Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 424Origin: As appears in colophon on p.197, transcription completed by the author in Muḥarram 1216 [May-June 1801]. A note on the 'title page' (p.1), "مترجم مرحوم خطيله", also indicates that the manuscript is in the hand of the author.Former shelfmark: "329 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; board linings and flyleaves in orange-tinted, silver-flecked European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped mandorla (gold-painted recessed onlays, vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as gold-tooled accents and guilloché roll border ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition with tailband and primaries detaching from textblock but still well-attached to spine lining ; overall in good condition with only minor abrasion, some lifting of spine leather, spine lining detached from most of text block, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct, curved), no chain lines visible, cloudy formation with fibers and inclusions visible, quite sturdy, transluscent and crisp, highly sized and burnished, beige to light brown in color ; board linings and flyleaves in European laid paper with large scrollwork watermark (difficult to make out).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of the preface on p.2, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece with gold cartouche (carrying the title "مرح المعالى فى شرح الامالى" in white) surrounded by swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold with red, blue, and light blue accents on a gold ground, entire piece set in an elaborate well of pink, black and light blue bands flanking a heavy band of gold interlace with red and turquoise accents and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; second superb illuminated headpiece at opening of the main text ( beginning with introduction, مقدمۀ كتاب) on p.8 ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy gold frame with divisions within defined by narrow gold bands ; elsewhere written area (and divisions within) surrounded by light blue (evoking silver) band defined by inner and outer red rules ; keywords and text being commented upon rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact hand in a heavy line ; serifless, with effect of words inclining to the right and descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots ; text being commented upon fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V+1 (11), 9 V(101), i ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages each between pp.9-10 and 183-184).Dedication: As appears in opening matter (preface, see p.5) dedicated to Sultan Selim III (r.1709-1807).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular reads "نجز بقلم شارحه الحقير فى م سنه ١٢١٦"Explicit: "مفهوم بيت بو در كه بر كمسنه بنم ايچون بر كون كه مراد بر وقتدر دعاى خير ايدرسه مدت عمرمده زمايت قدرتمى آنك خير دعاسنده افراغ ايدرم فنرجو من الله العميم المراحم البسيط المكارم ان يعفو عنا وعن الناظم ويرحمنا ويرحمه ويرحم آبائنا وامهاتنا ومشايخنا واحبائنا وجميع المؤمنين بحرمة رسوله الامين ولله الحمد اولا واخرا"Incipit: "سبحان من توحد فى ذاته القديم سبحان من تفرد فى وصفته القويم ... اما بعد صورت مقدمۀ اتيه ده بيان اولنديغى اوزره جملۀ علوم شريفه وجلمۀ فنون منيفه دن علم كلام ايله معلم اولان ... بو عبد مكزين يعنى در مائده اواصر قواصم السيد احمد عاصم جعله الله من عصبة المعاصم ... شرح وامل سنه وضع قلم ابتدا اولنوب اسلوب مطلوب ومنهج مرغوب اوزره توفيق رب منعامله قرين حسن ختام ومرح المعالى فى شرح الامالى ايله بنام ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2 and in opening matter on p.4.Ms. codex.Elegant, apparently autograph copy of the commentary by the celebrated Ottoman offical historiographer (vak’anüvîs / vakanüvîs) Ahmet Asım Efendi, also known as Mütercim Asım (d.1820) on al-Ūshī's (fl. 12 cent.) renowned theological poem in lām, Badʼ al-amālī or Qaṣīdat yaqūlu al-ʻabd fī badʻ al-amālī.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1038Origin: As appears in colophon on p. 417, copied by ʻAbd al-Qāʼim ibn Hudá [Hady ?] al-Ḥusaynī with transcription completed ("wa-qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min al-kitābah li-rāqimih ...") 15 Jumādá II 994 [ca. 3 June 1586].Accompanying materials: a. Copy of a letter addressed from Makdisi to Jameson, dated 17 November 1976 "Thank you very much for the 3 folios of your manuscript temporarily designated as Makdisi I. I have finally been able to identify this manuscript. It is the Commentary on the Mukhtaṣar by ʻAḍud al-Dīn al-Ījī (died A.H. 756/A.D. 1355) who finished the work in A.H. 734. There are several copies of the same work in the Garrett Collection of the Firestone Library at Princeton University, designated under the following numbers: Garrett 1478, 1479, 1627, 1628, 2170" -- b. Slip with notes in pencil and red ink "MAKDISI – I | Sharḥ Muktaṣar al-uṣūl | Keep in book | 210 leaves (last blank) | 19 cm. | Cannot be filmed."Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 187Binding: Pasteboards covered in bright red (upper cover) and deep red (lower cover) leather with spine in brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; lower doublure in brown leather ; upper cover carrys blind-stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) ; sewn in pink thread, two stations, many threads broken, quires loose ; worked chevron endbands in pink and lime green, tail gone, headband damaged ; overall in poor condition with much abrasion, delamination and losses to boards, staining, etc. ; quite ill-fitting and detaching at spine ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines only sporadically visible, occasionally in group of two (13 mm. apart) ; fairly transluscent, thin though strudy, cloudy formation with many inclusions, well-sized and burnished to glossy.Decoration: Keywords, section headings and some abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke overlining keywords) rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; mainly an elegant Persianate or Transoxanian hand in a medium line ; quite compact and serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, letterforms characteristic of nastaʻlīq, pointing mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots, sīn often marked with three dots below, final yāʼ mainly unpointed and often mardūdah, alif maqṣūrah usually mardūdah ; between p.25 and p.117 supplied in a larger and more spacious hand.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: IV-2 (6), III (12), 5 IV(52), III+1 (59), 18 IV(203), III+1 (210) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in pencil, Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "وقد وقع الفراغ من الكتابة لراقمه الفقير الحقير المستغفر من ذنبه الراجي الى غفور ربه الغني عبد القائم بن هدى الحسيني عفي عنهما سياتهما بحرمة النبي الامي العربي وآله في يوم الاربعاء الخامس عشر من شهر جمادى الثاني سنة اربع وتسعين وتسعمائة هجرية نبوية مصطفوية عليه افضل السلام والتحية حامدا مصليا ومسلما تم"Explicit: "فما فوقها حصلت امور لا يكاد يحضر و في القدر الذي ذكره ارشاد لذلك ارشدنا الله واياكم لما ينفعنا في الدنيا والاخرة ... انه المستعان وعليه التكلان واتفق الفراغ من تسويده في السادس والعشرين من شعبان لسنة اربع وثلثين وسبعمائة والحمد لله اولا واخرا والصلوة على نبيه محمد واله باطنا وظاهرا وعلى خيار اصحابه رضوان الله عليهم اجمعين"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي برأ الانام وعمهم بالاكرام والدعوة الى دار السلام ... وبعد فان من عناية الله بالعباد ان شرع الاحكام وبين الحلال والحرام ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of al-Ījī's commentary on Ibn al-Ḥājib's (d.1249) Mukhtaṣar al-muntahá, an abridgement of his own treatise on law according to the Mālikī school, Muntahá al-suʼāl wa-al-amal fī ʻilmay al-uṣūl wa-al-jadal.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 611Origin: As appears in colophon on p.316, Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn copied by Ismāʻīl al-Payāsī ( İsmail el-Peyâsî ) [al-Bayāsī, el-Beyâsî] in the madrasah of Mullā Aḥmad al-Chillī (Molla Ahmet el-Çillî) with transcription completed 3 Shaʻbān 1035 [ca. 30 April 1626]. As appears at close of ḥāshiyah on p.489, transcription completed 1036 [1626 or 7].Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and label on fore edge flap "IL 191" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in laid, comb marbled paper (in orange, blue, etc., see flap) with black leather over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins (framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; fore edge flap lined in textile [linen ?] with stripes in green, purple, and white ; sewn in dull pink or light brown thread, two stations ; overall in poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, delamination and losses of boards, some pest damage, etc.Support: European laid paper of two main types ; opening work mainly in a paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 17-32 mm. apart (horizontal), and cross in an inverted teardrop watermark with letters below (55 mm. tall, see p.30, 31, 291, etc.), fairly thin and transluscent though sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished to glossy ; second work mainly in a paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal), and anchor in circle with trefoil above watermark (see p.318, 320, etc.), sturdy and well-burnished.Decoration: Some abbreviation symbols rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; four elegant Turkish hands ; bold, though compact, and virtually serifless with characteristic inclination to the right and slight effect of words descending to baseline, as well as exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 19 and 21-22 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 15 V(150), IV+1 (159), IV (167), V (177), 2 IV(193), 3 V(223), 3 IV(247), i ; Chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn) ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (Ḥāshiyat Mīrzā Jān) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (entire volume), supplied during digitization (mistakenly skips two pages each between p.73-74 and p.401-402).Colophon: [Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn] "Scribal," reads "قد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذه النسخة الشريفة المسماة بشرح حكمة العين في شهر شعبان في اليوم الثلاثة في وقت الضحى في ... في مدرسة ملا احمد الچلي سلمه [؟] الله العلي في تاريخ خمس وثلثين والف على يد اضعف الطلاب المحتاج الى رحمة الرب الغني غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه اجمعين امين يا مجيب السائلين اسماعيل الپياسى"Explicit: [Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn] "وليكن هذا اخر ما نورده في العلم الالهي ويتلوه القسم الثاني في الطبيعي والحمد لله على الاتمام وصلواته على محمد واله الاكرام وليكن هذا اخر ما اوردنا ايراده في شرح هذا القسم ولواهب العقل والحياة ومفيض العدل والخيرات حمد لا يعد ولا يحصى ... امين يا رب العالمين" ; [Ḥāshiyat Mīrzā Jān] "فليزم ان لا يقدر العقل على تعقلهما هذا اخر ما تيسر لي في الابحاث المتعلقة بمباحث الامور العامة والحمد لله مفيض الخير والكرامة نسأل الله تعالى ان يوفقني الاتمام ما في الكتاب والصلوة والسلام على افضل روي الحكمة وفضل الخطاب تمت الحاشية الشريفة المنسوبة الى المولى المحقق والهمام المدقق مولانا ميزا جان رحمة الله عليه والرضوان المتعلقة على شرح حكمة العين تاريخ سنة ۱۰۳۶"Incipit: [Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn] "اما بعد حمد الله فاطر ذوات العقول ... فان المولى الفاضل والحكيم الكامل شمس الملة والدين محمد بن مبارك شاه البخاري يقول قد التمس مني بعض اخواني في الدين ... ان اكتب لكتاب حكمة العين من مصنفات المولى العلامة ... نجم الملة والدين علي بن عمر الكاتبي القزويني ... شرحا يذلل عن الالفاظ صعابها ويكشف عن وجه المعاني التي فيها نقابها ..." ; [Ḥāshiyat Mīrzā Jān] "قوله [قال] ... الشاملة للمجرد والمادي ومقابلاتها اقول يحتمل ان يكون مقابلتها معطوفا ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.4. p.490 : [blank].3. p.318-p.489 : [Ḥāshiyat Mīrzā Jān ʻalá Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn] / Mīrzā Jān Ḥabīb Allāh al-Shīrāzī al-Bāghandī.2. p.317 : [contents listing for Ḥāshiyat Mīrzā Jān].1. p.2-p.316 : Sharḥ Ḥikmat al-ʻayn / Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn Mubārakshāh al-Bukhārī.Fine copy of the commentary by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Mubārakshāh al-Bukhārī (d. ca. 1340) on Ḥikmat al-ʻayn, a treatise on metaphysics and the natural sciences by Najm al-Dīn ʻAlī ibn ʻUmar al-Kātibī al-Qazwīnī (d.1276), followed by the gloss of Mīrzā Jān Ḥabīb Allāh al-Shīrāzī al-Bāghandī (d.1586) on Ibn Mubārakshāh's commentary.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 435Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Āghā Mīrzā student of Sayyid Amīr Dihlavī with transcription completed 1233 [1817 or 1818].Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather with maroon leather over spine (repair) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures and doublure hinges in dark red leather ; upper and lower covers carry gold stamped mandorla, diamond-shaped pendants, cornerpieces and frame with floral and roundel designs and gold fillet accents ; sewn in yellow thread, six stations ; lacks endbands ; spine repair has been laid over flyleaves, restricting access to doublures and flyleaves themselves ; in poor condition with with much abrasion, red rot, cracking, moisture damage, pest damage, delamination, lifing of leather, etc. ; housed in envelope.Support: non-European (Indian or Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally spaced roughly 10 laid lines per cm., no chain lines visible, many inclusions ; paper of flyleaves and initial and final leaves of quire are barely burnished ; central leaves carrying text have been highly burnished and tinted where written area appears ; some ink and pigment burn.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening consists of rectangular piece, carrying the basmalah surrounded by gilt cloud-bands and flanked by floral pieces, surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with floral vegetal decoration in lavender, white, green and yellow on fields of gold and blue ; entire piece is surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area throughout is bordered by a frame with gold band and black, red and blue fillets ; gilt cloud-bands surround text throughout ; text rubricated with accompanying Persian text in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; Arabic text in a very fine hand with exaggerated contrast in thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes reminiscent of the earlier calligraphic style of Mīr ʻImād al-Ḥasanī, final yāʼ unpointed ; Persian text in a small, neat nastaʻlīq ; all sans serif with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscript of final words/letters.Layout: Written in roughly 20 lines per page with a line for each hemistich and for its elucidation in Persian ; single column with the hemistiches aligned with opposite sides of the panel ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, V, ii ; single quinion (the first two and last two leaves of which are blank) ; alternating double pages are left blank ; lacks catchwords.Colophon: "Scribal," somewhat triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads: "كتبه العبد المذنب آغا ميرزا تلميذ [؟] سيد امير دهلوى ۱۲۳۳ سلمه الله تعالى"Explicit: "انا الجيلى محيى الدين اسمى واعلامى على راس الجبالى [الجبال]"Incipit: "سقانى الحب كسات الوصالى [الوصال] فقلت لخمرتى نحوى تعالى"Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the well-known Arabic poem attributed to ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī with elucidation in Persian. Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 409Origin: According to colophon on p.276, copied by the Ottoman historian Mustafa Naima (مصطفى نعيما / Muṣṭafá Naʻīmā, d.1716) with transcription of opening sections completed in the final days of Rajab 1120 [October 1708] ; inscription on front flyleaf (p.1) also indicates that the mecmua is in the hand of Naima, "مجموعۀ نفيسه با خط مرحوم المبرور نعيمآى باهر الفضائل رحمه الله" as does the inscription on the head edge of the text block "مجموعۀ غريبه با خط نعيما افندى" ; date of 1123 [1711 or 12] appears on p.341 and date of 1121 [1709 or 10] appears on p.500.Former shelfmark: "76 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) ; "٢١٧" on tail edge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in brown leather with tooled and gold-filled central ornament following the outline of the stamped lozenge and pendants on each cover and filled with floral motifs, set off by gold-tooled accents and gold-painted borders ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (recessed onlays in red leather) and gold-painted central lozenge (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) and pendants, as well as gold-tooled accents and border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in blue and pink, tailband gone, headband damaged with some losses ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: European and non-European laid paper (most gatherings composed of bifolia in both) in several types ; main European type with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-29 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermark of crown above cartouche with initials (difficult to make out) and diamond-shaped medallion reminiscent of grapes below (see p.58, 246, 298, 436, 484, 498, 510, etc. and compare Raisin no.6 in Velkov, Les Filigranes dans les documents Ottomans, appearing in ms. copied in Istanbul 1710) ; other watermarks include mount of six coupeaux with "GB" [?] below (see p.502, 506, etc.) and crown above cartouche with "PSD" and grapes (raisin) below (see p.518 and compare Raisin nos. 7-8 in Velkov, Les Filigranes dans les documents Ottomans, appearing in mss. copied in Istanbul 1711) ; main non-European type with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines visible ; all quite well-sized and burnished, mainly cream or dark cream with some leaves tinted blue or yellow ; staining and tidelines.Decoration: Headings and keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs, hāʼ, etc. ; in some sections, written area and columns within surrounded by a gold frame outlined in black fillets.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish / Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of inclination to the right, gentle descent of words to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing mainly in conjoined dots.Layout: Varies, though mainly in as many as 27 lines per page, divided to two columns ; elsewhere in as many as 41 lines across the diagonal ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V+1 (11), VI (23), II+1 (28), III+1 (35), IV (43), IV+1 (52), 6 V(112), III+1 (119), 6 V(179), IV (187), IV+1 (196), 4 V(236), V-1 (245), V (255), V-1 (254), V (264), i ; many quinions ; numerous lacuna, with many leaves left fully or partially blank between sections ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "قد وقع الفراغ من تسويده على يد عبد الفقير مصطفى نعيما عامله الله بلطفه العميم وذلك فى اواخر رجب الفرد سنه ١١٢٠"Title from rubricated inscription on opening leaf (p.3).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah) of poetic extracts in Persian and Ottoman Turkish, apparently compiled and copied by the Ottoman historian Mustafa Naima (d.1716), opening with selections from the Dīvān of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8). Later additions in at least two other hands.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 338Origin: As appears in inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and in colophons on p.201 and 331, copied by one ʻAbd al-Ghanī Bakrī [?]. As appears in colophon on p.201, transcription of qaṣāyid completed in Dhū Qaʻdah 1028 [October-November 1619]. As appears in colophon on p.331, transcription of later section completed Ṣafar 1029 [February 1620]. Transcription of other sections likely completed around the same time.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather with tan leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (possibly inverted recylcled cover with doublures now out) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in pink-tinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry central mandorla and pendants in gold-painted leather filigree appliqué over blue and green paper ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and spring green, fairly good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, staining, minor pest damage, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional pairs of chain lines faintly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, thin though sturdy, beige in color, well-sized and burnished ; some leaves tinted dull yellow or pale peach ; many leaves split and repaired (e.g. written area with headpiece and catchword of incipit page have been trimmed and mounted onto another leaf, etc.).Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of dībāchah on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title for the opening section (preface) in white ("ديباچه ديوان عرفي") flanked by elegant floral vegetal motifs in red, white, yellow, pink, lavender, and turquoise on fields of lapis lazuli and black, surmounted by a large (vertically elongated) w-shaped piece filled with superbly executed swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red, pink, lavender, yellow, turquoise, white, and light blue on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, entire piece set into an elaborate well of red, blue, gold, white, and turquoise bands ; another exquisite illuminated headpiece at the opening of the dīvān proper (begins with the qaṣīdahs) on p.22 similar in composition to the first but with vertically elongated scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) surmounting rectangular piece, more generous use of white and turquoise, well of heavy gold interlace with turquoise and lavender accents, and vertical stalks (tīgh) in tact ; written area of dībāchah incipit and facing page surrounded by a frame consisting of a series of red, gold, black and blue fillets, with text set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area elsewhere gold-flecked and surrounded by frame in gold with outermost blue rule ; additional illuminated headpieces appear at openings of sections on p.202, 230, 334, 368.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV (8), I (10), 4 IV(42), III (48), 2 IV(64), III (70), 4 IV(102), 2 III(114), IV (122), III (128), IV (136), III (142), IV (122), III (128), IV (136), III (142), 3 IV(166), III (172), IV (180), I+1 (183), 4 IV(215), III (221), IV (229), II (233), III (239), 6 IV(287), III (293), 3 IV(317), V+1 (328) ; leaves between dībāchah and opening of dīvān left blank (pp.20-21) as well as between later sections (see pp.228-229, 332-333, 366-367) ; pp.295, 209, 351 left partially blank (perhaps for illustration never realized) ;catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "تمت القصايد العرفيه تحريرا بتاريخ شهر ذى قعده سنه ١٠٢٨ كتبه الداعى عبد الغنى بكرى [؟] اللهم اغفر [له] ولوالديه" ; "تمت فى تاريخ شهر صفر سنه ١٠٢٩ كتبه الداعى عبد الغنى"Incipit: [dībāchah] " حمدی که از نهایت شایستگی منزه از شایبه معین و تخصیص آمده اجمال آن ..." ; [dīvān, opening in the qaṣīdahs] "ای متاع درد در بازار جان انداخته ای متاع ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Exquisite (though damaged) copy of the Dīvān of ʻUrfī Shīrāzī (d.1590 or 91).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 321Origin: As appears in colophon on p.373, copied by Muḥammad al-Sāvajī with transcription completed 1280 [1863 or 4].Former shelfmark: "214 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf ; "25 / 13" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in gray leather (pebbled quality of shagreen) ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in red leather with gold-painted rule-borders ; upper and lower covers carry traces of gold-painted (now gone to green) rectangular panel and border ; sewn in lime green and red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, etc. ; upper cover fully detached with spine flange intact ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and chains occasionally visible, quite sturdy though transluscent, extremely well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Exquisitely rich illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in red ( "هذا كتاب خواجه حافظ شيرازى عليه الرحمه" ) flanked by gold accents with swirling arabesque red-orange, pink, green, etc. on fields of black and blue (lapis lazuli), surmounted by tall scalloped w-shaped piece with inset domes all filled with elaborate swirling arabesques with floral accents in gold, white, turquoise, red, pink, yellow, etc. on fields of blue (lapis lazuli) and gold, itself set into an elaborate well of bands in turquoise, red, white, and red-orange with arabesque and chī cloud design on black ground ; entire piece bordered by gold interlace or ropework border ; incipit and facing page carry richly executed illuminated marginal decoration in the form of swirling arabesques over various shapes in gold, red, black, turquoise, lapis lazuli, pink, lavender, green, white, etc. ; written area throughout surrounded by a heavy frame of gold, red, blue and turquoise bands with outermost blue rule ; area of margins outlined in red and gold ; text of incipit and facing page set off with gold cloud-bands ; occasional floral vegetal accents gold etc. appear occasionally between sections of text.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page ; written area divided to two columns to set-off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, V (10), 4 IV(42), V (52), 2 II(60), 13 IV(164), II (168), 2 IV(184), II (188) ; chiefly quaternions and binions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, in Arabic, reads "مشقه العبد المذنب الفقير الحقير العاصى محمد الساوجى سنه ۱۲۸۰"Explicit: "خاموش نشین که وقت خاموشی تست دم در کش و صراحی می و پر می کن"Incipit: "الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Richly elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 390Origin: As appears in colophon on p.37, copied by Osman el-Üveysi (ʻUthmān al-Uwaysī), disciple of Dedezade, with transcription completed 1168 [1754 or 5].Former shelfmark: "326 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings and flyleaves in dark olive green surface-dyed paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (red leather recessed onlays) and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi 12), pendants and cornerpieces with tooled and gold-painted accents and border (rules defining a gullioché roll) ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in red thread, six stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition, fully detached from the text block, with some abrasion, lifting of leather, losses of spine leather (at head and tail where primaries may have been stitched through the spine lining at least), leather burn from envelope flap on upper board lining and front flyleaf, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and occasional irregular chain lines visible, dark cream to beige in color, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, burnished ; flyleaves in European laid paper.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in pink, orange and red on a gold ground, surmounted by w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal composition mainly in gold and pink with red and orange accents on a gold ground, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in a faint blue, entire piece set in a well of pink and gold bands ; written area surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets, divisions within surrounded by narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; section headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; spacious, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 V(20), i ; two quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه العبد الضعيف السيد عثمان الاويسى خادم خرقۀ شريف من تلاميذ دده زاده غفر ذنوبه وستر عيوبه سنه ١١٦٨"Explicit: "اكا رحمت قله خلاق عالم اوقويه فاتحه والله اعلم اوقويانى يازنى دكليانى رحمتكله يارلغه غل ياغنى فاعلات فاعلات فاعلات بيك ... صلوات"Incipit: "دلا ذكر ايله اول رب رحيمى دى بسم الله الرحمن الرحيمى ... سبب تاليف كتاب كل ايمدى دكله اى عارف بو مابى ... بزم كيم شيخم ويس القرندر كونشدن روشن فخر ارندر ... اوقويالر بو نظم دلكشايى دعادن اكلمه جان صبايى ... اول اقليم مبارك كيم يمندر انك بر كويى وار ادى قرندر ..."Title from inscription on verso of front flyleaf.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the hagiographical work in verse relating the legend of the life and merits of Uways al-Qaranī [Üveys el-Karani] (d.657) by Sabâyî Hayrettin Çelebi Edirnevî.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 379Origin: As appears in colophon on p.1391, copied by Muḥammad ibn Khalīl (Mehmet b. Halil) ; date of transcription not specified ; paper suggests 18th century (perhaps mid century).Accompanying materials: a. Slip of wove paper with notes in black ink (between pp.230-321) -- b. Slip of laid paper with notes in black ink (between pp.726-727).Former shelfmark: "340 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of opening leaf (p.2) ; "٣٢ع | ٤خ" on spine label.Binding: Pasteboards covered in gold-flecked red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped (with orange paper onlay) and gold-painted mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. NA 4), surrounded by a tooled border consisting of an s-shape stamped chain in gold flanked by thin gold fillets ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked endbands in pink and yellow thread in a chevron pattern ; overall in fair condition with fore edge flap lost, repairs to spine and fore edge of lower board in a darker red leather, and abrasion on upper and lower covers.Support: European laid paper of several types ; one opening type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 12 mm. apart, and watermark of grapes surmounted by a crown (see p.32) ; another with roughly 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark of "?AHE?NE" and figure (see p.46) ; another with roughly 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark of grapes surmounted by a crown with a heart motif (see p.136) ; another with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 21 mm. apart, watermark of grapes (see p.578) ; another with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 24 mm. apart, and watermark of LANGUEDOC (see p.592) ; all well-burnished, thin and crisp.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with emtpy gold cartouche outlined in orange and flanked by floral vegetal accents in gold, light pink, and pale blue, surmounted by a scalloped semicircular piece (dome) outlined in orange and filled with floral vegetal accents in blue, pale blue, light pink, orange, and white, itself surmounted by delicate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, and set in a well consisting of a thick band of light pink ; written area throughout surrounded by a thick gold frame with outer black rule ; Qurʼānic passages rubricated in a range of red shades ; overlining in red ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: II (4), 169 V (694), II (698) ; chiefly quinions ; final two leaves (following close of text) left blank ; foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه اضعف العباد محمد بن حليل م"Explicit: "ومراه يي ضلعه تشبيه بيورديلر صلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله و صحبه اجمعين و الحمد الله حمدا يوافي نعمه ويكافي مزيده كلما حمده الحامدون و ذكره الذاكرون تمت بعون الحق"Incipit: "ان احسن الاحاديث بعد الحمد لمن جعل السقف الاخضر مرفوعا ... وبعد بو كمينۀ كم بضاعه وفقير قصير الباعه ... لمؤلفه احمدم ... واقوم الوسائل في ترجمة الشمائل ديو نام زد قيلدم ... "Title from opening matter on p.14.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the extensive Ottoman Turkish rendering (with commentary) by İshak Hocası Ahmet b. Heyreddin (d.1708) of al-Tirmidhī’s (d.892) Kitāb al-Shamāʼil, a collection of traditions comprising the Prophet’s characteristics. Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 431Origin: As appears in colophon on p.16, executed by Sulṭān ʻAlī [possibly Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī?] ; date of transcription not specified ; decoration, hand, etc. suggest early 16th century.Former shelfmark: "450 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of both front flyleaves.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark purple leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue textured paper ; upper and lower covers bear gold-painted central floral motif with tooled borders in gold (two different shades) ; sewn in heavy yellow thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: Written area mounted in lovely silhouette paper (floral designs in pink) in leaves of non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and no chain lines visible, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; some staining and tide lines.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and surrounding floral vegetal accents in gold, red, lavender, orange, pink, light blue, white, etc. on a field of lapis lazuli bordered in bands of lapis, gold and orange-red, surmounted by a scalloped triangular piece or hasp set in a narrow rectangular piece continuing the floral vegetal design and itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli ; written area throughout surrounded by frame in bands of green and gold with outermost blue rule ; panels within written area (and entire written area of incipit page) gold-flecked ; ḥadīth text in light-blue and white ink.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 roughly 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV (8), ii ; single quaternion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "احقر العباد سلطان على"Explicit: "ومن كلامه صلى الله عليه و آله لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه ... تمت ترجمه هذه الاربعين بتوفيق من هو ناصر ومعين سنه ست و ثمانين و ثمانمائة متع الله بها كل فريق فيه و الحمد لله على الاتمام و الصلوه و السلام على محمد و آله البررة الكرام اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول منست از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثى که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده مي آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth, possibly executed by renowned Timurid calligrapher Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī (d.1520).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 432Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Muḥammad Zakarīyā Samarqandī with transcription completed in the year 1256 [1840 or 41].Former shelfmark: "548 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf ; "233" inscribed in pencil on 'title page'.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in black leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of composition evoking book cover design with central mandorla and pendants (filled with flowers and leaves in shades of pink and green on a black ground) set in a red ground with swirling floral vegetal pattern in gold and surrounded by border in black with white dots and flanking gold fillets (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on an orange or bronze background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, etc. with roses, poppies, buds, and other floral forms all in shades of pink and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative bands with floral motifs in various sizes on bands of red and black ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, text block almost fully detached from cover, etc. ; cover large for textblock and perhaps not original.Support: Quite heavy wove paper ; surfaced dyed pale blue and pale green.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with empty cartouche and flanking vegetal accents (all in gold) set between heavy gold bands and surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) all in gold ; written area (and panels within) surrounded by gold rule-border ; ḥadīth text, preface and closing matter chrysographed.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 mainly in 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; text of preface in 8 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V+I (12) ; quinion with added single bifolium ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "على يد ضعيف الفقير الحقير كتبه العبد المذنب محمد زكرياى سمرقندى غفر الله تعالى ذنوبه ١٢٥۶"Explicit: "لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره صدق النبي هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه ... تمت الاربعين حديث مع ترجمه اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول بنود از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول ... ما تازه گناهیم و عطای تو قدیم است"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... اما بعد این چهل حدیث کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده مي آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 342Origin: As appears in colophon on p.421, copied by Maqṣūd ʻAlī Shīrāzī with transcription completed in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1106 [July-August 1695].Former shelfmark: "123 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather (pebbled, in style of shagreen) with red-brown leather over edges / spine (possibly repairs or at least added later) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in dark red brown leather with central mandorla in gold-painted filigree appliqué (composition with two birds) over blue paper as well as pendants and gold-painted border ; outermost flyleaves in marbled paper (mainly blue and green) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with recessed onlays) and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition having crane-like bird at center) and pendants, as well as tooled and gold-painted borders ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, quite good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached at joint, lower cover almost fully detached at joint, much abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather (filigree, etc.) ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and no chain lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, well-burnished, thin and transluscent, crisp though sturdy ; in latter quires, another type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, more distinct, curved) and irregular chain lines in pairs (see p.222, etc.).Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of qaṣāyid on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying title in white ("قصاید صایب سلمه الله تعالى") surrounded by elegant vegetal composition in gold, orange-red, yellow, lavender, white, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli, red, and turquoise with white and black accents, surmounted by w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal composition in gold, orange-red, yellow, white, lavender, turquoise, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, all set in a well of blue, red and white ; incipit and facing page carry fine illuminated marginal decoration consisting of swirling vegetal compositionwith sāz leaves and floral motifs mainly in gold with lapis lazuli, red and turquoise accents ; text of incipit and facing page set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area (including columns within) throughout surrounded by gold frame defined by black and outermost blue fillets ; another splendid illuminated headpiece at opening of ghazalīyāt on p.16 (with written area, mounted in replacement leaf).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV-1 (7, opening leaf pasted down), 16 IV(135), III (141), 8 IV(205), IV-1 (212), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between p.215-216).Colophon: "Scribal," mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت الغزليات قدوة المتأخرين حضرت صايب الملقب به مستعد خان سلمه الله تعالى بتاريخ شهر ذي حجه الحرام سنه ۱۰۶ كتبه الفقير مقصود على شيرازى تم"Incipit: "تا نگردیدست خورشید قیامت آشکار مشت آبی زن بروی خود ز چشم اشکبار..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems (mainly qaṣīdahs and ghazals) of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d.1676?).