Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 296Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Executed for (bi-rasm) one Ahmet Paşa ( احمد پاشا ), likely grand vizier (possibly Kara Ahmet Paşa, Hafız Ahmet Paşa, etc.). Decoration, etc. would suggest 16th or 17th century.Former shelfmark: "185 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover ; traces of numeral inscribed on tail edge.Binding: Pasteboards covered in quite dark brown (nearly black) leather (spine and fore edge flap now in dark red leather) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns / flyleaves now in untinted European laid paper with name watermark partially visible (over yellow laid paper) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSh 9), pendants and cornerpieces with gold-painted accents and tooled border ; sewn in pale yellow and dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. ; has been rebacked (spine repair in dark red brown leather) and fore edge flap has been repaired as well.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical and horizontal, indistinct), cloudy formation, heavily sized and burnished, glossy and crisp, medium cream in color ; much foxing.Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece (roundel) on 'title page' (p.5) carrying patronage statement / ex libris of Ahmet Paşa ( احمد پاشا ) in white on a gold ground at center and bordered by delicate arabesque with floral motifs in gold, orange, pink, red, yellow and black on a field of lapis lazuli ; elegant illuminated headpiece at opening on p.6 consisting of rectangular piece with central cartouche (more mandorla shape) carrying title ("ديوان سلطان العارفين جلال الدين مولانا الرومى") in white on a gold ground surrounded by a rich arabesque in gold with floral accents in pink, orange, red, yellow, lavender and white on a lapis lazuli ground, surmounted by a narrower rectangle continuing the arabesque composition and itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area (and columns within) surrounded by gold frame ; keywords and headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V-3 (7), 2 V(27), IV (35), 3 V(65), IV (73), 15 V(223), IV (271), IV-2 (277) ; quinions and quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.485-486).Incipit: "ای طایران قدس را عشقت فزوده بالها ..."Title from headpiece at opening on p.6.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, commonly called Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīz given the poet's taking the name of his spiritual guide and mystic lover Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Tabrīzī as his takhalluṣ.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 845Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest late 16th or early 17th century.Binding: Boards covered in light brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry border in blind rules ; five raised bands on spine ; sewn in cream thread, four stations, over cords ; green silk bookmark (register) attached to spine at head ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of spine leather (split), etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines (horizontal) seemingly grouped in threes with 14-15 mm. between chains and 53 mm. between groups, most leaves tinted salmon (ornage-pink), sturdy and well-burnished ; flyleaves in European laid paper with fleur de lis in shield / arms with crown above ; staining and minor pest damage.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.8 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title "ديوان عشقى" in white flanked by floral accents in gold, turquoise, white, etc. on a lapis lazuli ground, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesques and floral motifs in gold, turquoise, white, etc. on grounds of black and lapis lazuli, entire piece set in a well of gold, turquoise and lapis bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; margins of incipit and facing page filled with floral designs in gold ; similar though somewhat smaller illuminated headpiece with heading "غزليات" in white and marginal designs at opening of ghazalīyāt on p.104 ; written area throughout surrounded by a frame consisting of a gold band defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords and headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless, with dramatic effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv (i is pastedown), 2 III(12), 4 IV(44), 2 III(56), IV (64), 2 II(72), 7 IV(128), III (134), III-2 (138), iv (iv is pastedown) ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black ink in opposite outer corners ; p.103 between qaṣāʼid (close on p.102) and ghazalīyāt (opening p.104) left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "ای دل هرزه گرد هرجایی زین تکاپو چه شد که باز ایی ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.8).Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of a Persian Dīvān with qaṣāʼid and ghazalīyāt of uncertain authorship, possibly of Aşkî (fl.1571) translator of ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadānī's "Kanz al-ḥaqʼāq" (per the translator's preface) and Farīd al-Dīn ʻAttār's Mukhtārnāmah (see p.205 in Türk dili ve edebiyatı ansiklopedisi (1977), v.1 ; p.18 in Osmanlı müellifleri (1972), v.2 and p.248 in Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-Turkīyah al-ʻUthmānīyah allatī iqtanatʹhā Dār al-Kutub al-Qawmīyah mundhu ʻām 1870 ḥattá nihāyat 1980, v.1).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 338Origin: As appears in inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and in colophons on p.201 and 331, copied by one ʻAbd al-Ghanī Bakrī [?]. As appears in colophon on p.201, transcription of qaṣāyid completed in Dhū Qaʻdah 1028 [October-November 1619]. As appears in colophon on p.331, transcription of later section completed Ṣafar 1029 [February 1620]. Transcription of other sections likely completed around the same time.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather with tan leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (possibly inverted recylcled cover with doublures now out) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in pink-tinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry central mandorla and pendants in gold-painted leather filigree appliqué over blue and green paper ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and spring green, fairly good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, staining, minor pest damage, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional pairs of chain lines faintly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, thin though sturdy, beige in color, well-sized and burnished ; some leaves tinted dull yellow or pale peach ; many leaves split and repaired (e.g. written area with headpiece and catchword of incipit page have been trimmed and mounted onto another leaf, etc.).Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of dībāchah on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title for the opening section (preface) in white ("ديباچه ديوان عرفي") flanked by elegant floral vegetal motifs in red, white, yellow, pink, lavender, and turquoise on fields of lapis lazuli and black, surmounted by a large (vertically elongated) w-shaped piece filled with superbly executed swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red, pink, lavender, yellow, turquoise, white, and light blue on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, entire piece set into an elaborate well of red, blue, gold, white, and turquoise bands ; another exquisite illuminated headpiece at the opening of the dīvān proper (begins with the qaṣīdahs) on p.22 similar in composition to the first but with vertically elongated scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) surmounting rectangular piece, more generous use of white and turquoise, well of heavy gold interlace with turquoise and lavender accents, and vertical stalks (tīgh) in tact ; written area of dībāchah incipit and facing page surrounded by a frame consisting of a series of red, gold, black and blue fillets, with text set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area elsewhere gold-flecked and surrounded by frame in gold with outermost blue rule ; additional illuminated headpieces appear at openings of sections on p.202, 230, 334, 368.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV (8), I (10), 4 IV(42), III (48), 2 IV(64), III (70), 4 IV(102), 2 III(114), IV (122), III (128), IV (136), III (142), IV (122), III (128), IV (136), III (142), 3 IV(166), III (172), IV (180), I+1 (183), 4 IV(215), III (221), IV (229), II (233), III (239), 6 IV(287), III (293), 3 IV(317), V+1 (328) ; leaves between dībāchah and opening of dīvān left blank (pp.20-21) as well as between later sections (see pp.228-229, 332-333, 366-367) ; pp.295, 209, 351 left partially blank (perhaps for illustration never realized) ;catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "تمت القصايد العرفيه تحريرا بتاريخ شهر ذى قعده سنه ١٠٢٨ كتبه الداعى عبد الغنى بكرى [؟] اللهم اغفر [له] ولوالديه" ; "تمت فى تاريخ شهر صفر سنه ١٠٢٩ كتبه الداعى عبد الغنى"Incipit: [dībāchah] " حمدی که از نهایت شایستگی منزه از شایبه معین و تخصیص آمده اجمال آن ..." ; [dīvān, opening in the qaṣīdahs] "ای متاع درد در بازار جان انداخته ای متاع ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Exquisite (though damaged) copy of the Dīvān of ʻUrfī Shīrāzī (d.1590 or 91).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 285Origin: As appears in colophon on p.543, copied by Aḥmad Jaʻfar [?] with transcription completed Rabīʻ I 1232 [January-February 1817] in Iṣfahān.Former shelfmark: "199 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1) ; "25 /10 " inscribed in ink on 'title page' (p.3).Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding with overlapping flanges plainly visible at spine (spine leather detaching with second layer of leather visible looking on spine from lower cover) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of swirling floral vegetal composition in gold on a dark green ground surrounded by vegetal border in green and gold on a dark red ground with flanking gold fillets (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on a dark red background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, tulips, etc. with iris, roses, poppies, and other floral forms all in shades of pink, light blue, lavender, and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative band of floral vegetal motifs on a dark green ground framed in gold-painted borders ; sewn in lime green thread, two stations, sewing failing, many gatherings loose ; worked chevron endbands in lime green and pink, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines only faintly visible roughly 20 mm. apart (vertical), gray in color, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, quite well-burnished ; many bifolia split ; minor pest and moisture damage.Decoration: Elaborate illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the basmalah in blue flanked by floral vegetal designs (in gold, red-orange, blue, white, etc.) on fields of blue (approaching lapis lazuli), red and gold, surmounted by large w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesque and floral motifs in gold, red-orange, pink, white, blue, etc. on grounds of gold, red, and blue (approaching lapis lazuli), w-shaped piece bordered in a row of lozenges with similar floral vegetal design, entire piece set into a heavy well of gold interlace bordered in red bands with white accents ; illuminated marginal decoration of incipit and facing page consisting of swirling vegetal composition with large sāz leaves and floral forms in gold with black outline ; written area throughout set off with gold cloud-bands ; vegetal composition in gold fills band dividing two columns of written area or flanking centered text ; written area (and margin) framed by gold bands outlined in black fillets.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant hand ; serifless with sweeping elongated horizontal strokes, free assimilation of letters, misplaced (or distant, or unexpectedly combined) pointing, uncurved final yāʼ, etc.Layout: Written in 16 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: 34 IV(272) ; exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "... شهر ربيع الاول ١٢٣٢ در دار [؟] السلطنه اصفهان ... اين كتاب مستطاب ... بخط احمد [؟] جعفر ..."Explicit: "طاقش بی رواق چشم خوبان آمد این روی که ر نشین عالم آمد ..."Incipit: "زهی مثالی که چون جمالت نبسته نقشی زمانه زیبا بخنده شیرین ببذله شکر بغمزه لیلی بعشوه سلمی ...."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Āqā Muḥammad ʻĀshiq Iṣfahānī (d.1768 or 9) opening with the ghazals.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 872Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; depending on what it represents of involvement with the production of the manuscript, seal impression at close provides only a very rough terminus ante quem of 1837 (as seal could have been made years before use here). Paper, etc. consistent with early to mid 19th century dating.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muḥammad Ḥāfiz̤, Shīrāzī | Dīvān. | U. of M. has 6 MSS. of the Dīvān of Hafiz" -- b. Recycled card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith [according to R. Dougherty] "speckled paper | fine binding | some borders near front complete, others not – shows something about how books made" -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" -- e. Slip with description in pencil "Ḥāfeẓ (MS) | Divān | Date : | Place: Lucknow"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 21Binding: Boards covered in brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in dark red-brown paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central rectangular panel with triangles of vegetal composition accenting an inner diamond design and elaborate border in a scrolling vegetal pattern with gold-tooled accents ; spine gold-stamped with title "DIVAN | E | HAFIZ | - | MS" (likely has been rebacked) ; edges of text block gilt ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in green, white, and red stripes ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and occasional chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; 'written area' into margins silver-flecked, margins flecked in blue with small rectangle left for catchwords ; flyleaves and added leaves in European wove paper ; some staining and tide lines ; gilt edges.Decoration: Written area of opening leaves of text surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost red rule, divisions within defined by red rules ; 'written area' into margins silver-flecked, margins flecked in blue ; gilt edges.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant Indian [?] hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, superscripting of final words and letters (end of each line), pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, some elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 3 (3), 18 IV(147), III (153), IV (161), III (167), 3 IV(191), III (197), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; several leaves preceding and following the text flecked but left blank ; catchwords present.Explicit: "فحبک راحت فی کل حین وذکرک مونسی فی کل حال"Incipit: "الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 316Origin: As appears in a different hand following colophon on p.341, transcription possibly completed 920 [?] [1514 or 15 ?] ; decoration, paper, etc. appear to confirm dating of early 16th century or even late 15th century.Former shelfmark: "193 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures (and flyleaves) in magenta-tinted laid paper with gold-painted and gold-flecked central rectangular panel and gold-painted border ; upper and lower covers carry recessed, stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition with chī clouds, compare Déroche class. NSd) with pendants and cornerpieces as well as tooled border ; edges of text block gilt ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in purple and golden yellow, in poor condition with headband damaged and tailband gone ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, pest damage, lifting of leather, boards detaching, spine leather and lining detached, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite indistinct) and no chain lines apparent, sturdy and well-burnished ; some staining and pest damage.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of preface on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with now empty gold cartouche flanked by four-lobed pendants and all surrounded by floral vegetal motifs in gold, blue, white, red, yellow, red and lavender on a field of blue (approaching lapis lazuli) with white, green, gold and blue borders, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal design in gold, blue, white, red, yellow, red and lavender on fields of blue (approaching lapis lazuli) and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold chī cloud accents ; illuminated marginal decoration in the form of swirling vegetal composition with large floral motifs all in gold with red accents, varying double page after double page ; additional exquisite illuminated headpieces at opening of dīvān on p.10 and at section opening on p.26 ; written area throughout surrounded by a frame in gold and turquoise bands defined by black fillets and outer blue and red rules ; text of incipit and facing page set off with gold cloud-bands ; keywords chrysographed ; occasional floral accents in gold, red and blue appear between divided columns of text or to the side ; illuminated tailpiece following colophon on p.341 consisting of an inverted triangular shaped piece heavy gold vegetal composition on a dark red ground with flanking swirling floral accents in gold and red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with characteristic effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page ; written area often divided to two columns to set-off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, II (4), I (6), 9 IV(78), 2 III(90), V (100), II (104), 8 IV(168), I+1 (171), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "قد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذه الديوان الموسوم بلسان الغيب من كلام افصح الفصحاء واملح البلغاء حافظ شمس الدين محمد الشيرازى غفر الله له سنه ٩٢٠ [?]"Explicit: "فروغ نور ازآن فرخنده مرقد"Incipit: "حمد بیحد و ثناى بیعد و سپاس بیقیاس حضرت خداوند یرا که جمیع دیوان حافظان ارزاق ..."Title from inscription 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?).
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.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 342Origin: As appears in colophon on p.421, copied by Maqṣūd ʻAlī Shīrāzī with transcription completed in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1106 [July-August 1695].Former shelfmark: "123 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather (pebbled, in style of shagreen) with red-brown leather over edges / spine (possibly repairs or at least added later) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in dark red brown leather with central mandorla in gold-painted filigree appliqué (composition with two birds) over blue paper as well as pendants and gold-painted border ; outermost flyleaves in marbled paper (mainly blue and green) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with recessed onlays) and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition having crane-like bird at center) and pendants, as well as tooled and gold-painted borders ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, quite good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached at joint, lower cover almost fully detached at joint, much abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather (filigree, etc.) ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and no chain lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, well-burnished, thin and transluscent, crisp though sturdy ; in latter quires, another type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, more distinct, curved) and irregular chain lines in pairs (see p.222, etc.).Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of qaṣāyid on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying title in white ("قصاید صایب سلمه الله تعالى") surrounded by elegant vegetal composition in gold, orange-red, yellow, lavender, white, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli, red, and turquoise with white and black accents, surmounted by w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal composition in gold, orange-red, yellow, white, lavender, turquoise, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, all set in a well of blue, red and white ; incipit and facing page carry fine illuminated marginal decoration consisting of swirling vegetal compositionwith sāz leaves and floral motifs mainly in gold with lapis lazuli, red and turquoise accents ; text of incipit and facing page set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area (including columns within) throughout surrounded by gold frame defined by black and outermost blue fillets ; another splendid illuminated headpiece at opening of ghazalīyāt on p.16 (with written area, mounted in replacement leaf).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV-1 (7, opening leaf pasted down), 16 IV(135), III (141), 8 IV(205), IV-1 (212), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between p.215-216).Colophon: "Scribal," mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت الغزليات قدوة المتأخرين حضرت صايب الملقب به مستعد خان سلمه الله تعالى بتاريخ شهر ذي حجه الحرام سنه ۱۰۶ كتبه الفقير مقصود على شيرازى تم"Incipit: "تا نگردیدست خورشید قیامت آشکار مشت آبی زن بروی خود ز چشم اشکبار..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems (mainly qaṣīdahs and ghazals) of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d.1676?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 341Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 18th century. Dated ownership statements on 'title page' (p.1) supply terminus ante quem of 1758.Former shelfmark: "443 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "٨٥" inscribed on tail of text block.Binding: Pasteboards now fully covered in spring-green silk faced / backed with lavender paper (covered boards faced and lined, i.e. silk fully wraps apparently already leather-faced boards as with an overcover / slipcover, compare Isl. Ms. 343) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; flyleaves in dark lavender surface-dyed and gold-flecked laid paper (10 laid lines per cm. / horizontal, chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart / vertical, and watermark of three crescents / 95 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) ; upper and lower covers bear traces of stamped mandorlas beneath the textile and paper (likely in leather facing, which is also visible under the textile and paper) ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some staining, abrasion, lifting and losses of cloth and paper, etc. ; somewhat ill-fitting (small), particularly fore edge flap and upper cover.Support: European laid paper of several types ; one type with 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-26 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of grapes (raisin) with crown above (see p.67, etc.) ; another type with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of grapes (raisin) under crown and "PF" (see p.28, 35, 72) ; all well-sized and burnished, sturdy, thin and transluscent ; some leaves tinted bright yellow, pale green, pale pink, lavender, etc.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling vegetal design and floral motifs in pink, red, white, blue, and turquoise on fields of gold and blue, set in a well of dark turquoise and gold and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in pink, blue and red ; vegetal motifs in gold accent written area of incipit and facing page (pp.2-3) ; written area surrounded by heavy gold frame, columns within and occasionally margins also outlined in gold rules ; margins in opening quire gold-flecked ; some abbreviation symbols rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine though initially somewhat careless Ottoman hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes ; highly ligatured ; possibly a different hand supplying the latter portion of the codex.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (occasionally margins also ruled).Collation: i, 6 V(60), I (62), V-1 (69), 16 V(229), VI (241), 20 V(441), IV (449), 5 V(499), IV+1 (508), i ; chiefly quinions ; several sections (pp.119-120, 128-138, 441-460, 572-582, 890-899, 918-919) and final leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; poems numbered in Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages each between pp.10-11, 67-68).Incipit: "دل نگردید شب وصل تهی از گلها [گله ها] طی شد این وادی و هموار از نشد آبلها [آبله ها] ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the voluminous collected poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 364Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with descriptive notes in pen in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "364 | Dīvān of Ṣāʼib | Probably late 18th century | Contemporary binding | Copied probably in Turkey" (not paginated) -- b. Numerous inserts carrying excerpts and glosses (paginated pp.5-6, 9-10, 15-16, 19-20, 25-26, 29-30, 33-34, 39-40, 45-46, 51-52, 55-56, 63-64, 77-78, 91-92, 97-98, 151-152, 163-164, 169-170, 173-174, 179-180, 183-184, 187-188, 189-190, 193-194, 205-206, 209-210, 213-214, 217-218, 221-222, 225-226, 235-236, 241-242, 247-248, 253-254, 257-258, 363-366, 493-494, etc.).Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now detached) ; doublures in red-brown leather with central lozenge and pendants outlined in gold and flecked with silver, as well as gold-tooled border and rosette and stroke accents ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped (with gold-painted red leather recessed onlays) central lozenge and pendants (filled with symmetrical vegetal design incorporating cloud bands, red-painted, compare Déroche class. NSd), along with gold-tooled accents and a heavy guilloché roll border in gold ; design continues on flap ; edges of text block gold-painted with vegetal designs ; sewn in pink thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged with core of headband exposed ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached, lifting and losses of spine leather and lining, minor pest damage at spine, spine split through toward center of text block, minor abrasion, staining, etc. ; repair to upper joint in mauve textile ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of perhaps a few types ; mainly with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 20-22 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes (raisin) below cartouche and crown (see p.84, 104, 122, 124, 198, 199, etc.) ; another type with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of lion statant guardant (see p.280-281, 384-385, etc.) ; another type with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of a lion [?] passant with curled tail ; all thin and crisp though sturdy, well-sized and burnished to glossy, mainly light cream in color with a few leaves tinted pink, yellow, etc.Decoration: Superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche (oriented vertically) set in a scalloped dome overlaid with exquisite swirling floral vegetal motifs in shades of pink, blue, red-orange, yellow, white and gold on grounds of black, gold and slate blue with turquoise accents, all set in a well of narrow gold bands flanking a heavy light blue band with dark blue crosses and surmounted by a row of vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; second illuminated headpiece at opening of final section on p.534 (opens "نه احتیاج که ساقی ویرا شراب سنکا ..."), consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by scalloped dome overlaid with elegant floral vegetal motifs in gold with white, turquoise, and red accents on a gold ground, all set in a well of narrow gold bands flanking a heavy light blue band with dark blue crosses and surmounted by a row of vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with narrow gold bands defining divisions within ; red rule border defines margin ; headings, keywords and some marginalia rubricated ; occasional textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) with some element of shikastah (شكسته نستعليق) ; elegant, compact Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless, with marked effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, final nūn often reversed or recurved.Layout: Written mainly in 23 lines per page with written area divided to two columns, headings centered in written area and a variable number of lines glossing the margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V-1 (9), 5 V(59), V+2 (71), 14 V(211), IV+2 (221), IV (229), III-1 (234), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Incipit: "عمر من در سایه آن قامت دلجو گذشت از چنان حیرت فرا سروی چسان این جو گذشت ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection from the collected poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 868Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; hand, paper, etc. may suggest 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Z̤ahīr, Abū Naṣr, Fāryābī | Dīvān. | n. f. in Mich. MSS." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" (paginated pp.5-6).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 17Binding: Boards covered in red cloth with dark red-orange leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a sponge 'marbled' (mottled, cloudy appearance) laid paper in shades of red, pink and yellow ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine carries raised bands and gold-stamped "ZAHĪR AD-DĪN FĀRYĀBĪ | MS." ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in dark green ; overall in good condition.Support: non-European laid paper (much repaired) with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct, some curving) and chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves and replacement leaves in European laid paper ; some pest damage.Decoration: Section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, quite rounded ; headings in a large, elegant naskh.Layout: Written mainly in 15 lines per page, with written area divided to two columns ; decorative layout toward the latter part of the work with fewer lines and every other line on the diagonal (see p.243, etc.).Collation: iii, IV+1-3+3 (9), 9 IV(81), II (85), IV+1 (94), 2 IV(110), IV-2+2 (118), 3 IV(142), i ; original fragment almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes, lower outer corner of right-hand leaf, upper outer corner of left-hand leaf ; numerous blank replacement leaves have been inserted where original fragment was lacking ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (upper outer corner of verso of each original leaf) ; foliation in black ink, Western numerals (in upper margin of verso of each original leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts, flyleaves and added leaves and mistakenly skips ahead four pages following p.15 with p.20).Incipit: "طغرل بن ارسلان ملک الشعرا ظهیر الدین فی مدح السلطان چو زهره وقت صبوح از افق بسازد جنگ زمانه راست [تیز] کند ناله مرا آهنگ ..."Title from inscriptions on 'title page' (p.13).Ms. codex.Fine though fragmentary copy of the Dīvān of the court poet Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū al-Faz̤l Ṭāhir ibn Muḥammad al-Fāryābī (d.1201).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 336Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest 18th or early 19th century.Former shelfmark: "504 [?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٢" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1) ; "1/9" inscribed in ink on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Boards covered in textured black cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Type III binding though not flush ; board linings and hinges in bright red paper ; sewn in red and lime green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in lime green and red, good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite distinct) and no laid lines apparent, extremely well-burnished to glossy, crisp and transluscent, grayish color ; some pigment burn.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular panel with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral vegetal accents in gold, red, light blue, green, yellow, pink, etc. on fields of 'lapis lazuli' and gold, surmounted by a large (vertically elongated) scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, pink, blue, green, white, yellow, and red on a gold ground, sumounted by still further domes in lapis and dark maroon, entire piece set into a heavy well of red, lapis (with white cross accents) and turquoise bands defined by gold and black fillets ; gold cloud-bands and floral accents set off basmalah at opening on p.2 written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold bands defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule (columns within and outer margin also defined by gold fillets).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, final ی usually pointed ; partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, 5 IV(40), III (46), IV (54), 4 II(70), i ; mainly quaternions and binions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "یقین داند که صورت عین معنی است"Incipit: "الهی سینۀ ده آتش افروز در ان سینه دلی و ان دل همه سوز ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Farhād va Shīrīn, one of the mas̲navīs of Vaḥshī Bāfqī (d.1583).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 887Origin: As appears in colophon on p.653 (partially obscured), transcription completed 6 Shawwāl 1113 [?] [ca. 6 March 1702 ?]. As appears in opening matter on p.16, composition apparently dated to 991 [1583].Accompanying materials: a. Scrap with inscription in black ink "Fatḥ-nāma fī ʻilm al-Lughat | Not found in any cat of mss. or in any list of dicts." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "grammar/dictionary | one lang. is Persian" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 36Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in blue and orange) with dark blue cloth over spine and board corners (nearly half binding) ; Type III binding (without flap), though with rounded spine and not flush with text block ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; sewn over five recessed cords ; overall in fair condition with some lifting of paper and cloth, deformation of boards, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and chain lines occasionally faintly visible (see p.24, etc.), quite cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, beige to light brown in color.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; clear, compact hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and inclining to the right, pointing for three dots often in strokes, many closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, bar (shaqq) of kāf typically sweeping dramatically, partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, 38 IV (304), V (314), IV-2 (320), iii (per mid-quire marks) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; lacuna on p.207 marked with "بيض" ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes in the upper-outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower-outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, centered above the written area on the recto of each leaf (apart from that carrying the incipit page) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," "سنه ۱۱۱۳ هجرى قد فرغت عن كتابة هذه النسخة المسماة بالفتحنامه فى علم اللغة فى يوم السادس من شهر الشوال ... الحمد لله الحمد لله على توفيقه ..."Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى علم القرآن خلق الانسان علمه البيان وجعل علم اللغات مفاتيح الاذهان ومصابيح الاكنان ... قال الفقير العاصى ابو الخير بن سعد الانصارى تلميذونى من تلاميذ عالم العلم عارف ربانى الياس بن اسرائيل الحسينى ... فافتحتت [فافتحت ؟] كتابا يكون مجموعا بلغات العربى والعجمى فى عمل فتخان ... ضمته [؟] فيه بتوفيق الله عالم الغيب والشهادة فى الحادى تسعين وتسعمائة وجمعته على عدد الحروف بالابواب واوردت فصلين كل باب وسميته فتح الكتاب وحليت ووسمت كل لغة عربية مداولة وفسرت العجمى بالعربى كما فسرت بالعجمى ..."Title from inscription 'title page' (p.15).Ms. codex.Careful copy of an Arabic-Persian dictionary by Abū al-Khayr ibn Saʻd al-Anṣārī (fl. 1583).
Abstract: Collection of three treatises on metaphysical questions.Binding note: Limp binding. Dark brown leather.Contents: 1. fol. 1b-34b: Fawāʼid qudsīyah wa-asrār malakūtīyah or: Risālat al-qidam wa-al-ḥudūth / Mullā Shamsā Jīlānī.Contents: 2. fol. 37b-44b: Risālah fī ʻilm Allāh / Mullā Shamsā Jīlānī.Contents: 3. fol. 45b-91b: Risālah fī ithbāt ḥudūth al-ʻālam / Mullā Shamsā Jīlānī.Contents: 4. fol. 45b-50b (on the margins): Mukhtaṣar dar taʻrīf aṣṭurlāb, in 20 bāb.Ms. codex.Title provided by cataloger.20 lines per page. Written in shikastah nastaʻlīq in black ink. Light cream glazed paper. Marginal notes. On fol. 1a: Table of contents (partly illegible; mentions a treatise by al-Suhrawardī). Seal on fol. 1b. Some leaves have been mended (see fol. 1). Foliation in pencil using Western numerals. Vertical label on the spine (half wanting; number "68" in Arabic numerals). Water damaged.Text 2 was copied in Ramaḍān 1063 or 64 (fol. 44b). Text 3 was copied on 3 Shaʻbān 1065 (fol. 91b).Collation: Paper, fol. 91 ; 1-4⁸ 5⁴ 6-11⁸ 12⁸ (-1, after fol. 91) ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 129Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.226a, copied by Murād Aṣl ibn ʻAbd Allāh. Copy completed ("khatamtu hādhā [kadhā] al-nuskhah...") in the year 1165 [1751 or 1752] or possibly 1149 [1736 or 1737]. Reading is questionable, though 1165 may fit better with the claim that the copy was completed in the time of Arslan Giray Han (ruled 1748-1756). Scribal verses adjacent to colophon read "الخط باقى والعمر فانى والعبد عاصى والرب عافى."Accompanying materials: Numerous inserted slips, some with writing some without, between fol. 23 and 24, fol. 47 and 48, fol. 48 and 49, fol. 105 and 106, fol. 134 and 135, fol. 193 and 194.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London. "No. 122. Jami's commentary on the Kafiyah."Binding: Pasteboard covered in black leather; Type II (with flap); upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central mandorla and cornerpieces (design worn and no longer clearly visible but comparable to Déroche class. NA) along with decorative vegetal border and blind-tooled accents; pastedowns of pink paper; in good condition.Support: European laid paper; chain lines visible and running horizontally, spaced about 27 mm. apart; laid lines running vertically and spaced roughly 7 laid lines per cm; several quires in a second European laid paper with chain lines running horizontally and spaced roughly 23-24 mm. apart, laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 6-7 laid lines per cm.Decoration: Red rule-border frames portions of text and glosses.Script: Naskh, with influence of nastaʻlīq (talik); at least four or five distinct hands: hand of the first quire (fol. 1 - 10), hand of the eighth quire (fol. 124 - 134), hand of fol. 135 to the end, hand of fol. 70 to 89, etc.Layout: Written in 17 to 19 lines per page; frame-ruled.Collation: VI (12), 14 V (162), 4 IV (194), 5 III (214), 2 II (222), 2 I (226), 1 (227); catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (referenced in cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "ختمت هذا [كذا] النسخة الشريفة المباركة في يوم بشنبه وفي [الوقت ص] العشاء وفي مدرسة مصر ومدرسة باي محمد افندي وفي زمان ارسلان كراي خان خلد الله ملكه وسلطانته كاتبه مراد اصل الحقير الفقير المحتاج رحمة الله عليه اجمعين تاريخ سنة ١١٤٩ [؟]Explicit: "قد استراح من مكد الانتهاض لنقل هذا الشرح من السواد الى البياض العبد الفقير عبد الرضى عن الخير [؟] ... صاحب ومالك مراد اصل بن عبد الله كتبه مراد اصل ..."Incipit: "الحمد لله لوليه والصلوة على نبيه ... اما بعد فهذه فوائد وافية بحل مشكلات الكافية للعلامة المشتهر في المشارق "والمغارب الشيخ ابن الحاجبTitle from opening on fol.1b.Ms. codex.Jāmī's commentary, written for his son Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn Yūsuf and also called al-Fawāʼid al-Ḍiyāʼīyah, on ʻUthmān ibn ʻUmar Ibn al-Ḥājib's grammar, al-Kāfiyah. Description provided by Alison Vacca.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 683Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggests 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From verso of front flyleaf "IL 362" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Boards covered in dark purple cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in paper printed with floral / landscape design in shades of blue, tan, olive green, and white ; upper and lower covers carry embossed central ornament (oval scrollwork design) ; raised bands on spine, accented with stamped (turquoise-colored onlays) bands and floral motifs ; sewn in white thread, five stations, stab sewn as well ; stuck-on endbands in black and yellow ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion and staining.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of crown above grapes (see p.20, 24, etc.) alternating with "P S" (see p.22, 26, etc.), thin though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; some foxing, staining and tide lines.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by lavender floral motifs surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal motifs in lavender, pink, salmon, white, etc. on a gold ground, entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red and set in a well of pink with red accents ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame, elsewhere written area (including margin) surrounded by red rule-border ; keywords, section headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke over keywords) rubricated ; grid of table of contents outlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs on incipit and facing page ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; two elegant Turkish hands ; opening two works in an elegant nastaʻlīq (talik), characteristically serifless with effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, letterforms characteristic of nastaʻlīq (talik) ; final work in another nastaʻlīq (talik) similar to the first hand but with greater effect of words descending to baseline, thicker line and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV (8), V (18), V+1 (29), 23 V(259), i ; chiefly quinions ; fol.110-111 and 112-113 bound in reverse order ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves).Incipit: [Fetava-yi Ali Efendi] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله كتاب الطيبين الطاهرين الطهارة [الطيبين الطاهرين كتاب الطهارة] زيد جنب ايكن ذكر وتسبيح والصلوة على النبى ايتمك جائز اولورمى الجواب اولور ..." ; [Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt] ; "الحمد لله عظيم البرهان وعميم الاحسان ... فان افقر عباد الله السبحان عبد السيد الرحمن بن سليمان الشهير بخصالى بين الاجناب والاخوان قد اختصر هذا الرسالة بحسب الامكان في الكتب المعتبرة البيان ..." ; [Maruzat-ı Ebussuud] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا خاتم النبيين وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين اما بعد سعادتلى وفضيلتلى ومروتلى سلطانم حضرتلرينه عرض داعى منشالرى بو در كه بوندن اقدم مرحوم سيخ الاسلام ... حضرت ابو السعود ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.7. p.519-520 : [assorted excerpts].6. p.504-p.518 : [Maruzat-ı Ebussuud] / Ebussuud Efendi.5. p.482-p.503 : Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt / ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sulaymān, al-shahīr bi-Khilāṣī.4. p.478-p.481 : [blank].3. p.10-p.477 : Fetava-yi Ali Efendi / Ali Efendi Çatalcalı.2. p.8-p.9 : [blank].1. p.3-p.7 : [added contents listing and table of contents].Fine copy of the collection of legal decisions (fetvas) by Ali Efendi (d.1692), followed by Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt, a work of fiqh in Arabic by Hisâlî Abdurrahman Çelebî bin Süleyman bin Eyüp Sârûhânî (d.1676) and Maruzat-ı Ebussuud, a collection of legal decisions (fetvas) issued by Abū al-Suʻūd al-ʻImādī (Ebussuud Efendi, d.1574) and sanctioned by Sultan Süleyman I (r.1520-1566).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 68Origin: As appears in colophon on p.772, transcription finished 29 Rabīʻ II 1125 [ca. 25 May 1713].Accompanying materials: Numerous inserts have been paginated including a few documents, scraps carrying notes or glosses, an entire bifolium from another manuscript, etc. ; several half-sheets, mainly blank, have been sewn in (see pp.147-148, pp.199-200, pp.475-476, etc.).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 135. Legal decisions of Muh. Ata Allah."Binding: Limp dark brown leather (unusual grain) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; linings in laid paper ; upper and lower covers bear blind-tooled floral motifs for the central ornament, border and cornerpieces where they resemble carnations ; sewn in a red thread, two stations, though sewing often gone ; endbands entirely gone apart from traces of primaries ; in extremely poor condition with significant abrasion, moisture damage, shrinkage (lower cover in particular, which is quite ill-fitting), losses of spine leather, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced 26-28 mm. apart ; flower (?) watermark ; much staining ; moisture and or oil damage ; burn (acidic?) to edges.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of discs in red ; written area in first few quires surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; bold Turkish hand ; sans serif with effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, many sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes, exaggerated contrast in line thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes ; single quire near the end of the text (pp.623-642) supplied in a different hand, being quite a neat Ottoman naskh.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III (6), VI (18), 34 V(358), V-8 (360), IV (368) ; chiefly quinions ; third quire from last appears to be missing (between pp.752-753, compare catchwords and foliation) ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaf and inserts, skips two pages each between pp.19-20, pp.109-110, pp.239-240).Colophon: "Scribal", rectangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب في شهر ربيع الاخر في ٢٩ سنة خمس وعشرين ومائة والف "Explicit: "حد قديم نه در الجواب برامردركه اولنى بيلور اولميه حد القديم ما لا يحفظه القران من محيط البرهاني في كتاب ما يمنع عنه الانسان ما لا يمنع. تم الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله واصحابه اجمعين والحمد لله رب العالمين تم الكتاب"Incipit: "حمد وسپاس وشكر بى قياس خداى لا يزالى [كذا] لا يزاله كه اختراع كرده انواع انسان"Title from inscription on incipit page (p.18).Ms. codex.Well-annotated and quite early copy of the collection of fatwás of Minkarizade Yahya Efendi compiled by Ataullah Mehmet Efendi (d.1715).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 69Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.268b (p.537), copied ("ḥarrarahu...") by Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Bāyazīd al-Qaramānī. Transcription finished 4 Muḥarram 1149 [ca. 15 May 1736].Accompanying materials: Slip carrying notes between pp.214-215 (not paginated).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 150. Legal decisions of Abd al-Ghani."Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather ; Type II binding (with flap, flap now lost) ; board linings in laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla with floral vegetal composition ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; endbands in light blue and cream, fair condition ; overall in poor condition with much abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, loss of flap, upper cover detaching, etc. ; repairs in brown leather.Support: European laid paper of several types ; early quires in a European paper having 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 28-30 mm. apart (horizontal), horn (?) watermark ; other quires in another thinner European paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart, scrollwork with pedestal watermark and "A C" countermark ; some leaves in still another European paper with 14 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart, watermark with grapes ; not heavily burnished.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, sigla, and occasional notabilia (side-heads) rubricated ; overlining and textual dividers in the form of discs in red ; written area surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; characteristically sans serif with effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, occasional sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 V(20), VI (32), 15 V(182), V+2 (194), 7 V(264), 2 IV(280) ; chiefly quinions ; final quire following treatise of Abū al-Suʻūd mainly left blank ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (begins with ۲۹٦ on opening folio of text/fol.2a/p.5) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaf, skips two pages between pp.505-506, skips p.536).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "حرره الفقير اليه سبحانه وتعالى احمد المدعو بمولانا ابن رجب [؟] بن بايزيد القرمانى رحمهم الله عليهم وعلى سائر الاقرباء والاصدقاء سنة تسع واربعين ومائة والف في اليوم الاربع من محرم الحرام"Explicit: "حد قديم نه در الجواب برامردركه اولنى بيلور اولميه حد القديم ما لا يحفظه القران من محيط البرهاني في كتاب ما يمنع عنه الانسان ما لا يمنع. تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب"Incipit: "باب الاجازة المؤجلة و المعجلة ... اقجه بدل [؟] مقابله سنده فراغ وتسليم ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.4. fol.273a-fol.280b : [all but one leaf carrying an excerpt blank].3. fol.268b-fol.272b : Maruzat-ı Ebussuud / Abū al-Suʻūd.2. fol.2a-fol.268b : [Fetava-yı Ataullah] / Minkarizade Yahya Efendi and Ataullah Mehmet Efendi.1. fol.1b : [table of contents].Despite spine and edge titles, appears to be an odd second volume of the collection of legal decisions (fetvas) of Minkarizade Yahya Efendi (d.1678) compiled by Ataullah Mehmet Efendi (d.1715), beginning in the latter part of Kitāb al-ijāzāt. Followed by Maruzat-ı Ebussuud, the collection of legal decisions (fetvas) issued by Abū al-Suʻūd al-ʻImādī (Ebussuud Efendi, d.1574) and sanctioned by Sultan Süleyman I (r.1520-1566).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 347Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, style of painting, etc. may suggest late 16th or early 17th century ; dated ownership statement provides terminus ante quem of 1195 [1780 or 81].Former shelfmark: "468 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "222" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now lost [traces of flap on upper board lining, front flyleaf and opening leaf, damage at fore edge of lower cover]) ; board linings in orange paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing with most gatherings loose ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, upper cover detaching, flap lost, etc. ; reinforcements at sewing stations ; ill-fitting (slightly small) and likely not original.Support: non-European laid paper, possibly of more than one type ; 7-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), curving, quite faint and indistinct in many leaves ; rare single chain lines occasionally visible as short lengths ; sturdy and burnished ; flyleaves in well-burnished European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 25-27 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of "VG" and "F" set among three stylized hats [?].Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with large, empty gold cartouche with flanking domes and swirling floral vegetal motifs in gold, white, orange, red, and blue on grounds of gold and blue, bordered in bands of gold, orange and blue ; written area of incipit page surrounded by frame of heavy red and turquoise [?] bands (here and throughout divisions within defined by black fillets), elsewhere written area surrounded by a faint gold frame with outermost turquoise rule ; keywords, section headings and illustration captions rubricated ; generously illustrated with 8 full-page and 12 half-page paintings in gold, red, turquoise, blue, lavender, yellow, dark green, etc. depicting in Mecca and vicinity: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām (p.38), al-masʻá between al-Ṣafāʼ and al-Marwah (p.41), Jabal Bū Qubays marked "محل شق القمر" (p.43), Sūq al-Layl with the birthplace of the Prophet, ʻAlī and speaking stones (p.44), Mudʻá or sūq al-mudʻá, here marked "مدعا" (p.45), Maʻlā with tombs (most prominently of Khadījah) and pools for the Egyptian and Syrian caravans (p.50), Shubaykah cemetery (p.51), Jabal Nūr with Ghār Ḥirāʼ (p.53), Jabal Thawr with Ghār Hijrat (p.54), ʻArafāt with pilgrim tents, banners and lampstands, Maṭbakh Ādam, Masjid Namīrah, four posts marking the place of the standing ritual, and Syrian, Egyptian and Yemeni maḥāmil (p.61), Muzdalifah (p.64), Minā with the jamarāt, place of the sacrifice, Masjid Khayf, cave where the Prophet was sheltered (غار والمرسلات), etc. (p.68) ; in Medina and vicinity: Jabal Mafraḥ (p.80), the Prophet's mosque / al-Masjid al-Nabawī (p.83), al-Baqīʻ cemetery (p.87), Masjid Qubā (p.88), Four mosques and the two-qiblah Mosque (p.90), Jabal Uḥud (p.91) and in Jerusalem: al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf (p.93) with al-Masjid al-Aqṣá, Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah, etc. and a sandal of the Prophet (p.94).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 5 IV(40), IV-1 (47), i ; exclusively quaternions (final anomalous) ; on pp.74-75 written area framed but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "صل علی روضۀ خیر الانام خاتمه نسخه برین شد تمام تم تم تم تم تم تم تم تم تم"Incipit: "اى همه کس را بدرت التجا کعبۀ دل را ز تو نور و صفا ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant, richly illustrated copy of Muḥyī al-Dīn Lārī's renowned poetical description of the holy cities Mecca and Medina with a full account of the rites of pilgrimage (ḥajj).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 350Origin: As appears in colophon on pp.346-347, copied by one Riz̤ā with transcription completed 24 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1156 [ca. 8 February 1744] apparently on the order of Navvāb (Nawāb) Shīr Jang Bahādur in Shāhjahānābād (Delhi).Former shelfmark: "365 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٤١" on tail edge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures also in dark red leather painted in shades of blue and gold to define central mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces overlaid with elegant swirling vegetal decoration (stamped or appliqué design) ; hinges also in dark red leather, interior of spine in woven textile ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces (each filled with vegetal compositions) as well as gold-painted and tooled borders, outermost on a blue-painted feild ; sewn in white thread, four stations plus primaries, somewhat loose but sound ; worked endbands in white, blue and a dark metallic thread ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, minor pest damage, some gatherings loose, etc. ; subtle repair to replace lost pigment in border on upper cover.Support: Framing written area, a non-European (likely Indian) laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, distinct, curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, dense and sturdy, well-burnished, tinted blue in color and silver-flecked ; small rectangle of written area in another likely Indian laid paper, faintly marbled in pink (reminiscent of kumlu / kılçıklı ebru) and gold-flecked ; endpapers in still another paper (likely also of Indian manufacture), well-burnished, gray in tone ; subtle repairs in blue paper.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of table of contents (فهرست) on p.4 and at opening of text on p.10, the latter consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying basmalah surmounted by w-shaped piece / scalloped dome filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in orange, blue, bright pistachio green, pink, white, and lavender on grounds of blue and gold, all set in a well of pink bands with lavender crosses and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; splendid illuminated marginal decoration (in floral and vegetal forms) completes illuminated double-page opening on pp.10-11 ; simpler headpieces (in the form of gold rectangular pieces) appear at headings of other sections throughout ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with outermost white rule ; margins and columns within also defined by gold bands outlined in black ; keywords rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; large, elegant Indian 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 7 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, II (4), 15 IV(124), II (128), IV (136), IV+2 (146), 2 IV(162), IV-1 (169), III-1 (174), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "حرره العبد المذنب العاصی یحتاج الی رحمة الله الملک الاعلی رضا بتاریخ بیست و چهارم شهر ذی الحجه روزسه شنبه سنه ١١۵۶ هجری سمت اتمام پذیرفت این مجموعۀ جهان آرا مسمی بگنج المعانی که نواب شیر جنگ بهادر دام اقباله در سلک انتخاب کشیده و بندۀ درگاه بموجب امر اشرف در دار الخلافۀ شاهجهان آباد در عین بی سرانجافی ..."Incipit: "سر دفتر ستایش حمد خدا تویی بسم الله صحیفۀ هر مدعا تویی ..."Title from closing matter on p.347.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection of Persian poetry with contents listing ("فهرست این نسخه اشعار منتخبات خاص") provided prior to opening of text (see pp.4-8). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 277Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, etc. would suggest 17th century.Former shelfmark: "108 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis] on reverse of opening mounted leaf.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in dark blue leather ; accordion / concertina format ; board linings in green coated paper embossed with scroll / interlace pattern ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition, compare Déroche NSd 7) with tooled and gold-painted border ; sturdy leaves hinged together with green silk ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion (vegetal design in mandorla only partially visible), staining, lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; housed in sturdy slipcase covered in same dark blue leather with tooled and gold-painted borders and rosette accents, lined with yellow paper ; likely not original binding.Support: Written area in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper, well-burnished ; borders gold-flecked and tinted golden yellow with a slight pink hue ; written area of two leaves mounted on European laid paper.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by red pendants and set off by swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, white, red, etc. on a bright blue (reminiscent of lapis) ground, surmounted by a scalloped dome / triangular piece or hasp set in rectangular piece all filled with similar floral vegetal decoration on fields of gold and blue with turquoise, black and light blue accents, entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) and bordered in bands of gold and blue ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by rich border consisting of gold, white, blue, and turquoise bands flanking a heavy band of light blue with vegetal decoration in gold ; floral vegetal motifs set off opposite corners of written area ; margins heavily gold-flecked ; elegant illuminated tailpiece at close consisting of upper and lower rectangular pieces with empty gold cartouches (one rosette or mandorla-shaped, the other a scalloped lozenge) surrounded by floral vegetal designs in gold, white, blue and red on fields of blue with turquoise and gold accents surrounded by bands of gold, red, blue and heavy black and gold interlace.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand in a medium line (fine specimen of calligraphy) ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters as well as elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written mainly in 8 lines per page on the diagonal, a hemistich per line ; frame-ruled.Collation: Fourteen leaves or 'panels' hinged together with green silk in accordion format ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "هر طرف كان سوخ راند جامي بيصبر و دل از پيش افغان كنان چون دادخواهي بگذرد"Incipit: "از خارخار عشق تو در سینه دارم خارها هر دم شکفته بر رخم زان خارها گلزارها ..."Title from flap of slipcase.Ms. codex.Superb calligraphic specimen in accordion format employing ghazals of Jāmī (d.1492). Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi and Abdullah Ghouchani.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 895Origin: As appears in colophon on p.298, copied by Muḥammad Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad Ādam in Chīnāpatan (چيناپتن, i.e. Madras or Chennai) with transcription completed in 1184 [1770 or 71] or 1185 [1771 or 2] ; likely 1185 as numerals appear to have been overwritten in red by the rubricator.Accompanying materials: a. Slip or tag with "#2" in red pencil (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip of ruled paper with inscription in ink "Chambers. See Ethé, Bodleian cat., col. 260." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 15 Gulistān of Saʻdī | copied in 1185 (6 ?) in Chināpatan (?) by Muḥammad b. Jaʻfar b. Muḥammad" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muṣliḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh, Musharrif al-Dīn, called Saʻdī, Shīrāzī. Gulistān. Copied A.H. 1185. Have several other MSS in U. of M. Isl. MSS." (paginated pp.7-8) -- e. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.9-10) -- f. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.11-12) -- g. Card with description in pencil "Gulestān (MS) | Saʻdi | Date: 1185 AH (1766±) | Pages: 284" (paginated pp.13-14).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no 44Binding: Boards covered in reddish cloth with red-brown leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in faintly marbled paper with a pinkish hue ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine blind-tooled with leaf and decorative lines as well as gold-stamped with "SAʻDĪ |GULISTĀN | MS. | A.H. 1185" ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; overall in good condition.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct, curving) and chain lines only faintly visible at roughly 25 mm. apart (see p.302, etc.), thin and crisp though sturdy, well-sized and burnished, stark white in color ; original leaves have been mounted in frames of wove paper (applied to the recto) which have then been sewn in the current rebinding ; outer edges of original leaves and mounts have been trimmed together ; minor pest damage in original leaves.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.22 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying the basmalah set off by cloud bands) flanked by floral vegetal motifs in gold, red and dark grey blue, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal designs in red, grey blue [or dark green?], and gold on fields of gold and grey blue, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) grey blue and set in a well of gold and grey bands with red vegetal accents ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame consisting of a gold band defined by black fillets with outermost black and red rules ; elsewhere written area surrounded by triple rule-border in two red rules and one blue ; keywords, abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke overlining some keywords), and vocalization rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of horizontal stroke with closed loop, three dots, etc.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant, somewhat compact hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, many closed counters, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in strokes or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv, 17 IV(136), II+1 (141), iv ; almost exclusively quaternions (though original sewing now impossible to discern, mid-quire marks designate centers of gatherings) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf ; final leaves ruled but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in now light grey ink, Western numerals (every other leaf, not always visible) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "این کتاب مستطاب کلستان از معین واهب متعال ... بشب دوشنبه در سنه ۱۱۸۴ [۱۱۸۵] چیناپتن باتمام رسید کاتب الحروف محمد جعفر بن محمد ادم غفر الله ذنوبهى بیت ... تم"Incipit: "منت مر خدا یرا عز و جل که طاعتش موجب قربت است ..."Title from close on p.298.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292).
Gift of Stephen Spaulding.Colophon states that the copy was made by Ghulām Ghawth in the city of ʻAzīmābād (also known as Patna, capital of the Bihar province of India) in the year one of an unidentifiable Mughul ruler's reign. Although no name is provided for this ruler, an epithet is present, which contains the word "khalīfah"; since only Akbar, Jahangīr, and Shāh Jahan referred to themselves as khalīfahs, it is likely that the text is referring to one of these three emperors. If so, the date of production would be either 1556, 1605, or 1627, which are the dates of the accessions of each of these three kings.First page of manuscript contains a note in English written by one owner, which reads: "I bought this at the sale of General Carnac's Books: it is the copy which the general lent to Sir WIlliam Jones when employed in compiling his Persian Grammar. A very correct copy." There is also a printed note pasted onto this page with the same information. Seventh page features the title of the work and table of contents hand-written in Latin.Written in black nastaʻlīq script. Rubricated. Text is bordered with thin blue and red lines.Reddish-brown soft leather bound codex with simple tooling on upper and lower covers. Binding may not be original; some folios of different paper seem to have been added at the front and back, which have been left blank.Written in 656/1258, the Gulistān is Saʻdī's most famous work, composed in rhymed prose with many verses interspersed throughout. The work, which is usually divided into eight sections, constists of entertaining anecdotes that illustrate ethical points.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 307Origin: As appears at close on p.298-299, copy executed for Iʻtimād al-Dawlah Mīrzā Āqā Khān Khwājah-ʼi Nūrī Ṣadr-i Aʻẓam (اعتماد الدوله ... میرزا آقا خان خواجۀ نوری صدر اعظم) by Muḥammad Ḥusayn al-Shīrāzī with transcription completed in Shawwāl 1271 [June-July 1855] (most likely reading). Numeral ٢ now appears as ١ though with evidence that some pigment has been lost.Former shelfmark: "206 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on upper board lining ; "١٦" on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark gray leather (pebbled quality of shagreen) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; board linings in pink surface-dyed paper with stag leaping above pond (stag springing or salient, or even courant) watermark (see lower board lining) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-painted scalloped rectangular panel and frame ; sewn in light pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and dark magenta, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion and staining, negative draw in upper cover, etc.Support: Wove paper, dark cream to beige in color, well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with basmalah flanked by gold cartouches and surmounted by elongated w-shaped piece filled with delicate floral vegetal decoration in shades of pink, blue, green, red, and orange on grounds of dark blue and gold set in a well of gold, dark blue, bright green and red bands ; brilliant illuminated marginal decoration (of floral motifs, saz leaves, etc. chiefly in gold with red, blue, orange, and black accents) completes the illuminated double-page opening (p.2-3) ; gold cloud-bands set off text on incipit and facing page ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by frame in bands of gold, light blue, red, and turquoise with outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands ; margin defined by red fillet flanked by black fillets ; keywords and some headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; large, elegant hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless, with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set just down in wide, angled bowl.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off verses ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-1 (7), 19 II (83), IV-2 (89), 14 II (145), II+1 (150), i ; almost exclusively binions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads " ... و هم خط تحریر شان را بیاراید برای تعلیم طرز کتاب و هر مشق خط ناپسند این بنده جانی محمد حسین الشیرازی ... حرره فی شهر شوال سنه ١٢٧١"Explicit: "تمام شد کتاب گلستان بتوفیق حضرت سبحان و هو المستعان و علیه التکلان بدانکه درین کتاب چنانکه رسم مؤلفانست و داب مصنفان از اشعار متقدمان بطریق استعارات تلفیقی نرفت ... بر رسولان بلاغ باشد و بس"Incipit: "منت خدای را عز و جل که طاعتش موجب قربتست ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and closing matter on p.296.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.