold-stamped (with olive green leather onlays) decorative panels in vegetal designs with crescents gold-stamped on olive green leather onlays at the four corners ; board edges heavily beveled and gold-tooled ; edges of panels gold-painted ; sewn in heavy pink cord ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of onlays, etc.Support: Calligraphic pieces on assorted laid papers, well-burnished ; some decorative papers, tinted, marbled or silhouette ; each mounted in heavy pasteboards (panels) covered in dark green coated and textured paper (resembling reptile hide) with edges gold-painted.Decoration: Varies by piece ; use of gold and colored pigments in frames, decorative borders, textual dividers and accents (mainly rosettes).Script: Naskh (nesih), thuluth (sülüs), tawqīʻ (tevki'), and nastaʻlīq (talik), varying by piece ; superb Ottoman and Persian calligraphic hands.Layout: Varies greatly by piece.Collation: Twenty-one heavy panels (pasteboards) attached via red cloth stubs (supported by further board).Title from upper cover.Ms. codex.42. fol.21b : [blank].41. fol.21a : piece in divani signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Recai (كتبه الحاج محمد رجائى رئيس الكتاب سابقا) and dated 1186 [1772 or 3].40. fol.20b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.39. fol.20a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated (with area left unfilled, perhaps for colophon or icazet text).38. fol.19b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.37. fol.19a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.36. fol.18b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.35. fol.18a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.34. fol.17b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Ḥusayn ʻAlī (العبد حسين على كاتب) and undated (set in a border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).33. fol.17a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Ḥusayn ʻAlī (العبد حسين على كاتب) and undated (set in a border of silhouette paper with animal motifs).32. fol.16b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with bird motifs).31. fol.16a : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī (كتبه المذنب احمد الحسينى) and undated (set in border of silhouette paper with bird motifs).30. fol.15b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.29. fol.15a : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Yesari Mehmet Esad Efendi (d.1798) (الفقير محمد اسعد اليسارى) and undated.28. fol.14b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Ahmet (مشقه المذنب الخاظئ السيد حافظ احمد المعروف بتوفيقى) and dated 1196 [1781 or 2].27. fol.14a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher “جزائري” and dated 1107 [1692 or 3].26. fol.13b : unsigned piece in naskh, undated.25. fol.13a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh (opening of müfredat exercises), undated.24. fol.12b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Kasim (محمد قاسم) and undated.23. fol.12a : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Şevki Efendi (d.1887) (كتبه العبد الضعيف السيد محمد شوقى) and undated.22. fol.11b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher İmamzade [possibly Eğrikapılı Mehmet Râsim Efendi (d.1756) who early in his career signed İmamzade] (كتبه امام زاده) and undated.21. fol.11a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated (likely accompanying piece on fol.11b).20. fol.10b : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.19. fol.10a : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).18. fol.9b : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with floral motifs).17. fol.9a : unsigned piece in nastaʻlīq, undated (set in border of silhouette paper with dragon motifs).16. fol.8b : piece in thuluth and naskh approaching tawqīʻ signed by the calligrapher Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698) (مشقه الفقير عثمان المشتهر بحافظ القرآن) and dated 1098 [1686 or 7].15. fol.8a : unsigned piece in naskh, undated.14. fol.7b : piece in nastaʻlīq signed by the calligrapher Muhammad (محمد) and undated.13. fol.7a : piece in thuluth and signed by the calligrapher Afif (كتبه عفيف) [possibly İbrahim Afif, d.1767] and undated.12. fol.6b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Salıh Namık [?] (سوده صالح نامق) and undated.11. fol.6a : piece in thuluth and naskh with icazetname signed by the calligrapher Şekerzade Mehmet Efendi (d.1753) authorizing the student who executed the piece (اجزت لصاحب هذه القطعة الشريفة وضع الكتبة فما كتبه وانا الفقير السيد محمد المعروف بشكر زاده) and dated 1155 [1742 or 3].10. fol.5b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Hafız Ahmet (حرره السيد حافظ احمد) and dated 1197 [1782 or 3].9. fol.5a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.8. fol.4b : unsigned frontispiece with excerpt (اول از بالای کرسی بر زمین آمد سخن او دگر ...) in thuluth at center of shamsah, undated.7. fol.4a : unsigned piece in thuluth and naskh, undated.6. fol.3b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Ahmet Çelebi (احمد چلبی) dated 1006 [1597 or 8].5. fol.3a : unsigned composite piece in nastaʻlīq of different sizes, undated.4. fol.2b : piece in thuluth and naskh signed by the calligrapher Mahmut Celalettin (Mahmud Celaleddin Efendi d.1829, نمقه الفقير محمود المعروف بجلال الدين) and undated.3. fol.2a : piece in naskh and thuluth signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Şefik Bey (d.1879) (كتبه محمد شفيق عن خلفا الحاج مصطفى عزت) and signed 1259 [1843 or 4].2. fol.1b : piece in nastaʻlīq (talik) signed by the calligrapher Mehmet Zeynelâbidin Haşimi (حرره المذنب محمد زين العابدين الهاشمى) and undated.1. fol.1a : [blank].Exquisite album of assorted calligraphic specimens (40 kıt'alar / pieces), likely assembled and bound for Sultan Abdülhamit II (r.1876-1909). Contents briefly addressed by Muhittin Serin in "Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’ndeki Bazı Kütüphanelerde Bulunan İslam El Yazma Eserleri ve Michigan Üniversitesi II. Abdülhamid Koleksiyonu." Contributions to the cataloguing from Marion Frenger, Mamoun Sakkal, and Irvin Schick.

47. هذا شرح وصاف

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 384Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest 18th century. Statement in red ink accompanied by dated seal impression on 'title page' (p.3) provides a terminus ante quem of 1846 (i.e. 12 Jumādá II 1262 = ca. 8 May 1846).Former shelfmark: "584 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges barely visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in an elegant marbled paper (mainly in red and dark blue or green) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as a tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps evoking guilloché roll in gold ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in deep pink and pale yellow (or cream), good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached, some staining, minor abrasion, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) and European laid paper of several types ; first half of codex mainly in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional chain lines visible, quite thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; second half of the codex in several European laid papers, mainly with raisin watermarks including paper with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (mainly horizontal), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (mainly vertical) and watermarks of grapes under name and crown (see p.546, 552, etc.) and names (see p.542, 550, etc.) and paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes under crown (see p.714, etc.) ; flyleaves in European laid paper (watermark of lion guardant visible in front flyleaf, p.2) ; significant breakthrough at frames (border at inner margin toward gutter in practically every leaf in the first four gatherings) ; leaf carrying p.471-472 delaminating.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece with central gold cartouche (carrying the title in white "هذا شرح وصاف") surrounded by swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink, light blue, white, orange, red, etc. on a pale gold ground, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue with gold accents, entire piece set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, white with dark blue accents, and heavy gold interlace with red and white accents ; other similar illuminated headpieces at the openings of other sections on p.262 and 444 ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy "gold" frame defined by black fillets, elsewhere written area surrounded by narrower gold frame black fillets ; keywords rubricated ; passages being commented upon (matn of Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf) overlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 27 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 34 V(340), IV (348), VI (360), IV+1 (369), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; page between first and second volume left blank (p.261) ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, recto of opening leaf of each from the second ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner front flyleaf and skips two pages each between pp.83-84, 103-104, 353-354).Explicit: "العباد شايان اولدوغى كبى ومثل هذا التسهيل قد سهل الله سبحانه وتعالى علينا ما رمناه من المقاصد الغالية والحمد كل الحمد لربنا رب المبدعات من العشرة العالية ... ونستغفره ونتوب اليه ونسأله العفو والعاقبة انه هو البر الرحيم تم"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي رفع سبع طباق الخضراء بغير عمد ترونها واوحى بمقتضى حكمته في كل سماء امرها ... وبعد دل ارباب ذوى اللب والالباب ... كه بوندن اقدم شهرت يافتۀ اشتهار آفتاب عالمتاب اولان تاريخ وصاف عبارات مشكله وفقرات معضله ولغات عربيۀ مختلفه يعنى عربيه وفارسيه وچاغتالى ومغلى وخوارزمى ومصطلحات علوم صرف ونحو وعروض ومسيقى وايقاع وهندسه وحساب ومنطق وحكمت وكلام وساير مصطلح غريب اوزرينه ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the commentary by Bagdatlı Nazmizade Hüseyin Murtaza Efendi (d.1721 or 2?) on Vaṣṣāf’s Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār or Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf, a history of the Īlkhāns intended as a continuation of ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik Juvaynī’s (d.1283) Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā (Jahān-gushāy) and renowned for its form and style. Several volumes in one. Contributions to the cataloguing from Eren Miyasoğlu and Hossein Mottaghi.

48. حسن خط رساله سى

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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 401Origin: As appears in colophon, copy executed by Mehmet Vasfi (i.e. Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi, d. 1831) student of Ebubekir Raşit Efendi (d.1782). Date of transcription not specified, though date in watermark suggests ca. 1772 ; decoration, hand, etc. are consistent with late 18th century dating.Former shelfmark: "469 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark royal blue leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in sky blue surface-dyed, textured and coated paper (embossed with scrolling vegetal designs) ; upper and lower covers carry central gold-flecked cartouche with gold-painted cornerpieces and stamped borders of gold defined by gold fillets ; sewn in pale yellow thread, two stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion ; repairs in blue Japanese paper.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of griffin [?], "FIN DE LA SONE EN DAUPHINE" and "1772" ; well-sized and burnished, thin and crisp though sturdy, buff (dull yellow) in color.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening consisting of a composition of vegetal forms (resembling plumes) in white with shades of lavender, blue, pink, etc. accents surmounted by floral forms in shades of pink with green leaves, all on a gold ground set in a well defined by red and yellow interlace ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by a heavy gold frame with inner and outer gold bands defined by black fillets and outermost blue fillet ; written area elsewhere surrounded by a narrower gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue fillet ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes with red and blue accents ; keywords and headings rubricated ; circles (or hāʼ evoking familiar rhomboid dots) and lines indicating size, proportion and angle for the large sample letters entered in the margins are also rubricated.Script: Naskh (nesih) and thluth (sülüs) ; exquisite specimen of Ottoman calligraphy executed by Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi (d. 1831).Layout: Written in 9 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 V(20), IV (28), i ; two quinions followed by a quaternion ; catchwords present.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه اضعف الكتاب محمد الوصفى المعروف بحافظ القرآن من تلاميذ ابو بكر راشد افندى غفر الله لهما"Explicit: "وبرى معكوسه در راجعه داخى ديرلر بونلر كبى""Incipit: "حمد بى عد وثناء لا يعد اول خالق اللوح والقلمه كه كاف ونون ايله جمله كائنات وممكناتى وار ... تراشيدن قلم وشناختن اولا حسن خط يازنلر قلمك اعلاسين ومركبك رعناسين وكاغدك زيباسين كورمك كركدر ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of a treatise on calligraphy (addressing chiefly nesih and sülüs) attributed to Tacbeyzade [Taçbeyzade, Tacizade, Taczade] Mehmet bin Tacettin [Mehmed b.Taceddin] (d.1587) executed by the calligrapher Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi (d. 1831). The text opens with preparing the pen and the origins of the scripts and their names (returning to Ibn al-Bawwāb and Yāqūt al-Mustaʻṣamī with some sayings attributed to them), followed by the müfredat (single and double letters) and the mürekkebat (words and phrases of more than two letters). Sample letters marked with the proper proportions and angles are provided in the margins.