Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 653 v.22Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī.Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover, "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1).Binding: Fiber boards covered in a now dull yellow paper with cream textile over spine and dull olive paper on some board edges ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted paper ; numeral ٢٢ (indicating volume number) inscribed on upper and lower covers ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, four and six stations ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, losses of paper, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.2, 46, etc.).Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry.Collation: 2 VIII(32), VII (46), VIII+1 (63) ; octonions (one anonmalous) and a septenion ; final leaf left blank (serves as a 'flyleaf') ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: " وزادني بالحب مرتفع الهوى وارماني بالعشق بدرك البيعتي [؟] والليل امسا وصارت الليلة غلسى والحديث ليلة غدا وغدا تسمعون يا اخوان ما جرى في بقية هذا الكلام واصلي واسلم على بدر التمام انتهى الجزء الثاني والعشرون من سيرة اسد الفوارس ويليه الثالث والعشرون م"Incipit: "اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد النبي الامي وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين قال الراوي نجد ابن هشام ..."Title from 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Twenty-second of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 653 v.12Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī.Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover, "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1).Binding: Fiber boards covered in a dull yellow paper with cream textile now over spine ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted wove paper ; numeral ١٢ (indicating volume number) inscribed on upper and lower covers ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, mainly four stations ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, losses of paper, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.12, etc.).Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry.Collation: 3 VIII(48), VII+1 (63) ; three octonions and an anonmalous septenion ; final leaf left blank (serves as a 'flyleaf') ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (mistakenly skips two pages between pp.93-94).Explicit: "اقبل هدية من اتاك بفرحه يا من له بالجود باع اطول والليل امسا وصارت الليلة غلسى والحديث ليلة غدا وغدا تسمعون يا اخوان ما يأتي في بقية هذا الكلام واصلي واسلم على بدر التمام انتهى الجزء الثاني عشر من سيرة اسد الفوارس ويليه الثالث عشر"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين قال الراوي نجد ابن هشام راوي هذا الكلام ..."Title from 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Twelfth of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 653 v.9Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī.Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover, "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1).Binding: Fiber boards covered in a dull yellow paper with cream textile now over spine ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted wove paper ; numeral ٩ (indicating volume number) inscribed on upper and lower covers ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, mainly four but also seven stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, losses of paper, upper board cracked, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.2, 4, 122, etc.).Decoration: Transfer picture of iris-like flower with stems and leaves on 'title page' (p.3).Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry.Collation: VIII (16), VII (30), VIII (46), VIII+1 (63) ; octonions (one anonmalous) and a septenion ; final leaf left blank (serves as a ’flyleaf’) ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "ان عساكري اكثر من هذه الرمال وان ما تحذر والليل امسى والحديث ليلة غدا وغدا تسمعون يا اخوان ما يأتي في بقية هذا الكلام واصلي واسلم على سيد ولد عدنان انتهى الجزء التاسع من سيرة اسد الفوارس ويليه العاشر"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه واهل بيته اجمعين قال الراوي وما زال الحرب يعمد حتى الى النهار ..."Title from 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Ninth of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 653 v.19Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī.Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover, "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1).Binding: Fiber boards covered in a dull yellow paper with cream textile now over spine ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted paper ; numeral ١٩ (indicating volume number) inscribed on upper and lower covers ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, four stations ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, losses of paper, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.4, etc.).Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry.Collation: 2 VIII(32), VII (46), VIII+1 (63) ; octonions (one anonmalous) and a septenion ; final leaf left blank (serves as a 'flyleaf') ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "ومخلي الاعداء عن السروج انتهى الجزء التاسع عشر من سيرة فارس العراق ويليه الجزء العشرون عن قريب باذن الملك المجيب وبه بقية هذا الكلام واصلي واسلم على سيد ولد عدنان م"Incipit: "وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد النبي الامي وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم قال الراوي فما زال سائر قاهر الدشمان ..."Title from 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Nineteenth of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 653 v.20Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī.Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1.Former shelfmark: From verso of outermost leaf at opening (in this case, incipit page, p.2), "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1).Binding: Lacks cover (outermost leaf carries ’title page’) ; numeral ٢٠ (indicating volume number) inscribed on verso of final leaf ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, four and six stations ; overall in fair condition despite lacking cover, with much staining, tears and losses to paper, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.6, etc.).Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry.Collation: VIII-1 (15), VIII (31), VII (45), VIII (61) ; octonions (one anonmalous) and a septenion ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes outermost leaves).Explicit: " وقدم الراية بالغاية هذا ما كان انتهى الجزء العشرون من سيرة اسد الفوارس ويليه الجزء الحادي والعشرين باذن خالق الخلق اجمعين وغدا يا اخوان تسمعون بقية هذا الكلام بالكتاب الذي يليه والسلام على من ظللته الغمام"Incipit: "وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد النبي الامي وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين قال الراوي اعلم يا قلاب السروج ..."Title from 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Twentieth of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 653 v.10Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī.Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1.Former shelfmark: From verso of opening leaf (p.2), "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1).Binding: Lacks cover, though spine carries traces of hinges in recycled paper (ms. 'waste') ; numeral ١٠ (indicating volume number) inscribed on outer leaves ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, mainly four stations ; overall in fair condition despite lacking cover, with staining, some tears, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.2, 6, 126, etc.).Decoration: Transfer picture of carnation with stems and leaves on 'title page' (p.3).Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry.Collation: 3 VIII(48), VII+1 (63) ; three octonions and an anonmalous septenion ; final leaf left blank (serves as a 'flyleaf') ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes outerleaves).Explicit: "فكن من بطل اضحى صريعا على الرمال من ضرب يدي والليل امسى وصارت الليلة غلسى والحديث ليلة غدا وغدا تسمعون يا كرام ما يأتي في بقية هذا الكلام واصلي واسلم على سيد ولد عدنان انتهى الجزء العاشر من سير اسد الفوارس ويليه الحادي عشر"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين قال الراوي ثم ان الملك اسد الفوارس ..."Title from 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Tenth of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 653 v.21Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī.Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover, "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1).Binding: Fiber boards covered in a now dull yellow paper with cream textile over spine and dull olive paper on some board edges ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted paper, hinges in recycled paper (ms. 'waste') ; numeral ٢١ (indicating volume number) inscribed on upper and lower covers ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, four stations ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, losses of paper, creases and minor losses to boards, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.2, etc.).Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry.Collation: VIII (16), VII (30), VIII (46), VIII+1 (63) ; octonions (one anonmalous) and a septenion ; final leaf left blank (serves as a 'flyleaf') ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: " يا ملجأ الفقراء وقاضي مرامها يا فارس الاقطار جميعها والليل امسى وصارت الليلة غلسى والحديث ليلة غدا وغدا تسمعون يا اخوان ما جرى في بقية هذا الكلام واصلي واسلم على بدر التمام انتهى الجزء الحادي والعشرون من سيرة اسد الفوارس ويليه الثاني والعشرون م"Incipit: "وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد النبي الامي وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين قال الراوي هذا ما كان منهم ..."Title from 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Twenty-first of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 653 v.11Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī.Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1.Former shelfmark: From verso of outermost leaf at opening (in this case, incipit page, p.2), "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1).Binding: Lacks cover (outermost leaf at opening carries 'title page') with traces of hinges ; numeral ١١ (indicating volume number) inscribed on verso of back flyleaf (outermost leaf) ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, mainly four stations ; overall in fair condition despite lacking cover, with much staining, tears and losses to paper, etc.Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.2, etc.).Decoration: Transfer picture of a poppy-like flower with stems, leaves and buds on 'title page' (p.1).Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry.Collation: VII (14), 2 VIII(46), VII+1 (61) ; octonions and septenions (one anomalous) ; final leaf left blank (serves as a 'flyleaf') ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes outermost leaves).Explicit: "انا غدا اقدم لك عريضه للملك والليل امسى وصارت الليلة غلسى وغدا يأتي بقية هذا الكلام وتسمعون يا اخوان ... واصلي واسلم على سيد ولد عدنان انتهى الجزء الحادي عشر من سيرة الملك اسد الفوارس ويليه الثاني عشر"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا محمد النبي الامي الهاشمي الابطحي الزمزمي وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين قال الراوي نجد ابن هشام ..."Title from 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Eleventh of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 322Origin: As appears in colophon on p.425, copied by Naʻīm al-Dīn ibn Munʻim al-Dīn al-Awhadī with transcription completed 933 [1526 or 7] likely in Shīrāz.Former shelfmark: "183 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on upper pastedown ; "١٥١" on tail edge of text block.Binding: Thin pasteboards covered in dark red brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in gold-flecked, lavender and pink-tinted European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled guilloché roll border ; sewn in dark blue-green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pale yellow and pink, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of spine leather, delamination of boards, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and chains faintly visible (horizontal), cloudy formation, fairly transluscent, quite sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; pastedowns / flyleaves in European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of large scrollwork / arms design with lion rampant on triple mount at center and crown above ; some staining and tidelines.Decoration: Exquisite double-page illumination at opening on pp.4-5 consists of rectangular panels carrying opening text set off by cloud-bands with upper and lower cartouches carrying the title and author ("مهر و مشترى من منظومات مولانا محمد عصار عليه الرحمه و المغفره") in white all surrounded by elegant swirling vegetal composition with floral accents in gold, pink, red, yellow, white, light blue, etc. on fields of gold and lapis lazuli evoking book cover design, surrounded by elaborate scalloped border evoking a series of domes accented with perpendicular stalks [tīgh] at the apices of the scallops and filled with continuation of the vegetal design on fields of gold and lapis lazuli ; written area (and columns within) surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; keywords and headings chrysographed ; four miniatures in Shīrāz style (see p.31, p.110, p.327, and p.364 ; examined by Priscilla Soucek April 1969, see note on catalog card "Painting in Shiraz style. The scribe is of a scribal family [Mrs. Sucek 4-9-69]").Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant Persianate hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 22 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV-1 (7), 10 IV(87), IV-1 (94), 3 IV(118), IV-1 (125), 10 IV(205), IV+1 (214), i ; exclusively quaternions (several anomalous) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf and skips two pages each between pp.347-348 and 373-374, leaf carrying pp.241-242 was misplaced when paginated but is now properly placed between pp.248-249).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, in Arabic, reads "تم الكتاب على يد افقر عباد الله الغنى نعيم الدين بن منعم الدين الاوحدى فى ٩٣٣"Explicit: "بختم انبیا و ختم قرآن که ختم کار ما بر خیر گردان"Incipit: "بنام پادشاه عالم عشق که نامش هست نقش خاتم عشق ..."Title from exquisite double-page illumination at opening (pp.4-5).Ms. codex.Splendid copy of the story of pure love between Mihr and Mushtarī, a mas̲navī by Mawlānā Muḥammad ʻAṣṣār of Tabrīz. Illustrated with four miniatures in Shīrāz style (see p.31, p.110, p.327, and p.364).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1051Origin: As appears in colophon at close on p.630, Tarih-i Fezleke copied by Muṣṭafá ibn Ḥasan, known as Miftāḥīzādah (Miftahizade Mustafa b. Hasan) with transcription completed in Dār al-Salṭanah al-Qusṭanṭanīyah (Istanbul) mid-Ṣafar 1117 [June 1705]. As appears in colophon at close on margins of p.313 (fol.١٤٩ a) , Tuhfetü'l-kibar also copied by Miftahizade Mustafa b. Hasan with transcription completed in Istanbul end of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1117 [March 1706]. Transcript of Mizanü'l-hak ends abruptly and lacks colophon (see p.388), though hand suggests that it was also entered by Miftahizade Mustafa b. Hasan, likely just after the transcription of Tuhfetü'l-kibar.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (once with flap, though now lost) ; board linings in mint green, gold- and silver-flecked paper, made endpapers / flyleaves in marbled paper (chiefly in red, green and blue) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (recessed onlays), gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, symmetrical but without chi clouds) and pendants, as well as tooled and gold-painted cornerpieces and chain borders (series of s-shaped stamps) ; edges of text block tinted yellow ; primaries sewn through textile spine lining, reversed leather glued on top, lapped upon lower cover ; sewn in dark rose thread, four stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and sage green ; overall in fair condition with flap lost, boards delaminating, lifting and losses of leather, minor pest damage, etc. ; subtle repairs at board edges (tail and head).Support: European laid paper with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of three hats or caps (tre cappelli, see pp.16, 22, 32, 40, 622, etc.), cream in color, quite sturdy, extremely well-burnished to glossy ; some cockling, minor moisture damage toward close of codex ; added table of contents on another European paper of "raisin" type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical) and watermarks of names (see p.6, etc.) and grapes (raisin) with crown and name "A. GALLIARD [?]" above (see p.2, 8, etc.).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of text (on p.14, following added table of contents), consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying section heading in red "في سنة الف" flanked by swirling floral motifs on dark blue (reminiscent of lapis) and gold grounds, surmounted by a scalloped w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal motifs in shades of pink, light blue, orange, red and yellow on grounds of gold and dark blue, all set in a well of heavy gold interlace, narrow gold bands and bands of blue and red with white crosses and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue with red accents ; incipit and facing pages surrounded by heavy gold frame defined by narrower gold band, black fillets and outermost red fillet, elsewhere written area surrounded by narrower gold frame defined by black fillets ; headings and keywords rubricated ; some overlining of other keywords in red ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words gently descending to baseline, some elongation of horizontal strokes, some sweeping descenders, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, final and free-standing nūn with an angled bowl, not exceptionally wide with point nearly assimilated.Layout: Written in 31 lines per page ; additional texts glossed in margins in varying number of lines on the diagonal on certain pages ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III (6), 31 V (316), i ; exclusively quinions with ternion for added table of contents for entire codex ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, distinct for each of the two texts glossed on the margins ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: [Tarih-i Fezleke] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تم هذا الكتاب المستطاب بعون الله الملك القديم الوهاب على يد اضعف العباد مصطفى بن حسن الشهير بمفتاحى زاده فى بلدۀ دار السلطنة القسطنطنية فى اواسط شهر صفر الخير لسنه سبع عشره ومايه والف م" ; [Tuhfetü'l-kibar] "Scribal," reads "تم هذا الكتاب بعون الله الملك القديم الوهاب على يد اضعف العباد مصطفى بن حسن الشهير بمفتاحى زاده فى بلدۀ دار السلطنة القسطنطنية فى اواخر شهر ذالقعدۀ شريفه لسنه سبع عشره ومايه والف"Explicit: [Tarih-i Fezleke] "مقدما حسن اغايه حيله ايدن حلواجى محمد قونيه ده قتل واخذ اولمغين" ; [Tuhfetü'l-kibar] "برر برر اجرا ايلمك اسبابه بولندن مباشرتك شرطى در الله تعالى ميسر ايليه امين" ; [Mizanü'l-hak] "وبو كه كشف الظنون عن اسامى الكتب والفنون نامى قونلوب سابقا مسوده سن"Incipit: [Tarih-i Fezleke] "سنۀ مزبوره محرمنك غره سى كه يوم السبت در هجرت نبويه نك اوجيوز اللى درت بيك درتيوز طقسان طقوزنجى كونى اولوب ..." ; [Tuhfetü'l-kibar] "ابتداء تاريخ تحفة الكبار سرنامۀ داتسان جهان ستان حمد وسپاس خداوند زمين وزمان اولمق ...وبعد چون تاريخ هجرة نبويه بيك اللى بش ساله ايروب كلام معجز اثار نبويه ما صدقى اولان فتوحاة اسلاميه دن كريد فتحى ظهور ايلدى ... اسمنه تحفة الكبار فى اسفار البحار ديدى ..." ; [Mizanü'l-hak] "الحمد لله الذي جعل العقل حجة في خلقه وايد الشرع به فيما يفرق بين الباطل وحقه ... وبعد اول آفرينش دن برو ميان ارباب دانشده عقل ايله نقل توامان ومعقول ومنقول فرسى رهان ايدوكى ... اكا بناء نزاع اولنان مسئله ده طريق برهانى بيان ايچون برايكى سطر تسويد اولنوب ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق دينلدى ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from edge title and inscription on 'title page' for added table of contents (p.1).Ms. codex.6. p.314-p.388 (margins) : Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak / Kâtip Çelebi.5. p.65-p.313 (margins) : Tuhfetü'l-kibar fi esfari'l-bihar / Kâtip Çelebi.4. p.64 (margins) : Fihris-i Kitab-i Tuhfetü'l-kibar.3. p.62-p.63 (margins) : [four signed favorable blurbs (taqrīẓ)].2. p.13-p.630 : Tarih-i Fezleke / Kâtip Çelebi.1. p.1-p.12 : [table of contents].Elegant volume carrying three works by the renowned Ottoman scholar Kâtip Çelebi (d.1657), preceded by a table of contents for all three. In the main written area appears his Tarih-i Fezleke, a chronicle of Ottoman history addressing the years 1000 to 1065 (1591 to 1654-5). Two additional works are glossed with deliberate placement on the margins: first his Tuhfetü'l-kibar fi esfari'l-bihar, a history of Ottoman naval engagements through 1067 (1656) preceded by four signed favorable blurbs (taqrīẓ) and contents listing (fihris) and finally Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak, his final work, addressing controversial questions of doctrine or practice with proposed solutions and concluding with an autobiographical account of his life and works (this copy incomplete).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 71Origin: As appears in opening on pp.24-25, assembled over the course of nearly three years then set down by the author in 1161 [1748]. A note on 'title page' (p.23) indicates that this ms. is a draft (مسودة) of the work, as attested by the layout and numerous lacunae, likely in the author's hand.Accompanying materials: Two scraps each with notes, etc. (paginated pp.111-112 and pp.569-570).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 152. Bahr al-fatawi."Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in yellow laid paper ; upper and lower covers bear blind-stamped central mandorla with rosettes accenting linear pendants and frame in tooled fillets ; sewn in brown thread, two stations ; endbands in red and blue, tail band in fair condition, head band in poor condition with losses and exposed core ; in poor condition with significant abrasion (even gashes), lifting and cracking of leather, lower cover detaching at spine, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 26-28 mm. apart (horizontal) ; crown and grapes watermark ; lightly burnished.Decoration: Keywords, section headings and vocalization rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine Turkish / Eastern Anatolian hand ; characteristically sans serif with effect of slight tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, many sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) mainly in strokes ; opening partially vocalized in red ink.Layout: As may be expected of a draft or rough copy (مسودة), the number of lines per page varies widely throughout.Collation: i, III+1 (7), 6 IV(55), VI (67), 3 V(97), II+1 (102), V+1 (113), V (123), IV (131), V (141), III (147), VI (159), 2 IV(175), VI (187), V (197), VI (209), 2 VIII (241), VI (253), III (259), IV+1 (268), VIII+1 (285), V (295), IV (303), III (309), VI (321), 2 IV (337), IV+1 (346), V (356), II (360), III (366), V+1 (377), 4 IV(409), III (415) ; numerous lacunae (unmarked) as may be expected of draft or rough copy (مسودة), regularly appearing between chapters ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "فان كانت حية فالثلثان للاختين والسدس للام والسدس الباقي للاخت لام ولا شحاء للاخ لاب الذي هو القائل وان كانت ميتة فالسدس الباقي له"Incipit: "احمد الله الذي جعل المجتهدين المتقدمين هداة المؤمنين ببيان الاحكام ... اما بعد فيقول الفقير الى عفو ربه الغني الشهير بقاضي زاده محمد الارزني مولدا ومحتدا المفتي بمدينة ارزن الروم برتبة قضاء حلب الشهباء لما ضاقت منطقة التحرير عما كتب في كتب الفتاوى وقصرت يد القدرة عن ضبط ما حرر فيها جمعت بقدر الوسع من وقت افتائي فيها بعض واقعات الفتوى وغيره في مجموعة غير مرتبة الى قريب من ثلثين سنة ثم بيضها في سنة احدى وستين ومائة والف من تردد لدي من الفضلاء شكر الله سعيه فصارت مجموعة كبرى وبحرا ذخارا فسميتها ببحر الفتاوى راجيا ان تكون ذخيرة العقبى وعازما على الطافي بها بعد هذا بعض واقعات الفتوى بعناية الله تعالى ..."Title from opening (pp.24-25).Ms. codex.Fine draft or rough copy (musawwadah) of an extensive collection of legal decisions assembled and set down by Qāḍīʹzādah Muḥammad al-Arzanī, muftī in Erzurum. A detailed table of contents precedes the text (pp.9-16).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 318Origin: As appears in colophon on p.358, copied by Niẓām ibn Mīr ʻAlī with transcription completed in Rabīʻ I 1035 [December 1625].Former shelfmark: "126 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in glossy, surfaced-dyed blue wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted guillioché roll (series of s-shaped stamps) and flanking rules ; sewn in dark brown or gray thread, two stations, tightly bound ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; housed in sturdy slipcase covered in dark purple / blue leather with tooled and gold-painted borders and rosette accents, lined with yellow paper and fitted with peach / orange woven pull cord ; overall in fairly good condition ; one narrow side of slipcase detaching.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional single chain lines visible, dense and sturdy though transluscent, medium cream in color, well-burnished ; some creasing, tears and cockling due to tight binding ; repairs in European laid paper and wove paper.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpieces at opening of preface on p.2 and at opening of dīvān proper (with ghazals) on p.9, each consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by rectangular piece filled with scalloped domes in gold and lapis all overlaid with swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, yellow, green, light blue, etc., set in a rich well of heavy gold interlace and turquoise, dark red / brown, and gold bands, and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; text of incipit and facing page at opening of preface and opening of dīvān set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area surrounded by gold frame of medium gold band and outermost gold and blue fillets, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; keywords and headings chrysographed ; some overlining in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; spacious, elegant hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle descent of words to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set down in somewhat narrow, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 22 IV (176), II-1 (179), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; cathwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت بعون الله الملک الغنی فی ید العبد المذنب نظام ابن میر علی غفر ذنوبه فی تاریخ شهر ربیع الاول سنه خمس وثلثین والف من الهجرت النبویهExplicit: "گفتم سخن تو گفت حافظ گفتا شادی همه لطیفه گویان صلوات"Incipit: "حمد بیحد و ثناى بیعد خداوندی را که جمیع دیوان حافظان ارزاق بپروانه ..."Title from inscriptions on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.