Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 281Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; hand, paper, etc. may suggest 16th century. Date in seal impression provides an approximate terminus ante quem of 1107 [1695 or 1696] depending on the elapsed time between the making of the seal and its impression in the ms.Binding: Pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork ; Type II binding (with flap) ; spine and fore edge flap in dark brown leather ; doublures and interior of envelope flap in red brown (dark red) leather with recessed inlays of paper in lapis lazuli, light blue, yellow, and green with filigree in brown and black leather ; upper and lower covers bear painted lacquerwork design in gold, green, red, black, and dark red of nearly identical composition ; design consists of scalloped central mandorla (reminiscent of Déroche class. OSd 8), pendants, and corner pieces with border consisting of a series of lozenges ; all are filled with an elaborate swirling floral vegetal design ; upper and lower doublures bear central scalloped mandorla, pendants and corner pieces in leather filigree (black and brown) and recessed paper inlays (lapis lazuli, green, light blue, and yellow) surrounded by simple gold-painted border accents ; interior of envelope flap continues design of doublures ; sewn in white and blue green threads (intertwined), two stations ; worked endbands in blue green, white and pink (traces) ; in poor condition with extensive abrasion to covers resulting in loss of lacquer and paint ; spine leather lifting and detaching from text block, upper cover detacing ; some pest damage ; boards delaminating ; endbands nearly gone ; paper label pasted to upper cover (no writing) ; currently housed in envelope.Support: non-European laid paper (untinted but gold-flecked) set in tinted leaves of non-European (likely Persian) laid paper, mainly alternating shades of blue (often toward green) and yellow, occasionally pink ; laid lines of set-in written area running horizontally spaced roughly 7 laid lines per cm. ; laid lines of tinted leaves running vertically spaced roughly 8-10 laid lines per cm. with curving and sagging ; chain lines difficult to view but may be sporadic short lengths ; a few inclusions ; well-burnished and smooth ; flyleaves of several paper types - European laid paper, non-European (likely Persian) laid paper (decorative silhouette paper), and Persian or Indian laid paper of no earlier than late 18th century.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1a consisting of rectangular piece surmounted by triangular or hasp piece ; rectangular piece carries lobed central lozenge in gold, with flanking pieces in gold and red all on a field of lapis lazuli with floral vegetal pattern in black, red, yellow, white, and lavender ; bordered in bands of white, blue, and gold (with swirling pattern) ; surmounted by triangular piece or hasp in gold and lapis lazuli with same floral vegetal pattern ; surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; a band of black with same floral vegetal pattern and flanking bands of red and gold separates the two pieces ; simple illuminated headpieces throughout and at close consisting of rectangular piece with central gold cartouche (empty) flanked by almond-shaped pieces in black or red on fields of lapis lazuli with swirling vegetal motif bordered in bands of gold and red ; "tailpiece" accompanied by flanking rectangular pieces with swirling floral vegetal pattern in black, red, yellow, white and lavender on fields of gold, bordered in blue ; written area surrounded by a frame consisting of a series of bands varying in color according to tint of surrounding leaf ; for lighter colored leaves the frame is in green, gold, black and blue and for darker colored leaves the frame is in blue, gold, black and red ; simple gold bands outlined by black fillets frame columns within written area.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; sans serif ; characteristic descent of words to baseline along with superscript of final words and letters at end of many lines ; characteristic letterforms ; contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes ; horizontal strokes often elongated.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; single column divided to two columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, 4 III (24), II (28), IV (36), I (38), ii ; chiefly ternions ; catchwords present.Explicit: "من وفایی ندیده ام ز خسان گر تو بینی سلام من برسان ... چون مصفا شوی زرزق وزفن مرد گر دی اگر چه هستی زن"Incipit: "ای درون پرور برون آرای ای خرد بخش [بیخرد] بخشای"Title from inscriptions on front flyleaf and fol.1a.Ms. codex.Exquisite manuscript containing what appears to be excerpts from the mystical mathawī (mas̲navī) of Sanāʼī, Ḥadīqat al-ḥaqīqah wa-sharīʻat al-ṭarīqah.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 115Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; paper and date in what appears to be authorial colophon on p.137 (1090, i.e. 1679 or 1680) suggest early 18th century.Accompanying materials: Slip with notes (paginated pp.117-118).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 8. Glosses (Hashiyah) on Al-Iji's work on dialectics."Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in marbled paper (in shades of salmon, blue, and yellow) with hinges in a different marbled paper ; upper and lower covers bear large blind-stamped scalloped mandorla with gold-painted accents, filled with floral vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 8) and accompanied by border in tooled and gold-painted fillets ; design continues with rosette and border on envelope flap ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked endbands in white and pink, good condition ; overall in poor condition with paper label applied over upper cover design, some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather (at board corners and fore-edge flap in particular), fore-edge flap completely detached from lower cover, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of perhaps two types ; mainly with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal) ; thick and well-burnished ; crown with star and crescent above watermark (compare Heawood 1133) and countermark with initials and trefoil above ; some staining.Decoration: Keywords (such as قوله), section headings, and some notabilia rubricated ; a few textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Naskh, two main hands ; opening work in naskh, a fine, clear and compact Ottoman hand ; virtually serifless ; effect of tilt to the left ; many open counters ; kāf mashkūlah (masqūqah) preferred ; freely ligatured with pointing for many final letters assimilated with the letters themselves (see final nūn, fāʼ, etc.) ; remaining works in a naskh showing more influence of nastaʻlīq ; virtually serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline ; extension of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 6 V(60), IV (68), 3 V(98), IV (106) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaves and insert, mistakenly skips two pages between pp.103-104 and repeats pp.117-118 twice).Colophon: [Ḥāshiyat al-Chillī ] "Authorial," rectangular, reads: "تمت الحاشية الواقعة على مير ابي الفتح المنسوبة الى ابن مائى المشهور بچلى زاده في بلدة قسطنطنية في مدرسة ابراهيم پاشا في شهر رمضان المبارك سنة ۱۰۹۰"Explicit: "فصار الكل مضاعفا وهو اثنان وثلثون الوفا وستمائة واربعون احتمالا تمت رسالة حمدية تم تم تم"Incipit: [Ḥāshiyat al-Chillī] "يا من وفقنا لاداب البحث والمناظرة في الكلام وعصمنا من الخلل والتصور في تجريد [كذا] المدعى والمرام ... وبعد فيقول الفقير الى الله الغني عمر بن احمد الشهير بالچلي ان الحاشية الفتحية في الاداب لما كانت لدقتها متوارية عن الاذهاب ولتحجيبها عن العثور مفتقرة الى الايضاح والبيان ... فضمت اليه ما يتمم به النقصان ..." ; [Ḥāshiyat ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Kurdī] "نحمدك يا من فتح الابواب للمتفرع السائل ... وبعد فهذه حاشية لطيفة يليق ان تكتب باقلام الذهب على صحائف الفضة للفاضل المرحوم عبد الرحمن ... على الحواشي المنسوبة الى المحقق ابي الفتح الامير ... على شرح الرسالة العضدية للشيخ محمد الحنفي ... فكانت غير مدونة فجمعتها للاخوان الطلاب بعون الله الوهاب ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.6. p.213-p.214 : [blank].5. p.209-p.212 : Risālah ḥamdīyah / Minkarizade Yahya Efendi.4. p.205-p.209 : Risālat Shāh Ḥusayn lil-Risālah al-Ḥanafīyah / ʻAbd al-Laṭīf Shāh Ḥusayn ʻAjamī [?].3. p.140-p.205 : [Ḥāshiyat ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Kurdī ʻalá al-Ḥāshiyah al-Fatḥīyah fī al-ādāb] / ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Kurdī.2. p.138-p.139 : [blank].1. p.6-p.137 : [Ḥāshiyat al-Chillī ʻalá al-Ḥāshiyah al-Fatḥīyah fī al-ādāb] / ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad al-Māʼī al-Chillī.Fine copy of the superglosses by ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad al-Chillī (fl. 17th cent.) and ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Kurdī on al-Ḥāshiyah al-Fatḥīyah by Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Amīn al-Ardabīlī (d.1543), itself a gloss upon al-Risālah al-Ḥanafīyah by Muḥammad al-Tibrīzī al-Ḥanafī (d.1494), a commentary on al-Ījī’s (d.1355) Risālat ādāb al-baḥth wa-al-munāẓarah, a work on dialectics. Followed by two brief treatises, Risālat Shāh Ḥusayn lil-Risālah al-Ḥanafīyah, perhaps another gloss on al-Tibrīzī al-Ḥanafī's commentary by ʻAbd al-Laṭīf Shāh Ḥusayn ʻAjamī (d.1514 or 5) [?] and Risālah ḥamdīyah attributed to Minkarizade Yahya Efendi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 32Origin: As appears in colophon on p.161, [1] copied by ʻAlī ibn Muṣṭafá in Istanbul (in the Çavuş Medresesi [?]) with transcription completed Rabīʻ I 1139 [1726]. As appears in colophon on p.242, [2] copied in Kilis, first of Rajab 1102 [ca. 31 March 1691] (name of copyist not provided). Works [3] and [4] lack dated colophons though likely copied at the time of [2].Accompanying materials: Slip carrying glosses, etc. (paginated pp.235-236).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 142. Ithbat al-wajib, with commentaries." ; "۳۹۱".Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather and mint-green tinted paper ; upper and lower covers bear border and cornerpieces in incised fillets ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in laid paper ; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations, with primaries in yellow ; endbands in yellow and pink ; in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of paper and leather, slight spine slant (cocked), etc.Support: European laid paper in several types ; paper of [1] well-burnished, quite smooth and glossy with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 21-22 mm. apart (horizontal) ; papers of [2], [3], and [4] including one with laid lines 9-10 per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 20-29 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of crown above bar with initials "V R N" above grapes (see p.230, 242, 510, 514, etc.) and 'B B' countermark ; flyleaves in a bright orange surface tinted European laid paper.Decoration: Simple illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.4) in effect of rectangular piece surmounted by semi-circular piece (dome) and vertical stalks (tīgh) all in gold ; red rule-border appears surrounding text of first work ; gold frame surrounds text of incipit and facing page for first work ; all texts rubricated with keywords, headings, overlining, etc. in red ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas.Script: Naskh ; several Turkish and or Persianate hands ; hand of [1] approaching nastaʻlīq, serifless with effect of tilt to the right and occasional descent of words to baseline ; majority hand supplying [2], [3] and [4] rather similar, serifless with mainly closed counters, occasional sweeping descenders, interesting form of قوله with waw, lām and hāʼ assimilated in an upward and right-sweeping loop ; hand near close of [2] exhibits strong effect of tilt to the left and descent of words to baseline.Layout: Written in 25 lines [1], 17 lines [2], 17 lines [3] and 19 lines [4] per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 10 V(100), VI (112), IV (120), 5 V(170), II (174), 8 V(254), I+1 (257), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present (both set apart and simply repeating last word of final line at head of first line of recto of following leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and insert).Colophon: [1] "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "كتبه علي بن مصطفى قريه نورشوى [؟] عفى ذنوبه غفر غفر الله ولوالديه واحسن اليهما في بلدة قسطنطنية بمدرسة چاوش ... دار الحديث في شهر ربيع الاول سنة تسع وثلاثون ومائة والف" ; [2] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تمت الرسالة المتبركة في اثبات الواجب المنسوبة الى المولى المحقق الجلال الدواني الصديقي في بلد كليس في اول رجب في سنة اثنان ومائة بعد بعد [كذا] الف"Explicit: "قوله ولا بد من فيه من دليل اقول الدليل عليه ان الشيء الاول الذي كان وجود العلة دائرا على وجوده اذا عدم كان يكفي"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على خير خلقه محمد خاتم النبيين وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين قوله ففيما ذكره تفسير او تفريع بطريق الدمج ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. composite codex.6. fol.256b-fol.257b : [blank].5. fol.175a-fol.256a : Ḥāshiyat Ithbāt al-wājib / lil-Mīrzā Jān.4. fol.174b-fol.175a : [blank].5. fol.122b-fol.174a : Sharḥ Ithbāt al-wājib / lil-Ḥanafī.4. fol.121a-fol.122a : [blank].3. fol.81a-fol.120b : al-Risālah al-Mutabarrakah fī Ithbāt al-wājib / lil-Dawānī [Dawwānī].2. fol.80b : [blank].1. fol.1a-fol.80a : Ḥāshiyah ʻalá Ḥāshiyat Sharḥ Ithbāt al-wājib /li-QāḍʻĀbādī [Qāzābādī].Neat composite copy of a collection of texts (majmūʻah / mecmua) pertaining to the Risālah fī Ithbāt al-wājib of Jalāl al-Dīn al-Dawānī, opening with a supergloss by Qāzābādī on the supergloss of Mīrzā Jān on the commentary attributed to Mullā Ḥanafī, next the matn of al-Dawānī's Risālah, next the commentary attributed to Mullā Ḥanafī and finally the supergloss of Mīrzā Jān, which ends abruptly and appears incomplete.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 670Origin: As appears in colophon on p.753, copied by ʻImād ibn Muḥamad ʻImād. Date of transcription not specified. Paper, decoration, etc. suggests 16th or early 17th century. Ownership statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1629.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From upper board lining and spine label, "IL 9" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now fully detached) ; currently two piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine, may represent repair / reback) ; board linings in peach laid paper, hinges in yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (and once gold-painted) scalloped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 7) set off by gold-painted strokes, tooled rosettes and chain border ; design continues on flap ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked endbands in golden yellow and metallic threads, only primaries and core with a few threads of headband remain, primaries sewn through textile spine lining ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached from lower cover, cover almost fully detached from text block at spine except for intact primaries at headband, extensive abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; extensive repairs (also damaged) in brown leather including edging (which has been tooled in a series of s-shaped stamps) on upper and lower covers as well as head and tail of fore edge flap and likely reback ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, fairly straight) and chain lines (possibly grouped in pairs) occasionally visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with anchor in circle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.30 consisting of rectangular piece with almond-shaped gold cartouche carrying title and flanking pieces all evoking bookcover design, set in field of dark blue with delicate vegital motifs in gold, green, red, white, light blue and yellow, bordered in band of dark blue with white crosses and dots flanked by two narrow gold bands ; written area and ruled margins surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, narrower gold band defines central written area and triangular accents on margins within (occasionally filled with floral motifs) ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three dots in redScript: Nastaʻlīq ; small compact Persianate hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dotsLayout: Written in 51 lines per page, 17 lines in central written area and 34 lines of gloss on the diagonal in the ruled margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-2 (6), 21 IV (174), IV+1 (183), III (189), III+1 (196), 2 III (202), 5 IV (248), III + 1 (255), 14 IV (372), III-1 (376), i ; leaves between opening contents listing and opening of text originally left blank (pp.21-29) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of ه (numeral khamsah or letter hāʼ) in black ink in the upper outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals from pp.353-377 and in black ink from pp.379-753, beginning with Arabic numeral 38 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب والحمد لله اولا واخرا وظاهرا وباطنا وصلى الله على محمد واله الطيبين وعترته الطاهرين اجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا كثيرا على يد الفقير الحقير تراب اقدام الفضلا عماد بن محمد عماد ... گر بهم برزده بینی خط من عیب مکن که مرا محنت ایام بهم برزده است"Incipit: [matn] "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم رب سهل و تمم بالخیر الحمد لمن وفقنا امداد حمد بی عد و اعداد سپاس بی قیاس مبدعی را که آثار ابداع او بر هر ورقی از اوراق و شجری از اشجار سمت ..." ; [ḥashiyah] "و به نستعين حمد و سپاس عتاری را جل جلاله و عم نواله و عظم شانه ..."Title from rubricated inscription on 'title page' (p.29).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4) with extensive gloss on the margins. Opens with acephalous contents listing (p.1-21). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 892Origin: As appears in colophon at close of Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn on p.216, transcription completed 19 Rajab 1137 [ca. 3 April 1725]. Opening work likely completed around the same time.Accompanying materials: a. Part of a page torn from 1908 catalog of Luzac & Co., 'Books on Modern Persian Literature,' with description of this manuscript "196 KATIBI. Majma ʼal-Bahrain. A Sufic poem. Bound up with "a collection of Masnavis, followed by rubāʻis" by an anonymous writer. Persian MSS. Small 8vo, half-bound. 9s. 1725. Nicely written in red and black ink with illuminated margins." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Scrap with description of opening work in black ink "Anonymous. A collection of masnavis followed by rubāʻīs. No date XVIII." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Scrap with description of second work in black ink "Kātibī. Majmaʻ al-Baḥrain. A Sufic | Dated 1137 A.H. = 1725 A.D." (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 10 Majmaʻ al-baḥrain a Ṣūfī poem by Kātibī. Copied 1237 | Preceded by a mas̲navī and some quatrains" (paginated pp.7-8) -- e. Slip with description of second work (in hand of E. Husslman ?) "Muẖammad ibn ʻAbd Allah al-Nīsāpūrī, called Kātibī. Majmaʻ al-bahrain. Not in U. of M. MSS. 'The confluent of the two seas' ; a Sufī poem which treats of the loves of Nāẓir and Manẓūr. cf. BMCat. Pers. MSS. v.2, p.638a | 100 ff. | 200 pp." (paginated pp.9-10) -- f. Slip with description of opening work (in hand of E. Husslman ?) "Anonymous collection of masnavis and rubais. n.f. anywhere" (paginated pp.11-12) -- g. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.13-14) -- h. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heywood-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.15-16).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 41Binding: Boards covered in orange-red cloth with brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted paper ; spine gold-stamped with title "MAJMA | UL | BAHRAEIN" ; possibly now sewn over cords, but also oversewn ; stuck-on endbands in red and white ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and deterioration of spine leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with roughly 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, beige to grayish in color, well-burnished ; repairs (fills) in European wove paper ; some pest damage, staining and tide lines.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated (mainly in Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn) ; textual dividers in the form of three dots ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a yellow band defined by black fillets with outermost red rule.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; two elegant hands ; opening through p.100 (selection of poetry) in a clear hand in a medium line, serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, some sweeping descenders, pointing mainly in distinct dots ; p.101 to close (mainly Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn) in a careful hand in a bold line with effect of words descending to baseline, marked contrast in thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) in conjoined dots.Layout: Written in mainly 12 and 11 lines per page, often divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 5 IV(40), II (44), 7 IV(100), i ; quaternions (as suggested by mid-quire marks, original sewing now obscured) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique black strokes in upper outer corner of right-hand leaf and lower-outer corner of left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: [Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn] "Scribal," rectangular, reads "تمت السراله الموسومه بمجمع البحرين فى التاريخ ۱۹ رجب سنه ۱۱۳۷ كاتب اين صنعت يا لا كلام هست رهى در همه خدمت تمام"Explicit: [Muntakhab-i ashʻār]"در تراصد حکم خاقانی بود اخر کارت چو خاقانی بود در بسازی چون نظامی پنج گنج ربح باشد اخرت زان پنج گنج تم تم تمام شد" ; [Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn] "بیت وی از نام تو معمور باد نامش از انعام تو مشهور باد"Incipit: [Muntakhab-i ashʻār] "ر مر [؟] الان گر کسی فهميد كان الله لم يكن را ديد ..." ; [Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn] "و به الحول و القوة مدام از حضرت مبلغ الهام ... گوید منتظم اين كتاب و متمم اين خطاب ... محمد بن عبد الله نشاپورى المعروف بكاتبى ... مجمع البحرين اشعاريست ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from colophon on p.216.Ms. codex.2. p.102-p.216 : Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn / Kātibī.1. p.18-p.101 : [Muntakhab-i ashʻār] / Kātibī [?].Fine copy of Majmaʻ al-baḥrayn, an allegorical Ṣūfī poem addressing the loves of Nāẓir and Manẓūr by the Persian poet Kātibī, Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh (d. ca. 1435-6), preceded by an anonymous selection of poetry (possibly also by Kātibī ?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 886Origin: As appears in colophon on p.614, copied by ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAbd Allāh on the order of Mīr ʻAbd al-Salām ( مير عبد السلام ) with transcription completed 2 Muḥarram in year 38 of Awrangzīb's reign, i.e. regnal year of Awrangzīb (r.1068–1118/1658–1707), that is Hijrī year 1106 [ca. 23 August 1694].Accompanying materials: a. Scrap with inscription in ink "Niẓāmī MS. of Khamsa 1697" (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "Medallion – found at beginning or end, usually contain title – do not use term ʻunwān | Persian poetry - Indian poet, but not Indian ms. | some signatures at end bd. in upside down | 17th c." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note in Arabic on prayer obligation (paginated pp.437-438).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 35Binding: Boards covered in a mottled paper (resembling effect of marble calf / mottled calf / tree calf) in brown with light brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding (tight back) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted European laid paper ; edges of text block stained blue ; now sewn over five recessed cords ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: non-European laid paper mainly with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and occasional chain lines visible, cloudy formation, sturdy, lightly burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; pastedowns and flyleaves in European laid paper with scrollwork (tree form above and shield at center) and "D & C BLAUW" watermarks ; some staining ; repairs (fills).Decoration: Elegant illuminated titlepiece on 'title page' (p.9) consisting of medallion with central cartouche and roundels carrying the title, author and contents in blue ink on fields of gold, set among fine floral vegetal decoration in gold, red-orange, pink, white, etc. on fields of black and blue, set off by decorative bands in white, gold, blue, green and lavender and radiating stalks (tīgh) ; superb illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of each section (p.10, 64, 204, 300, 398, 555) mainly consisting of rectangular pieces, opening headpiece on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by gold pendants overlaid with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red-orange, pink, green, light blue, white, etc. set in fields of blue, surmounted by rectangular piece evoking a row of scalloped domes filled with similar floral vegetal design on fields of gold and blue, all set in a well of red, green and blue and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; accenting text on p.486, similar floral motifs to that appearing in headpieces ; written area surrounded by frame in gold band with outermost red and blue fillets, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; headings chrysographed, rubricated or in blue ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a thin line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and inclining to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct dots ; section headings in tawqīʻ (mainly serifless).Layout: Written in 23 lines per page, with written area divided to four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 10 IV(80), III (86), 5 IV(126), III+I+I (136), V+1 (147), 5 IV(187), III (193), 6 IV(241), III (247), 5 IV(287), III (293), ii ; chiefly quaternions with occasional ternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of short strokes in black ink in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower-outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; tissue weight leaves inserted to protect illuminated decoration (not paginated) ; seven gatherings before the last bound in upside down (pp.497-604) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and inner flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "بتاریخ دویم شهر محرم الحرام سنه سی و هشت جلوس میمنت مانوس محمد اورنگ زیب بادشاه عالم گیر خلد الله ملکه و سلطنته و مطابق سنه هجری مقدس یکهزار و صد و شش کاتب المذنب محتاج الغفران عبد الرحمن ابن عبد الله حسب الفرموده صاحب و الاجاه ذوی المجد و الکرام مفخر الانام میر عبد السلام مد الله تعالی ظل اقباله و عمه نواله الی یوم القیامه کتاب اقبال نامه فی حصن حصین و حصار متین ... نمود تمت بالخیر تم"Explicit: "از اغاز او تا با نجام او تمت الکتاب بعون ملك الوهاب تم"Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هست کلید در گنج حکیم ..."Title from illuminated titlepiece on 'title page' (p.9).Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of Niẓāmī’s Khamsah (quintet) with Makhzan al-asrār, Khusraw va Shīrīn, Laylá (Laylī) va Majnūn, Haft Paykar, and Iskandarʹnāmah (Sharafʹnāmah and Iqbālʹnāmah, in titlepiece on 'title page' (p.9) distinguished as Iskandarʹnāmah and Iqbālʹnāmah).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 362Origin: As appears in colophon on p.361, copied by ʻAbd al-Rashīd al-Daylamī [?] with transcription completed in 1151 [1738 or 9]. 1151 from 151, being the more likely reading (given the author's dates, decoration, hand, etc.) of what the copyist has entered as "١٠٥١" which initially suggests 1051 [1641 or 2]. A similar practice with numerals appears in the foliation (see fol.110-120 i.e. ١٠١٠ to ١٠٢٠ as entered in red ink). Date in seal impression provides very rough terminus ante quem of 1756.Accompanying materials: Half-sheet of writing paper with note in hand of G. Meredith-Owens, reads "362 | A mas̲navī poem of ethico-religious content. I cannot find the title and author but suspect that he is an Indian imitating Saʻdī and other Persian poets. Perhaps I could have a photostat of the first few folios. Indian, judging from the binding, probably 18th century."Former shelfmark: "119 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type III binding in Western style ; doublures in dark red leather with scalloped mandorla, lozenges, floral pendants) pendants and cornerpieces in stamped, gold-painted paper onlays filled with floral compositions and set off by gold-painted rules (both lozenges and floral pendants appended to mandorla) ; made endpapers in comb marbled paper (chiefly in red, orange, black and blue) pasted to outermost leaf of a gathering of three (ternion) ; upper and lower covers carry large, central rectangular panel in stamped, gold-painted paper onlays (applied to recessed leather) filled with symmetrical floral vegetal composition set among interlacing scallops and surrounded by gold-painted and tooled borders (series of annular stamps) setting off wide border (also in recessed leather onlays with stamped, gold-painted paper applied) with additional vegetal motifs ; board edges gold-tooled in scroling vegetal designs ; spine similarly gold-stamped with bands of scrolling vegetal designs alternating with diamond shapes ; sewn in white thread over two cords (apparent as ridges on spine and visible between back endpapers and text block), tightly bound ; worked endbands in pistachio green and pink (interspersed with metallic threads) ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and onlays, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and single chain lines occasionally visible, thin, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; endpapers in still a different likely Indian laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, distinct, curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, many inclusions, sturdy, gray in color ; some staining and tide lines, ink burn (more extensive in some gatherings), minor pest damage, cockling and excess adhesive ; extensive repairs (fills, guards, etc.).Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with basmalah set off by gold cloud-bands and flanked by delicate vegetal designs on gold ground, surmounted by w-shaped piece in gold and light blue overlaid with delicate vegetal designs with floral accents (mainly in pink with orange-red outline, green and black) set in a heavy well of gold interlace, pistachio green, pink and blue bands ; bands of refined vegetal motifs in gold also accent written area on incipit page (p.2) ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with divisions within also defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; large, elegant hand in a medium to heavy line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, superscripting of letters, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, occasionally set very close together or conjoined, dramatically sweeping shaqq or sarkash on many kāfs, point of final nūn set just down in wide, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: vi, 3 IV(24), III (30), 5 IV(70), III+2 (78), 6 IV(126), III+1 (133), IV (141), III+1 (148), IV (156), II (160), IV (168), II (172), IV+1 (181), vi ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of faint, oblique black strokes in the upper outer margin of the right-hand leaf and lower outer margin of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present (though occasionally lost or obscured by repairs) ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "مشقه العبد المذنب عبد الرشید الديلمی [؟] فی سنه ١٠٥١ه هجرة النبويه"Explicit: "معتبر بنود تعدد در صفات"Incipit: "حمد و شکر او را که هرچه هست ازوست دام هستی حلقه دار از های [و] هوست ..."Title from inscription on second front flyleaf.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the short mas̲navī of Niʻmat Khān Shīrāzī, known as ʻĀlī (d.1710).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1054Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper (embossed marks in particular), hand, etc. would suggest mid 19th century, likely late 1850s.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap), tight back though not fully flush with text block (ill-fitting or deliberate squares) ; board linings and flyleaves in printed pages taken from an illustrated lamp catalog (recycled / reused printed ‘waste’) with entries including printed drawings and descriptions for various types of "Table Lamps," "Glass Reading Lamps," and "Polished Metal 10-line Kosmos Lamps" ; hinges in white textile ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (scalloped and filled with floral composition), pendants (stamp of lower pendant outline offset on lower cover), border lozenges, and cornerpieces, as well as border of blind rules and annular stamps ; now stab sewn in white thread (stained pink in places), any sewing through the folds virtually impossible to examine ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather at spine ; seemingly ill-fitting text block, as squares do not match (a few mm. at fore edge, a few mm. at tail, about a cm too large at head) and perhaps recycled / reused cover originally crafted for a smaller text block.Support: Paper of several types, mainly wove with two different embossed marks and machine laid ; opening gathering (through p.16) mainly in a type of wove paper with oval embossed mark faintly visible in p.10, beige in color, well-burnished (burnishers' marks visible), though mould pattern of curving laid lines spaced roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and occasional chain line is visible in leaf carrying p.4 ; next two gatherings (pp.17-48) and final two gatherings (pp.161-180) in another wove type, sturdier, thicker and lighter in color with many inclusions and oval embossed mark visible in pp.21, 25, 28, 172, 174, 175 (partially inked) similar to that in opening type but far more distinct with "фабрики Слободской кордяжск" surrounding initials "Н П" (compare no.152 dated 1856 in Klepikov 1959) ; next four gatherings (pp.49-112) in a machine laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart, no watermarks visible, soft, grayish in tone ; next three gatherings in another wove type with a different oval embossed mark with "С Ф" (i.e. Сурская фабрика) at the center above "П В СЕР[ГЕЕВА]" (see p.145, 149, etc. and compare no.178 dated 1856-1860 in Klepikov 1959), blue-gray in color (between azure and cerulean) and quite opaque, sturdy though fairly thin and soft ; some staining and tears ; a few repairs in machine laid paper.Decoration: A few keywords rubricated toward opening ; overlining in black and red sets off text being commented upon (al-ʻAqāʼid al-Nasafīyah) ; diagram in margin of p.18.Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik) ; chiefly a clear Turkish / Turkic hand (perhaps Transoxanian, Crimean, or Eastern Anatolian) ; serifless with very slight effect of words descending to baseline or gently inclining to the left, elongation of some horizontal strokes, many flattened, elongated descenders, kāf mashqūqah preferred with shaqq (curving upward) on even final kāf, final tāʼ marbūṭah often given as tāʼ maftūḥah, point of final nūn typically set above narrow bowl, pointing (two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots ; a few pages fully or partially in a Turkish / Turkic naskh (see opening pp.1-3 and p.146).Layout: Written mainly in 8-10 lines per page (single column), though text of final two leaves (pp.177-179) is far more densely arranged with 20-22 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board more clearly evident in leaves of blue paper).Collation: i, 11 IV(88), I (90), i ; difficult to examine due to tight stab sewing, but appear to be almost exclusively quaternions ; proper catchwords not present though occasionally last word of final line on the verso of a leaf repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto ; verso of final leaf (p.180) left blank (text ends abruptly on recto, p.179) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "في كتب الشافعية ان القاضي ينعزل بالفسق بخلاف الامام والفرق ان في انعزاله و وجوب نصب غيره اثارة الفتنة لما فيه الشوكة بخلاف القاضي وفي رواية النوادر"Incipit: "الحمد لله المتوحد بجلال ذاته وكمال صفاته المتقدس في نعوت الجبروت عن شوائب النقص وسماته ... وبعد فان مبنى علم الشرائع والاحكام واساس قواعد عقائد الاسلام هو علم التوحيد والصفات الموسوم بالكلام ... وان المختصر المسمى بالعقائد للامام قدوة علماء الاسلام نجم الملة والدين عمر النسفي اعلى الله درجته في دار السلام يشتمل من هذا الفن على غرر الفوائد ودرر الفرائد في ضمن فصول هي للدين قواعد واصول ... فحاولت ان اشرحه شرحا يفصل مجملاته ويبين معضلاته ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Well-glossed (though incomplete and ending abruptly) copy of al-Taftāzānī’s (d.1389?) commentary on the popular creed, al-ʻAqāʼid al-Nasafīyah of Abū Ḥafs ʻUmar Najm al-Dīn al-Māturīdī al-Nasafī (d.1142).
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. 1043Origin: Colophon appears on p.487, but largely effaced. According to descriptive note on p.8, transcription and paintings executed by Muḥammad Yaʻqūb (محمد يعقوب), reads "... بقلم محمد يعقوب رسام تحرير يافت." Perhaps late 19th or early 19th century.Accompanying materials: "a. "Happy New Year" card with black-and-white photographs showing carpet makers and a carpet seller ; small white card stapled to inside with notes in German (presumably handwriting of Dr. Gruening) -- b. Page from legal pad, handwriting of J. Eilts, notes on physical descr. & contents. -- c. Copy of letter, Frank J. Schulte of Grand Rapids, to Dr. Howard H. Peckham, Clements Library, U of M, 13 November 1976: 'During a two-year period (1962-64) I was a member of the Public Administration Service team in Kabul, Afghanistan. It was my good fortune to acquire, among other art objects, two illuminated manuscripts: one, small, exquisitely written on parchment [in margin at this point: "paper/HCJ"], the other a larger leather-bound book. According to Dr. Gruening, attached to the German Embassy in Kabul, the first is dated 1921 and was dedicated to a governor of Herat. Dr. Gruening estimated that the book's cover is, perhaps, 200 to 250 years old. (I wonder what vandalism was perpetrated to acquire the cover for the 1921 book). The larger book is inferior quality-wise but has a large number of water-color illustrations. The date of this book has been obliterated but might be determined by the use of infra-red light. It has been much used, perhaps by children, as one page shows some doodling...I have enjoyed the possession of these treasures for a long time now and, should your library want them, will be delighted to donate them. If you do want them, perhaps someone from the university who might have reason to be in Grand Rapids, will contact me.'-- d. Copy of note on legal paper signed 'HCJ'" - from handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 192Binding: Pasteboards (soft) covered in brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted paper, hinges in pale green textile ; stab sewn in heavy cream thread ; worked chevron endbands in green-blue and yellow, quite wide and in good condition (protected by tabs extending from spine leather) ; overall in fairly good condition with some staining, minor abrasion, etc.Support: Wove paper, some cream in color, others a darker beige (typically alternating) ; tissue weight leaves inserted to protect opening illumination and illustrations on p.26, 321, etc. ; stains, tears, etc.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) on what appears to be added incipit page (p.10, compare p.2) consisting of rectangular piece with cartouches carrying the basmalah, etc. ("بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب يسير وتمم بالخير") in black ink with gold and lapis lazuli accents, surmounted by tall, scalloped w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal motifs in gold with pink accents on a field of lapis and pink, set in a well of similar floral motifs in gold with lapis accents on a turquoise ground flanking the title "هذا كتاب وامق عذرا" in gold on a lapis ground, entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) with floral accents ; written area mainly surrounded by a multiple rule border in gold and blue, divisions within defined by double rule-border in blue ; keywords and headings rubricated ; extensively illustrated with 37 richly colored paintings in mid-19th century Persian style, most full page, many with captions, likely contemporary but executed separately from the text (see pp.22, 26, 43, 60, 70, 101, 105, 106, 113, 122, 143, 157, 165, 175, 176, 195, 220, 234, 259, 265, 275, 287, 321, 332, 371, 383, 393, 398, 399, 403, 404, 405, 413, 425, 437, 449, and 473) some on unruled leaves ; occasional lacunae left where illustration might have appeared (see p.69, 102, etc.) or simply to avoid overlap of text and illustration (area of the verso corresponding to the illustrated area on the recto usually left blank).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, careful hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless, with marked effect of words descending to baseline, some elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written mainly in 21 lines per page, occasionally divided to three columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: Too tightly bound to examine gatherings ; two flyleaves each at opening and close of codex, two added leaves at opening ; catchwords present ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin of each page ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and added leaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "قد تم بالخير والعافية ... شمسى ... قمرى هجرى نبوى صلوات الله عليه حين السلطنت ... شيخ محمد باقر خان ... يعقوب"Explicit: "ز چشم خورده بین مستور بادا ..."Incipit: "حمد بیحد ثنای بیعدد و مخصوص صانعی است ... اما بعد چنین گوید راقم این حروف که چون در بهار عالم جوانی ... در عشقبازی وامق و عذرا و مجملی از کیفیت احوال و سر گشتگی از حوادث زمانه پر اختلاف ..."Title from opening matter on p.14.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the romance of Vāmiq and ʻAẕrā, the Ardent Lover and the Virgin, by Mīrzā Ibrāhīm Ẓahīr Kirmānī (see preface of the Mashhad 1991 edition, p. 7 ff.). Illustrated with many colorful paintings. Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 284Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, patronage, etc. would suggest mid 19th century. Inscription on front flyleaf and preface (fol.1a-1b/p.1-2) indicates that the composition was completed in the era of Muḥammad Shāh Qājār (r.1834-1848) under the patronage and direction of Ṣadr al-Mamālik Mīrzā Naṣr Allāh Ardabīlī (d.1854 or 5 ?).Accompanying materials: Slip of wove paper with inscription in pencil "284 | Intikhāb az Dīvan | Ḳaṣā'id Anvari. | Selections from | kasidahs of Anvari | early 19th cent."Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather (sheep) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted paper ; upper and lower covers bear blind-tooled border consisting of a series of s-shaped stamps ; resewn making it difficult to assess the original sewing ; very fine chevron endbands in magenta and green ; in fair condition with much abrasion, even gashes, on covers ; spine leather is abraded, dry and cracking ; moisture damage ; much staining and general wear ; cover is beginning to detach from textblock at spine.Support: European laid papers of a few types ; table of contents in European laid paper with chain lines running vertically spaced roughly 23 mm. apart, laid lines running horizontally spaced roughly 11-12 laid lines per cm., watermark circle with "IP" inside, orb and eagle above, in final folio of table of contents, watermark partially visible "...RTTI [?]" ; early through mid quires in European machine 'laid' paper, chain lines running vertically spaced roughly 28 mm. apart, watermark "ALMASSO" and "GIOR MAGNANI" with scrollwork with eagle above tower (compare Heawood 3748) ; roughly last ten quires (from p.805) in European machine 'laid' paper, chain lines running vertically spaced roughly 27mm. apart, watermark "POLLERI" and stag leaping above pond (stag springing or salient, or even courant), antlers in two lines.Decoration: Magnificent illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on incipit page consisting of rectangular panel with gold cartouche carrying the section title "انتخاب از دیوان قصاید انوری" bordered by an extremely elaborate frame forming a well filled with row upon row of semi-circular (dome) motifs accented by floral decoration (in red, orange, pink, blue, and white) and arabesque on fields of lapis lazuli and gold ; simple but compound frame consisting of various gold bands outlined by black fillets, second (bordering the margins) and third rules at some distance from the first ; on incipit and facing page, decorative vegetal border (arabesque) in gold surrounding columns of text ; cloud-bands in gold on incipit and facing page ; a few textual dividers looking like numeral khamsah ; floral decoration in ruled margin of incipit and facing page ; now illustrated with four miniature paintings, likely added later and obscuring text beneath, including: on fol.141a (p.281) scene showing pig herder with dog and pigs, in background church and astonished onlookers [2] on fol.211b (p.422) a hunting scene [3] on fol.276b (p.552) white-bearded man in the mountains with lion or leopard [4] on fol.320b (p.640) two men engaged in discourse ; section headings, keywords, and entries in table of contents rubricated. ; overlining and textual dividers in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; bold clear Persian hand ; characteristic descent of words to baseline though not heavily exaggerated ; contrast in thick and thin strokes, horizontal strokes quite heavy ; sans serif ; characteristic letterforms ; text of fol.473b-474a (p.946-47) in Arabic, supplied in a fine ىaskh, mainly serifless except for occasional alif of lam alif ligature, quite vertical, occasional sweeping descenders, fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 18 lines per page in the central column, 25-28 lines on the diagonal in the ruled margins ; single column often divided to two columns for setting off poetry, surrounded by margin ruled decoratively on the diagonal ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, I(2), 17 IV(138), III (144), 12 IV(240), IV+2(250), 29 IV(482), iii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present in the lower left of the lower ruled margin, rarely slanting down ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Dedication: As attested in inscription on front flyleaf and in preface appearing before table of contents, composed under the patronage and direction of Mīrzā Naṣr Allāh Ardabīlī (d.1271 or 2 / 1854 or 5 ?), a Niʻmatallāhī dervish who also bore the title Nuṣratʻalī and was appointed to the office of Ṣadr al-Mamālik in 1259 [1843] (see Sefatgol, "The Safavid Model of State-Religious Administration," 78-79).Explicit: " کای عمر تباه کتا پیشه تا چند زنی تو بپا تیشه شد عمر تو شصت و همان پستی وز باده ی لهو و لعب مستی "Incipit: "حمد و سپاس و لغات لحنات [؟] ستایش بیقیاس شایسته اوراق مدایح خداوند یکانه و سزادار صحایف اوصاف معبود یست ... ای قاعده تازه ز دست تو کرم را دیمرتبه تو زبان تو قلم را"Title from inscription on front flyleaf and preface on fol.1a-1b (p.1-2).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a work of selections from the works of various Persian poets, referred to as a taz̲kirah but more in the style of a jung, compiled under the patronage and direction of Mīrzā Naṣr Allāh Ardabīlī (d. 1854 or 5) by ʻAlī Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Hamadānī. Opens with selections from Anvarī (d. 1189 or 90).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 384Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest 18th century. Statement in red ink accompanied by dated seal impression on 'title page' (p.3) provides a terminus ante quem of 1846 (i.e. 12 Jumādá II 1262 = ca. 8 May 1846).Former shelfmark: "584 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges barely visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in an elegant marbled paper (mainly in red and dark blue or green) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as a tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps evoking guilloché roll in gold ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in deep pink and pale yellow (or cream), good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached, some staining, minor abrasion, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) and European laid paper of several types ; first half of codex mainly in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional chain lines visible, quite thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; second half of the codex in several European laid papers, mainly with raisin watermarks including paper with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (mainly horizontal), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (mainly vertical) and watermarks of grapes under name and crown (see p.546, 552, etc.) and names (see p.542, 550, etc.) and paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes under crown (see p.714, etc.) ; flyleaves in European laid paper (watermark of lion guardant visible in front flyleaf, p.2) ; significant breakthrough at frames (border at inner margin toward gutter in practically every leaf in the first four gatherings) ; leaf carrying p.471-472 delaminating.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece with central gold cartouche (carrying the title in white "هذا شرح وصاف") surrounded by swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink, light blue, white, orange, red, etc. on a pale gold ground, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue with gold accents, entire piece set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, white with dark blue accents, and heavy gold interlace with red and white accents ; other similar illuminated headpieces at the openings of other sections on p.262 and 444 ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy "gold" frame defined by black fillets, elsewhere written area surrounded by narrower gold frame black fillets ; keywords rubricated ; passages being commented upon (matn of Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf) overlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 27 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 34 V(340), IV (348), VI (360), IV+1 (369), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; page between first and second volume left blank (p.261) ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, recto of opening leaf of each from the second ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner front flyleaf and skips two pages each between pp.83-84, 103-104, 353-354).Explicit: "العباد شايان اولدوغى كبى ومثل هذا التسهيل قد سهل الله سبحانه وتعالى علينا ما رمناه من المقاصد الغالية والحمد كل الحمد لربنا رب المبدعات من العشرة العالية ... ونستغفره ونتوب اليه ونسأله العفو والعاقبة انه هو البر الرحيم تم"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي رفع سبع طباق الخضراء بغير عمد ترونها واوحى بمقتضى حكمته في كل سماء امرها ... وبعد دل ارباب ذوى اللب والالباب ... كه بوندن اقدم شهرت يافتۀ اشتهار آفتاب عالمتاب اولان تاريخ وصاف عبارات مشكله وفقرات معضله ولغات عربيۀ مختلفه يعنى عربيه وفارسيه وچاغتالى ومغلى وخوارزمى ومصطلحات علوم صرف ونحو وعروض ومسيقى وايقاع وهندسه وحساب ومنطق وحكمت وكلام وساير مصطلح غريب اوزرينه ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the commentary by Bagdatlı Nazmizade Hüseyin Murtaza Efendi (d.1721 or 2?) on Vaṣṣāf’s Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār or Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf, a history of the Īlkhāns intended as a continuation of ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik Juvaynī’s (d.1283) Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā (Jahān-gushāy) and renowned for its form and style. Several volumes in one. Contributions to the cataloguing from Eren Miyasoğlu and Hossein Mottaghi.