Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 673Origin: As appears at close on p.523, dated Rabīʻ II 1153 [June-July 1741] "في ربيع الاخر سنه ١١٥٤".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 spine label, "IL 35" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in now silvery laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSd 8), pendants and corner pieces along with tooled accents (strokes and rosette stamp) and border (rules flanking a series of s-shaped stamps) ; sewn in red and yellow (from around p.144) thread, four stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, only headband remains ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (particularly at board edges), delamination of boards, etc. ; repairs to spine, fore edge flap and board edges in black leather, also damaged.Support: European laid paper with 12-13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 20 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of crown above cartouche with name and grapes (raisin) below (see p.16, 54, 246, etc.), sturdy and dense, beige in color, well-burnished ; some staining and tide lines.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.16, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral accents in gold and red on a blue ground surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with somewhat crudely executed floral vegetal decoration in gold, white, yellow and red on fields of blue and gold with red accents ; entire piece set into a well consisting of a series of colored bands (in red, gold, yellow, and white) with crosses repeated in black ; written area of incipit page surrounded by a gold frame, elswhere central written area and margins surrounded by a red rule-border ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas, discs, etc. ; some overlining in red.Script: Naskh ; two elegant Ottoman hands ; opening hand (through p.334) partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on occasional lām or other ascender, marked effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes or conjoined dots rather than distinct dots, some free assimilation of letters (dots) ; from p.335 to close (as well as table of contents, pp.4-14), another elegant naskh, seriffed with left-sloping wedge or barb head-serifs on most ascenders (vertical stroke of final kāf and even shaqq of medial or initial kāf also seriffed), effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, dramatic contrast of thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) in heavy strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 31 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: III (6), 21 V(216), 2 IV(232), 3 V(262), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and added leaves, mistakenly skips two pages between pp.423-424).Explicit: "اخره تفويض ايتمك استدكده زيد مجرد زراعت ايتدكلريمك حقوقلرينى ارا ايتمكله زراعت ايتمدكلرينك تفويضندن عمروى منعه قادر اولورنى الجواب اولماز"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي احكم احكام الشرع على احسن الترتيب والنظام وجعل علماء الشريعة خلفاء رسوله في بيان الحلال والحرام ... وبعد فيقول الفقير الى رحمة ربه الغني محمد فقهى العينى لله در علامة زماننا ... مظهر الاحكام الربانية مفتي السلطنة العثمانية مولانا ابو الفضل عبد الله افندى اليكيشهرى فقد بذل جهده في الافتاء لذوي الحاجات ... واني لما استسعدت بخدمته [؟] العليا ... اردت ان ارتب هذا الكتاب المستطاب ليسهل الاطلاع على تفاريق الواقعات ... واثبت في الهامش نقل كل مسئلة ... فلما صار ذلك كتابا مرتبا ... سميته ببهجة الفتاوى ..."Title from opening matter (preface) on p.17.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the collection of legal decisions by Yenişehirli Abullah Efendi (d. 1742 or 3), compiled (with an Arabic preface) and annotated in Arabic by Muḥammad Fiqhī al-ʻAynī (fl. 1702). Table of contents provided at opening (pp.4-14).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 394Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest early 19th century.Former shelfmark: "495 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in pale pink laid paper, flyleaves surface-dyed mint green ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted corner accents (mainly rosettes) and border (guilloché roll flanked by gold fillets) ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and brown, fairly good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with minor staining, etc.Support: European laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29-30 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of three stylized top hats with feathers (see p.6, 10, 170, etc. and compare Heawood 2594, Venice 1831 and Eineder 709, Venice 1814) and "C + B" (see p. 2, 168, etc.), quite sturdy and well-burnished, cream in color ; minor foxing.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece carrying the basmalah surmounted by scalloped dome filled with floral vegetal design in gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) also in gold with entire piece set in a well of gold ; written area surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; keywords (including catchwords) and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs.Script: Naskh ; clear Turkish hand ; partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on occasional lām, effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly open counters, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 8 V(80), III (86), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present (rubricated) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "شاعر شرمى جلبى ميدان اشمش راميلردن اولوب جكدوكى مرتبه رميه قادراتجى ايدى رحمه الله عليه نقاش زاده اسمعيل تازه نوجوان اولوب تيراندازيره مسلم وممتاز ايدى خاتمة رساله"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد الذى فضل الرمى على سائر الاسلحة اجمعين وامر بالرمى لكل كبير وصغير من المؤمنين ... وبعد بو فقير پر تقصير عبد الله الكاتب بجامع مرحومه ومغفور بها والده سلطان طاب ثراها بو رسالۀ سكزباب اوزره تزيين وتنميق ايليوب تذكرۀ رمات تسميه ايلدم ..."Title from opening matter (p.2).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the work on archery by Abdullah el-Kâtip (of the Valide Sultan Camii) with descriptions of archery grounds in Istanbul, Edirne, Bursa, etc. as well as biographical notices for distinguished archers.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 389Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest late 16th or early 17th century.Former shelfmark: "314 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark maroon leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; board linings and outer flyleaves in quite glossy, blue surface-dyed paper ; upper and lower covers carry large stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OA1 1) along with gold-painted accents and tooled border ; sewn in brown thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition (despite loss of flap) with minor abrasion, lifting of leather, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in red leather.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, quite indistinct, curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and fairly transluscent though sturdy, burnished but not glossy, not heavily sized ; inner flyleaves in European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermark of circle with trefoil above and possibly anchor [?] inside.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying title in black "نصايح الابرار") surrounded by elegant swirling arabesques with floral motifs in gold, lavender, red, pink, white, light blue, etc. on a cobalt and gold ground and bordered in a band of black with white or light blue crosses, surmounted by scalloped triangular piece (hasp) or dome filled with similar floral vegetal design on a cobalt and gold ground, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in cobalt with red accents ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets (with outermost cobalt rule on incipit page) ; keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Naskh ; exquisite hand ; irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on many ascenders, slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing (for two and three dots) in conjoined dots or strokes.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, VII (14), iii ; catchwords present though only occasionally visible (often cut off) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes some flyleaves).Dedication: As appears in opening matter on p.5, dedicated to Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595).Explicit: "در حال افعال ماضيه وافكار راتيه سنه استغفار ايلدى تمت الرسالة"Incipit: "حمد وسپاس وثناء بى قياس بصانع شهود عالم ومبدع وجود آدم ... اما بعد بو فقير وحقير بو رسالۀ معتبرۀ كتب حكمادن لسان فارسدن اخراج ايلدم ... اسم رساله نصايح الابرار والله الموفق والمستعان وعليه التكلان ..."Title from inscription on fly leaf (p.1), illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4), and opening matter (p.7).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a collection of maxims and wise sayings from an assortment of philosophers, dedicated to Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595) and elsewhere attributed to one Abdülkerim b. Mehmet (see manuscripts in Milli Kütüphane-Ankara 06 Mil Yz A 2539/1 and 06 Mil Yz A 1941/5, as well as Zeytinoğlu İlçe Halk Kütüphanesi 43 Ze 321/3 and İstanbul Millet Kütüphanesi 34 Ae Edebiyat 478/2).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1050Origin: As appears in colophon on p.18, transcription apparently completed 9 Ṣafar 787 [ca. 22 March 1385].Binding: Heavy boards covered in dark maroon leather ; Type III binding (without flap), tightback ; board linings and flyleaves in wove paper (notes, likely binder's notes, in pencil barely visible beneath board linings) ; upper and lower covers carry blind-tooled rule borders, cornerpieces and central circular ornament (outline only) ; now sewn in rose thread, seemingly over two recessed cords ; overall in good condition.Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and grouped chain lines (threes and possibly twos) with roughly 9-10 mm. between chains and 42-50 mm. between groups, somewhat cloudy formation, quite sturdy, medium cream to buff in color, burnished ; opening leaf possibly of different paper type ; moisture damage, tears and creases, some repairs / fills.Decoration: Headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas.Script: Naskh ; clear Syrian or Egyptian hand in a thin to medium line (line thickness changes) ; mainly serifless with large curvilinear descenders (some sweeping), casually pointed (tāʼ marbūṭah often unpointed) with pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, alif maqṣūrah often pointed as yāʼ, ihmāl sign on sīn, shaqq of kāf often quite horizontal, free-standing alif often terminating in a left-ward foot, final alif often with tail or spur extending below baseline.Layout: Written in 15-16 lines per page.Collation: i, IV+1 (9), i ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت منافع الاشربة في تاسع صفر سنة سبع وثمانين وسبعماية"Explicit: "واما من اراد ان يضيف اليه حوايج فليكن رمي [؟] الحوايج عند نضج الشعير ويغلى عليات حتى تخرج قوة الادوية منه ويرفع ويستعمل مع ما يوافقه من الاشربة نافع ان شا الله تعالى"Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم صفة شراب بسفايج ساذج عن طبيب مشهور بسفايج خضر المكسر طري اربع اواقى يرض وينقع في ما حار شديد الحرارة يوما وليلة ويغلي بنار هادية حتى يبقى منه مقدار ما يحل رطل سكر واوقية عسل ..."Title from 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Fine, early copy of a work on potable medicaments, i.e. beverages or syrups (sharāb) attributed on the 'title page' to Amīn al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻUmar al-Sīwāsī al-Abhārī (d. 733/1333).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 38Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper and hand suggest 15th century. Cover likely contemporary with transcript.Accompanying materials: Slip of European laid paper with excerpt in black ink (paginated pp.85-86).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 18. Commentary on a work on theology by Al-Iji." ; "٣٩٤" on tail-edge of textblock.Binding: Pasteboards covered in red brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublure hinges and interior of envelope flap extending onto lower doublure in red brown leather with block-stamped vegetal pattern ; board linings in paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-tooled central circular medallion consisting of a series of concentric circles formed with a crescent-shaped stamp, accents in same stampe, and border in s-shaped stamps and scored fillets ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in cream thread, four stations ; endbands virtually gone though traces remain ; in fair condition with abrasion, lifting and cracking of spine and fore-edge flap leather, some pest damage, repairs in blue cloth tape, and paper label bookplate pasted over upper cover.Support: non-European (Arab) laid paper with indistinct laid lines spaced 8 laid lines per cm. (20 laid lines in 25 mm.) ; chain lines grouped in threes running horizontally spaced roughly 10 mm. apart with roughly 43-45 mm. between the groups ; well-burnished with some burnisher's marks visible ; quite smooth ; some undissolved fibers.Decoration: Text rubricated with keywords, overlining, etc. in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red discs or inverted commas.Script: Naskh ; graceful hand ; sans serif ; mainly closed counters ; kāf mashkūlah preferred ; slight effect of tilt to the right ; some swooping tails ; initial hāʼ looking like two inverted commas.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii,13 IV(104), ii ; quire numbering in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, appears on the recto of the first leaf for the second through the sixth quires, thereafter likely cut off ; entirely quaternions ; catchwords present, though occasionally lost to trimming ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes insert).Explicit: "هو الوقت المشروع اولا وبعد الوقت المطنون تضيقه قبل الوقت و اقره اليه اد [؟]"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي شرع الاحكام وربطها بدلائل كلية وعلل تفصيلية للاحكام وابار معالم الدين بانوار الكتاب والخير ..."Title from inscription on front flyleaf verso.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of al-Abharī's gloss upon al-Ījī's (d. 756/1355) commentary on Ibn al-Ḥājib's (d. 646/1249) abridgement of his own Muntahá al-suʼl wa-al-amal fī ʻilmay al-uṣūl wa-al-jadal, on uṣūl al-fiqh. Copy ends abruptly and appears incomplete.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 495Origin: As appears in the audition statements on the margins of fol.9a (p.17) and fol.19a (p. 37), and fol. 36b (p. 72) seemingly copied by al-Ḥasan ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻĪsá ibn al-Ḥasan al-Lakhmī, who died in the year 699 [1299 or 1300] in Cairo. Either this copy or its exemplar appears to have been authorized by al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Bakrī al-Taymī al-Nīshābūrī thumma al-Dimashqī (d.656 in Cairo). Thus, the ms. was very likely copied in the mid to late 13th century. The audition statement/ijāzah in the margin of fol.19b (p.38) appears to be in the hand of al-Lakhmī's son Aḥmad.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 interior of upper cover, "IL 162" (likely supplied by Yahuda).Binding: Pasteboards covered in black cloth and black leather (modern Western quarter binding) ; board linings in sky blue paper ; in good condition.Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper, approx. 32 mm for 20 vertical laidlines ; chainlines are difficult to estblish definitively ; on fol. 13a (p.25) there appear to be 5 sets of 2 chainlines, with 7-9mm between chainlines and 25-40 between sets.Decoration: Lacks decoration or rubrication ; ink has faded to brown.Script: Naskh ; one main hand, Egyptian (?) ; serrifed with a prominent rightward tear-drop serif on free-standing alif ; the lām-alif al-muḥaqqaqah is often used ; counters are inconsistent ; kāf often lacks bar ; mainly pointed ; audition statements, etc. are unpointed.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V-5 (5), V-6 (9), 7 V(79) ; chiefly quinions ; foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals attests to the fragmentary nature of the present artifact ; catchwords lacking ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "كتبه لنفسه الحسن بن علي بن عيسى بن الحسن اللخمي ..."Explicit: "باب الحلف بالأنداد حدثنا ابو داود ثن الحسن بن علي قال ثنا عبد الرزاق قال أخبرنا معمر عن الزهري عن حميد بن عبد الرحمن عن أبي هريرة قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من حلف فقال في حلفه واللات فليقل لا إله إلا الله ومن قال لصاحبه تعال أقامرك فليتصدق بشىء"Incipit: "فأحكم الله عن ذلك ونهى عن ذلك حدثنا ابو داود ثنا أحمد بن شبوية المروزي ثنا عبد الله بن عثمان عن عيسى بن عبيد عن عبيد الله مولى عمر عن الضحاك بمعناه قال فوعظ الله [ في ] ذلك باب في الاستئمار "Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine early copy of a section of Abū Dāʼūd's Sunan, from roughly the middle of Kitāb al-Nikāḥ (just before Bāb fī al-istiʼmār) to the early part of Kitāb al-īmān wa-al-nudhūr (Bāb al-Ḥalf bi-al-andād). Description provided by Noah Gardiner.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1036Origin: As appears in final colophon on fol.210a, copied by Faḍīl ibn Jalāl al-Dīn Nāʼīnī (see colophon at the close of juzʼ II for his full name "فضيل بن جلال الدين بن ابن حاجى محمد طاهر ابن خواجه احمد ولد سلغور شاه ولد عماده شاه ولد سلغور شاه نائينى"). Transcription finished ("tamma kitāb Baṣāʼir al-darajāt...) 1 Rabīʻ II 1072 [ca. 24 November 1661]. According to colophon following juzʼ III on fol.173a (p.345), copied in a school in the quarter / district (محله) of al-Karrān (perhaps in Isfahan).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 185Binding: Pasteboards faced in blue-green paper with red goatskin over spine and board corners (half-bound); Type III (without flap); pastedowns and flyleaves in what appears to be European wove paper with an embossed mark in French cursive italic script "Super Cour d'Auvergne. TSL[?]"; very worn, upper cover detached from text block, entire case detaching from textblock at spine; poor condition.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally and spaced roughly 8 laid lines per cm., no chain lines visible plainly enough for measuring; many inclusions; flyleaves and pastedowns in a European wove paper with impressed mark in French cursive italic script "Super Cour d'Auvergne. TSL[?]".Decoration: Section headings rubricated ; overlinings and occasional textual dividers in the form of numeral khamsah in red.Script: Naskh ; fine, neat Persianate hand; essentially serifless (though occasionally serif on alif of lām alif ligature), point of final and free-standing nūn set down within wide, angled bowl (reminiscent of nastaʻlīq), pointing in distinct dots, curvilinear descenders, superscripting of final letters and words.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, 25 IV (200), IV+2 (210), i; chiefly quaternions; catchwords present; leaves between each of the four ajzāʼ left partially blank and unmarked, but with no apparent loss of text; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied in cataloguing).Colophon: [final] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تم كتاب بصائر الدرجات بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله وحده [؟] والصلوة على من لا نبي بعده وذلك في غرة شهر ربيع الثاني سنة اثنان وسبعين والف وكتبه العبد الاذل المحتاج الى رحمة الله الغني ابن جلال الدين اكبر فضيل نائيني عفي عنهما" ; flanked by scribal verses in Persian, reading: "اي انكه ته اطالع مسعود بود دانى كه مرا از توچه مقصود بود يك فاتحه ازبهر نويسنده بخوان تاعاقبت كار تو محمود بود ان شاء الله" and duʻāʼ in Arabic, reading: "اللهم اغفر وارحم لكاتبه ولصاحبه برحمتك يا ارحم الراحمين"Explicit: "قال قلت للرضا ان قوما من مواليك سالوني في ان تدعو الله لهم فقال والله اني لاعرض اعمالهم على الله في كل يوم"Incipit: "باب في العلم ان طلبه فريضة على الناس محمد بن الحسن المعروف بمموله عن ابراهيم بن هاشم عن الحسن بن محبوب يزيد بن علي بن الحسين عن ابيه عن ابي عبد الله عليه السلام قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله طلبه العلم فريضة على كل مسلم الا وان الله يحب بغاة العلم"Title from final colophon on fol.210a.Ms. codex.Collection of Traditions on the characteristics of the Ithná ʻasharī Shīʻī Imams by Abū Jaʻfar Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṣaffār (d.902 or 3), divided into four ajzāʼ (juzʼ 1 through juzʼ 4) with a colophon following each.
Abstract: Second part of a biographical dictionary of Muslim saints, as transmitted by Abū ʻAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥaddād al-Iṣfahānī and Abū Bakr Yaḥyá ibn ʻAbd al-Bāqī ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī. The text is followed by an audition statement (samāʻ note, fol. 287a)Binding note: Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers. Both covers are similarly blind tooled, with a central medallion and an elaborate outer frame consisting of fillets and a running pattern of small stamps. Leather doublure. Traces of a now lost fore-edge flap.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).23 lines per page. Written in medium large naskh in black ink (faded to brown), with use of red. Thin light cream paper with regular laid lines and a few chain lines visible. Fol. 59-66 are apparently later replacements, written in casual naskh. The quires are numbered using Arabic ordinals and mentioning the number of the part, in the form "sādisah thānī" (see fol. 48a). Table of contents, apparently contemporary with the copy, on fol. 287b-288a. Two verses of poetry in Persian on fol. 288b.According to colophon, copy completed on Sunday 27 Shawwāl 595 Aug. 22, 1199 by Bayān ibn ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Bayān ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥanafī (fol. 287a).Audition statement (samāʻ note) on fol. 287a-b, for several people who heard the text from ʻUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh al-Suhrawardī, in 5--.Incipit: قال الشيخ رحمه الله قد اتينا على من ذكرهم الشيخ ابو عبد الرحمن السلمي ونسبهم الى متوطين الصفه ونزولهاExplicit: ومنهم الوامق الولهان الواعظ اليقضان ابو همام شميط بن عجلان ... 286ب ... فتبقي شجرة ولا مدده ولا تراب ولا شى الّا استجلي البكا لقلّه ذاكري الله في ذلك المكان اخر الجزء الثاني من كتاب حليه الاوليا رضى الله عنهم يتلوه ان شا الله تعالي في الثالث ذكر طبقه من تابعي المدينه من المعروفين بالتعبّد والتلسّك
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 12Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper suggests 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Between pp.80-81, machine-made paper with accounts -- b. between pp.172-173, a commendation slip dated 1318 [1900] issued by a civil primary school in Erzurum and carrying the director's seal -- c. between pp.390-391, accounts slip on laid paper.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 67. Commentary on Kuran."Binding: Pasteboards covered in untinted laid paper with spine light brown leather (effective quarter binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in maroon, intact at head and tail ; in fair condition with only minor abrasion on at corners and some red rot on spine leather.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertial) and chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (horizontal) ; pot watermark in at least three designs, one with empty interior except for bisecting line, two handles, four feet, with lid and surmounted by stalk and crown, another carrying "M" with lid surmounted by stalk and crescent, and another carrying "P B" with lid surmounted by stalk and floral motif.Decoration: Qur'ānic text overlined in red.Script: Naskh ; clear Turkish hand ; mainly serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, mainly open counters, curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, use of both freely ligatured with waw and lām occasionally assimilated, etc. ; chapter headings seriffed with rightward serif on alif and lām ; occasional vocalization added to Qur'ānic quotations by glossator ; glosses in several other hands.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page.Collation: i, 25 IV(200), IV + 1 (209) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "اله الناس من شر الوسواس اي الموسوس الوسواس بفتح الواو و"Incipit: "قوله تعالى والسماء ذات البروج الى اخر السورة قال الشيخ ابو الحنيفي رحمة الله عليه اعلم ان في هذه السورة كلاما من خمسة اوجه احدها في فضائل قرأتها والثاني في عدد اياتها وكلماتها وحروفها والثالث نزولها والرابع في تفسيرها والخامس فيما يتصل بها"Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Clear copy of an odd final volume of a commentary on the Qurʼān attributed to Abū Saʻīd al-Ḥunayfī (al-Ḥanīfī), beginning in Sūrat al-burūj (85) and continuing through Sūrat al-nās (114). Incomplete with final leaves missing (ends in verse four of the final sūrah). Description provided mainly by Sarah Mirza.
Abstract: Second part of a commentary on Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī by al-Shāṭibī (d. 590/1194).Binding note: Brown leather over paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Upper and lower covers have an elaborate outer frame and a central stamped mandorla. Portion of the same frame on the envelope flap, with small stamp on its point. Paper doublure. Disbound.Ms. codex.Title from23 lines per page. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of red. Dark cream paper with laid lines visible. First two leaves damaged with loss of text. The text has been collated on an autograph copy by the author (see collation note on the margin of the colophon, fol. 205a).Copy completed on Sunday 12 Jumādá al-Awwal 719 July 1, 1319 by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Makkī al-Mashhadī (colophon, fol. 205a).Incipit: سورة النساء وكوفيهم تسالون مح-- وحمزة والارحام بالخفض حملا نصف هذا البيت هو نصف --- قصيدة اي الكوفيونExplicit: وهو عندى اطيب والزرنب والقرنفل دون المسك والمندل فى الطيب فحسن تشبيه الصلاة على الصحابة بذلك لانهم في الصلاة تبع لرسول الله ... فلهذا اصابتهم نفحاتها وبركاتها رضي الله عنهم ورضي عنّا بهم امين يا ربّ العالمين
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 433Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely 19th century as suggested by paper, cover, date in seal impression, etc.Binding: Pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork with spine in black leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in painted lacquerwork ; doublure hinges in black leather ; upper and lower covers in painted lacquerwork of nearly identical composition consisting of swirling floral vegetal pattern of carnations, poppies, etc. in bronze on a field of olive green bordered in a floral vegetal pattern in gold on a wide band of black, flanked by bands of bronze ; upper and lower doublures in painted work of nearly identical composition consisting of floral vegetal pattern in green, pink, and yellow, outlined in gold on a field of red ; entire panel is bordered in a series of gold bands ; sewn in lime green, yellow, and dark blue (or black) thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light green and yellow ; in fair condition with some cracking, crazing, and loss of laquer ; upper board split and delaminating ; doublure hinges cracked and split ; abrasion.Support: non-European laid paper (likely Persian) ; quite transluscent, crisp and grey in tone ; no chain lines visible ; laid lines quite distinct, mainly oriented horizontally but occasionally vertically, spaced roughly 11-12 laid lines per cm. ; flyleaves in European laid paper, watermark eagle with "E A F" ; one of back flyleaves in wove paper ; many loose quires and dog-eared pages with some blocking due to moisture damage and tacky ink.Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas ; gold cloud-bands and other accents surrounded basmalah and between two columns on incipit and facing page ; frame consisting of a gold band outlined in black fillets and outermost blue fillet surrounds the written area ; thin gold bands outlined in black fillets demarcate the columns within the written area and border the margin ; text partially rubricated with some section headings, portions of the gloss, textual dividers, etc. in red.Script: Naskh ; large clear Persianate hand ; mainly serifless with occasional left-sloping head serifs appearing on alif and lam of definite article ; mainly closed counters ; strong vertical character (somewhat elongated in vertical) ; occasional superscripting of letters and words ; some swooping tails ; fully vocalized in same ink ; gloss in a entirely different hand ; script more of a shikastah-nastaʻlīq with characteristic descent of words to baseline, elongated horizontal strokes, and characteristic long final yāʼ, etc.Layout: Written in roughly 14 lines per page plus lines of the gloss which vary widely ; single column divided to two column to set off poetry ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, IV+2 (10), II (14), 2 IV(30), 2+IV (40), 11 IV(128), 2+II (134), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; several blanks left between verses, likely for rubricated headings ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil Western numerals supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "كانما لبست او البست فنكا فقلصت من حواشيه عن السوق قد تم"Incipit: "لو كنت من مازن لم تستبح البى بنو اللقيطة من ذهل بن شيبانا اذا لقام بنصرى معشر خشن عند الحفيظة ان ذولوثة لانا"Title supplied by cataloguer from opening on fol.1b.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the famous anthology of poetry collected by Abū Tammām with a partial gloss in Persian.
Abstract: "Elegant copy of a commentary on Galen's Kitāb al-Nabḍ al-ṣaghīrAbstract: on pulse."Binding note: Quarter bound with flap in marbled paper and khakī leather. Modern paper pastedowns and free endpaper.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink, with scarce use of red for headings and entries. The text is framed within a single line in red ink (gold and green on fol. 2b-3a; gold and black on fol. 3b-4a). European paper with watermark. Drawing sketch representing some organ on fol. 48b.Decoration: Headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol. 2b, executed in gold, orange, blue, green, and in black ink.Collation: Paper, fol. i, 48, i ; i (free endpaper) 1¹⁰ (+1 at beginning of quire) 2-4¹⁰ 5⁸ (-1 at the end of the quire) i (free endpaper) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Inscription in Western numerals in black ink on the upper cover: "822".Origin: According to colophon, copy completed on Wednesday 1 Rabīʻ al-Awwal 1101 Dec. 1689 (fol. 46a).Incipit: بسم ... رب يسر التعليم الاول قال جالينوس قبل ال نبتدى بالكلام فى هذا الكتاب يجب ان ننظر فى الابواب الثمانية التى جرت العادة بتقديمها قبل كل كتاب ولنقدم الغرض على سايرها فنقول ان غرضه فى هذا الكتاب ان يعلمنا عن النبض واقسامه واسبابه والنبض هو حركة مكانيةExplicit: اذا ما كانت الرطوبة كثيرة وههنا ينقضى نعليمنا وبانقضايه تنقضى جملة الكتاب والحمد لله الموفق للخير والهادى الى سبيل الصواب