Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 97Origin: As appears in colophon on p.447, transcription finished ("wa-qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min taḥrīr hādhā al-kitāb...") in the first part of Jumādá I 929 [March 1523].Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No.146. Glosses on the Wikayah."Binding: Pasteboard covered in dark brown leather with red-brown leather repairs on spine and at edges/turn-ins ; Type II binding (with flap, now lost) ; board linings in laid paper ; cover bears blind-stamped scalloped mandorla with floral vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi2 5) ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and sky blue, fine condition ; overall in poor condition with upper cover and flap lost, significant abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines grouped in threes with 9-10 mm. between the chains and roughly 35 mm. between groups ; well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviations rubricated ; occasional overlining and textual divders in the form of discs in red ; written area (opening through p.64 and then p.251 to close) surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq ; virtually serifless ; mainly closed counters ; effect of words descending to baseline, occasionally more exaggerated ; occasional extension of horizontal strokes ; colophon in thuluth.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 6 V(60), II+2 (66), V (76), II (80), 4 V(120), II (124), 6 V(184), IV+1 (193) ; chiefly quinions ; p.134 and p.444 left blank, unmarked ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and inserts ; drops from p.132 to p.131 thus repeating pp.131-132).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "وقد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذا الكتاب في اوائل جمادى الاولى في سنة تسع وعشرين وتسعمائة"Explicit: "وان لم يمتد اعتقاله او لم يعلم اشاراته لم يكن حكمه حكم الاخرين فلا يعتبر اشارته و كتابته تم بعون الله تع"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى شرح صدر الشريعة الغراء ... وبعد فان تكميل النفوس الانسانية بالفضائل القدسية و تحليتها بالخصائل الانسية... فشرعت فيها ثانيا بعد ايابي من تلك الاراضي المقدسة ... وسميتها بذخيرة العقبى في شرح صدر الشريعة العظمى ..."Title from opening (p.7).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the gloss by Yūsuf ibn Junayd Akhī Chelebi on Sharḥ al-Wiqāyah by Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Aṣghar (al-Thānī) ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Masʻūd al-Maḥbūbī, itself a commentary on Wiqāyat al-riwāyah fī masāʼil al-Hidāyah by Maḥmūd ibn Ṣadr al-Sharīʻah al-Maḥbūbī, an epitome on the celebrated work of Ḥanafī fiqh, al-Hidāyah by ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī. (see Isl. Ms. 86 for another ms. copy of this work).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 446Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; perhaps late 15th or early 16th century as suggested by paper and hand.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures and interior of flap in dark green leather ; hinges in blue paper cut with scalloped design ; upper and lower covers bear large stamped and gold-painted scalloped mandorla with pendants (compare Déroche class. OAi 10) as well as gilt roll border consisting of a series of s-shaped stamps ; design continues on envelope flap ; upper and lower doublures carry tooled and gold-painted outline of scalloped mandorla and gold-painted rule border ; sewn in black thread, four stations ; endbands lacking ; in fair condition with much abrasion, staining, and lefiting of leather at edges and on spine ; some delamination of boards.Support: mainly Arab laid paper of perhaps two types, each with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly indistinct with some curving) and chain lines (vertical) grouped in threes, in one type spaced roughly 12-14 mm. apart with 30 mm. between groups (see p.4, etc.) and in another type spaced roughly 12 mm. apart with 38-40 mm. between the groups (see p.36, etc.), inclusions visible, sturdy, medium cream in color, burnished ; leaf carrying pp.23-24 delaminating at upper outer corner ; back flyleaf in heavy laid European paper with chain lines oriented horizontally spaced roughly 30 mm. and laid lines oriented vertically, quite distinct and spaced roughly 8-9 laid lines per mm. ; front flyleaf in smooth, thin European laid paper with chain lines oriented horizontally spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, laid lines very fine and faint, difficult to measure, watermark partially visible (lion rampant in shield).Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes appear in preface and throughout the text of the poem and its translation, often appearing between the saṭr and ʻajuz for each bayt ; written area of preface (pp.2-3) bordered in frame consisting of gold band outlined by black fillets ; partially rubricated with final words of the ʻajuz for each bayt occasionally in red.Script: Very fine calligraphy ; saṭr and first words of ʻajuz for each bayt in thuluth, final words of ʻajuz in tawqīʻ ; text of preface and elucidation in fine Ottoman naskh with right-sloping head serifs on lām of definite article and other ascenders apart from free-standing alif, gentle slant to the left ; preface, text of poem and elucidation fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 10-14 lines per page, 5 lines of the poem and 5-9 of the amplification, with the saṭr and first few words of the ʻajuz of each bayt filling the column width horizontally and the remainder of the ʻajuz appended diagonally, the elucidation in Turkish appearing on the following line or occasionally the following two lines centered below the saṭr and first few words of the ʻajuz ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board cearly evident).Collation: i, III(6), VI(18), i ; catchwords present, but only partially visible or completely cut off ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "ما رنحت عذبات البان ريح صبا واطرب ...العيس حادي العيس بالنغم وصلى الله على خير خلقه محمد واله الطيبين الطاهرين وسلم تسليما"Incipit: "قال الشيخ الامام العالم حجة الادب لسان العرب قدوة الانام بقية السلف الكرام شرف الدين ابو عبد الله محمد بن سعيد البوصيري رحمه الله سبب انشاء هذه القصيدة المباركة اني كنت قد اصابني خلط فالج ابطل نصفي ... وبه ثقتي وعليه التكلان من الخدلان امن تذكر جيران بذي سلم مزجت دمعا جرى من مقلة بدم اكد كمى ذى سلمدگى اهل وجيرتى كم قان ياش اغلمق كوزكك اولدى عادتى"Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet accompanied by elucidation in Turkish ; opens with preface (see pp.2-3).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 230Origin: As appears in colophon on p.38, executed by es-Seyyid Abdullah, known as el-İmam, pupil of Hafız Osman Efendi, with transcription finished in 1109 [1697 or 8].Former shelfmark: "332 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1) ; "118" also inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in olive-tan leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in purple coated and embossed paper with central gold-painted floral accents and border ; upper and lower covers carry stamped, gold-painted scalloped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition over red onlays) and pendants as well as gold guilloché roll border ; design continues on flap ; sewn in yellow thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (at foreedge especially), staining, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, contrasting direction for written area and surrounding frame into which it has been set / mounted) and occasional chain lines visible, cloudy formation, crisp and transluscent, well-sized and burnished to glossy ; final leaf in wove paper.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) appears at opening on p.2 consisting of a rectangular panel with empty gold cartouche and flanking floral pieces in pink, white, red and orange on fields of gold and blue, surrounded by heavy frame or well in bands of gold and black interlace, white crosses on a red ground, and white crosses on a blue ground, and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area surrounded by frame in heavy gold band outlined by black fillets with a narrow gold band outlining the panels formed by the layout of alternating line filling the column width and three centered lines.Script: Exquisite specimen of Ottoman calligraphy ; opening and every fourth line (saṭr or ʻajuz of a particular bayt) in a fine thuluth ; following three lines (ʻajuz or saṭr of continued or following bayt) in naskh ; fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 9 lines per page with the opening line (the basmalah) and every fourth line thereafter (saṭr or ʻajuz of a particular bayt) filling the column width and the three following lines (ʻajuz or saṭr of continuing or following bayt) centered below.Collation: i, IV+I (10), IV+2 (20), i ; two anomalous quaternions ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, appearing in the lower-inner left corner of the written area beginning with the incipit page ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," reads: "كتبه الفقير السيد عبد الله المعروف بالامام من تلاميذ عثمان افندي غفر الله ذنوبهما آمين سنة ۱۱۰۹"Explicit: "ما رنحت عذبات البان ريح صبا واطرب العيس حادي العيس بالنغم اللهم صل وسلم على اشرف الخلق واكمل الخلق محمد واله والطاهرين اجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا كثيرا الى يوم الحشر والقرار ما دام الدهور والايام"Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم آمن تذكر جيران بذي سلم مزجت دمعا جرى من مقلة بدم ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet executed by the renowned Ottoman calligrapher, Seyyid Abdullah of Yedikule (Yedikuleli Seyyid Abdullah Efendi, d.1731), favorite pupil of the celebrated calligrapher Hafız Osman Efendi (d.1698).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 248Origin: As appears in colophon on p.69, copied by Ḥamzah ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb in 828 [1424 or 1425], likely in Egypt. As appears in patronage statements/ex libris on p.6 and in titlepiece on p.13, copied for Karīm al-Dīn, perhaps al-Wazīr al-Ṣāḥib Karīm al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Kātib al-Manākh (d.852/1448) (see Ibn Taghrībirdī, Ḥawādith al-duhūr, sanat ithnatayn wa-khamsīn wa-thamānimiʼah, shahr Rabīʻ al-Ākhir).Former shelfmark: "۱۱۹" on paper label on upper cover (repeated in pencil on titlepage for al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná, p.7).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather with spine and edges/turn-ins in dark brown leather of similar color ; Type III binding (without flap) ; flyleaves and pastedowns in yellow-tinted European laid paper ; upper and lower covers bear stamped and gold-painted scalloped mandorla with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. NSd 7) ; sewn in red thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with staining, abrasion, some lifting of leather at edges, etc.Support: non-European laid paper (likely Egyptian) with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines grouped in threes (vertical) with 9-11 mm. between the chains and 37-42 mm. between the groups ; alternating tinting of the bifolia ; flyleaves in a yellow tinted European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal) and moon in shield with face in profile and 'B G' watermark as well as in an untinted European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of spread eagle and coat of arms with lion rampant in shield with crown above ; numerous repairs.Decoration: Rectangular panel at opening (p.6) carries poetic patronage statement (خدمت بها من قد سما بفعاله واقواله ما بين قارئ وكاتب كريم يعادي الباخلين وانه بمصر عزيز صاحب وابن صاحب) accented by cloud bands and swirling arabesque ; on p.7, illuminated titlepiece for al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná in the form of a rectangular panel with accompanying ansa (in this case, roundel) carries title in white (الاسما الحسنى نفع الله بها) with gold outline set among gold vegetal design on a field of blue ; entire piece is framed by a heavy gold band and blue rule ; on p.12, at close of al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná a fine illuminated tailpiece in gold and blue in the form of an almond-shaped panel flanked by illuminated rosettes carries inscription in white (تمت الاسما) ; on p.13, exquisite illuminated titlepiece for al-Burdah consisting of a large rectangular panel divided to smaller rectangular panels carrying the title and ex libris (الكواكب الدرية في مدح خير البرية صلى الله عليه وسلم برسم خزانة المقر الاشرف العالي المخدومي الصاحبي الكريمي كريم الدين عظم الله شأنه) in white set in lozenge-shaped cartouches with flanking roundels filled with vegetal design in gold on fields of blue ; ansa in the form of a roundel accompanies uppermost panel ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes with blue and red accents appear throughout ; keywords occasionally chrysographed ; for each of bayt of al-Burdah, saṭr in black and ʻajuz rubricated ; written area of incipit and facing page of al-Burdah surrounded by frame consisting of gold band and heavy blue rule ; tailpiece in the form of a rectangular panel carrying the colophon follows al-Burdah on p.69 and closely resembles opening rectangular panel (p.6).Script: Text of al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná in fine Mamlūk naskh, tailpiece in script resembling 'Eastern Kufic' ('broken cursive' or New Abbasid Style, NS) ; titlepiece for al-Burdah in thuluth, saṭr of each bayt in muḥaqqaq, ʻajuz in fine Mamlūk naskh ; fully vocalized ; glosses (takhmīs, mainly in Turkish, ending abruptly at p.28) in naskh-nastʻalīq, varying hands.Layout: Written in 6 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, II (4), III (10), VII (24), III+3 (33), ii ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals begins with incipit page (p.14) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "تمت البردة الشريفة بحمد الله تعالى وعونه على يد الفقير الى الله تعالى حمزة بن عبد الوهاب غفر الله له ولوالديه وللمسلمين اجمعين وذلك في عام ۸۲۸".Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Qaṣīdat al-Burdah by al-Būṣīrī (d.1294–7?) with later takhmīs mainly in Ottoman Turkish. Preceded by al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná (with numerical values for each name) and following by notes and excerpts.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 228Origin: As appears in colophon, executed by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī [ibn Aḥmad] al-Ziftāwī in the first tenth of Muḥarram 783 [March-April 1381].Binding: Pasteboards covered in a light brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in heavy untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry decoration evoking the Islamic style with central oval ornament (wreath stamped in green) and cornerpieces (scrolling vegetal motifs stamped in green) as well as stamped border of repeating floral / shell pattern in red ; sewn in white thread over three heavy white cords (flexible sewing) ; no endbands ; paper label on spine ; in fairly good condition though sewing exposed between a few separated gatherings.Support: non-European (Arab) laid paper with chain lines grouped in threes running horizontally, spaced roughly 12-15 mm. apart with roughly 42 mm. between the groups ; laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 9 laid lines per cm. ; heavy and well-burnished with undissolved fibers and inclusions visible ; staining ; numerous reinforcements and repairs throughout, mainly guards but also fills (see first folio carrying the titlepiece and opening).Decoration: Exquisite, richly illuminated titlepiece ; ansa in the form of roundel with rosette attached to upper panel, which is surmounted by fine arabesque and vertical stalks in blue, lavender, gold, green, etc. ; upper panel contains cartouche carrying title in foliated Kufic lettered in gold on a field of blue with green swirling vegetal pattern ; lower panel contains large scalloped medallion (shamsah) carrying statement of authorship and ex libris lettered in gold with lined cloud-bands and vegetal accents, surrounded by a field of blue with floral vegetal design in gold, lavender, and green ; decorative strapwork border in gold surrounds entire piece ; illuminated headpiece consisting of a rectangular panel with roundel/rosette ansa ; within the panel, the basmalah is executed in gold accented with cloud-bands and cross-hatch pattern ; illuminated tailpiece consists of a rectangular panel with roundel/rosette ansa ; within the panel two roundels with rosettes flank the date of transcription accented with cloud-bands and cross-hatch pattern ; a red rule-border outlines the text itself, with illuminated rosettes flanking the lines of the amplification (takhmīs) ; on the opening and facing page, rosettes in blue and gold along with roundel in gold bearing word "تخميس" [?] ; text partially chrysographed with final words of each line in gold.Script: Very fine Mamlūk calligraphy ; saṭr and first words of ʻajuz for each bayt in thuluth (verging on tawqīʻ), final words of ʻajuz in tawqīʻ and amplification in serifless naskh ; text and takhmīs fully vocalized ; title of titlepiece in foliated Kufic ; ex libris of titlepiece in tawqīʻ ; text of tailpiece in riqāʻ verging on tawqīʻ.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, 3 lines of the poem and 9 of the amplification, with the saṭr and first few words of the ʻajuz of each bayt filling the column width horizontally and the remainder of the ʻajuz appended slanting down diagonally, and three lines of amplification centered below the saṭr and first few words of the ʻajuz ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III (6), II (4), 4 I(18), I+1 (21), 2 I(25), I+1 (28), i ; difficult to discern original gatherings, but appears to consist mainly in single bifolia (singulions) ; no catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," reads: "تمت مع التخميس بحمد الله وعونه وصلى الله على نبيه محمد كتبها محمد بن علي الشهير بالزفتاوي عفا الله عنه بكرمه في العشر الاول من شهر الله المحرم افتتاح عام ثلاث وثمانين وسبعمائة حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل"Explicit: "ما رنحت عذبات البان ريح صبا واطرب العيس حادي العيس بالنغم"Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين ما بال قلبك لا ينفك ذا ألم ... امن تذكر جيران بذي سلم مزجت دمعا جرى من مقلة بدم ..."Title from titlepiece.Ms. codex.An elegant copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet with its amplification (takhmīs) by Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Fayyūmī (mid-14th century), as well as a fine specimen of Mamlūk calligraphy as executed by al-Ziftāwī (d.806/1403 or 4).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 221Origin: As appears in authorial colophon on p.838, composed in Mecca. Details on the origin of this copy lacking. Paper, hand, decoration, etc. suggest early 17th century (see Velkov, Les filigranes dans les documents ottomans). Date of waqf-seal impression provides a terminus ante quem of 1782.Former shelfmark: "71 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "51" in pencil on front flyleaf (affixed to opening leaf) ; "124" in Hindu-Arabic numerals on tail of text block.Binding: Pasteboards covered with black leather ; Type II binding (with flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping hinges visible at spine) ; doublures in red leather ; upper and lower covers carry large, stamped (red recessed onlays) and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NA 4), pendants and cornerpieces as well as tooled and gold-painted chain and rule borders ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in white thread, two stations (repair to opening gathering in rose thread) ; worked chevron endbands in white and blue, good condition, primaries sewn through inner leather spine lining ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, staining, etc.Support: Gatherings mixed with leaves of non-European (likely Persianate) and European laid paper of at least two types ; all fairly thin, crisp and extremely well-burnished ; leaves of likely Persianate laid paper exhibiting especially cloudy formation with laid lines vertical but difficult to measure ; leaves of European laid paper, least two types, both with roughly 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 30-33 mm. apart (vertical, difficult to examine) and watermarks of cross in tear-drop shape with letters below (see p.68, 80, etc.) and of anchor in circle with trefoil above (see p.266, etc.).Decoration: Splendid double-page illumination on pp.2-3 executed in gold, blue, orange-red, and white, consisting of rectangular panels corresponding to the written area, the panel of the right-hand with five large cartouches (set off by arabesques and floral motifs) carrying text "ونسخة قاموس قد تحررت بها مد مجد الدين فى الطرس ابحرا ففاخرت الافلاك فيها موادها وقد ملئت تبرا ودرا وجوهرا صلى الله على من لا نبي بعده وسلم" executed in white thuluth on gold grounds and surmounted by a rectangular headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ), the panel of the facing page with similar headpiece surmounting rectangular pieces carrying title, central medallion (shamsah) carrying an authorship statement, and rectangular piece with the ṣalwalah, all text in white on gold grounds set off by blue and red vegetal accents ; frames of gold, red, and blue rules defined by black fillets surround panels of opening illuminated titlepiece / frontispiece and incipit and facing pages ; illuminated roundels appear in the margins of all of the opening illuminated pages as well ; similar illuminated headpieces with cartouches carrying the basmalah, etc. appear on incipit page and facing page of the opening half of the text (pp.4-5) as well as at the opening of the second half (p.432) ; further rectangular headpieces set off chapter headings ; gold rule borders throughout ; section headings chrysographed, many keywords (terms) and letters (abbrevation symbols) rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs.Script: Naskh ; small, elegant Syro-Egyptian or Turkish hand in a thin line ; mainly serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left, some elongation of horizontal strokes, curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots ; mainly vocalized ; chapter headings, section headings, and keywords (terms) in larger script reminiscent of tawqīʻ.Layout: Written in 37 lines per page ; impression of ruling board evident.Collation: i (affixed to opening leaf), 3 V(30), V-2 (38), V (38), V-2 (56), 4 V(96), IV+1 (105), V (115), IV+1 (124), 5 V(174), IV+1 (183), V (193), 2 IV(209), III (215), 3 V(245), 2 II (249), 1 (250), 3 V(280), V-1 (289), V-2 (297), 4 V(337), V-1 (346), V (356), IV (364), V-3 (371), 2 V(391), V-1 (400), V (410), V-1 (419) ; chiefly quinions with several anomalous quires ; pages between the two halves of the work left blank (see p.430 and 431) ; catchwords present ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper outer corner of the recto of the first leaf of each quire (3rd through 23rd, first half of the work) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Authorial," rectangular, reads, "قال مؤلفه الملتجي الى حرم الله تعالى محمد عفا الله عنه ابن يعقوب بن محمد الفيروزاباذي رحمهم الله تعالى هذا اخر القاموس المحيط والقابوس الوسيط عنيت بجمعه وتأليفه وتهدينه وترصيفه ولم ال جهدا في تلخيصه وتخليصه واتقانه راجيا انه يكون خالصا لوجه الله ورضوانه وقد يسر الله تعالى اتمامه بمنزلي على الصفا بمكة المشرفة تجاه الكعبة المعظمة زادها الله تعالى لعظما وشرفا وهيأ لقطان باحثها من بحابح الفراديس غرفا ونقع بهذا الكتاب المكنسي من تركها اخوانه وحسنه بالقبول لتستعير من حسنه الغواني لطائف المعاني أجزل من فضله العميم ثوابي وجعله نورا بين يدي يوم حسابي والحمد لله...والصلوة...وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وسلم"Explicit: "لان قبلها كسرة تخلفها ويا الجزم المنبسط رأيت عبدي الله لم تسقط لانه لا خلف عنها"Incipit: "الحمد لله منطق البلغا باللغى في البوادي ومودع اللسان السن اللسن الهوادي...وبعد فان للعلم رياضا وحياطا"Title from illuminated titlepiece on p.3.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of al-Fīrūzābādī's renowned dictionary of the Arabic language.
Abstract: Volume three of a five-volume collection of hadith from numerous sources, with commentary and interpretations and other information about reports.Title from title page.اَلَجُزْءُ الَثَّالثُ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَجْزَا مِنْ جَامِع الأصَوْلِ فِي أَحَادِْثِ الرَّسُوْلِ صَلَّى اللهِ عَليْه وعَلَى آله وَسَلَّمْ وَشَرَّف وَكَرَّمOwnership note by the sisters Dahmāʼ and Fāṭimah bint al-Ḥusayn.جيده، ولكن عليه آثار بلل في بعض صفحاته ، وأيضاً بعض صفحاته مقطوعة من أطرافها وهو عبارة عن مخطوط كبير الحجم مجلد بغلاف جلدي بني مع بعض القماش ملفوف على حافته وعليه نقشه محفوره في الجلد وعلى صفحاته اطار أحمر وتم كتابة المخطوط بالمداد الأسود والأحمرIncipit: بِسْمِ اْللهِ... حَرْفُ اْلَضَّاد وَفِيْةِ كِتَابَان، كِتَابُ الَضِّيَافَة، وَكِتَابُ اْلضَّمَانِ، الكِتَاب الأَوَّل؛ فِي اْلضِّيَافَةِ أبوُ كَريْمَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُوْل الله صَلَّى اْلله عَليْهْ وَآلهْ وَسَلَّم اْلضَّيْفُ حَقٌ عَلى كَلِّ مُسْلِمِ فَمَن أَصَبَح بِفِنَايهِ فَهْوَ عَلَيْه دَيْنٌ...Explicit: وَردوا امرّهم الى الاشتر النخعى رضي الله عنه فكتبوا الى عثمان ليؤمر عَليّهم غيّره فانفذ اليّهم أبا موُسَى الاشعَريِ اْميراً اْخَالفك... غير مكتملNaskh and thuluth scripts, written in black and red ink. Text enframed in red. Some traces of water damage and some pages have been cut.20-21 lines.كتابة مقلوبه مكتوب في آخره هذا خط الوالد العزي محمد بن عبدالله مطهر جحاف لقطة 3
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 596Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.166b, copied by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar Ibn al-Saqqā for himself. Transcription finished ("wa-najiza taʻlīquh...") Sunday, 27 Rabīʻ II 983 [ca. 5 August 1575].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From spine label and inscription on upper doublure, "IL 40" (likely supplied by Yahuda).Binding: Pasteboard covered in marbled paper and dark-brown leather at edges, lower cover missing and replaced with heavy brown laid paper (like shipping paper) ; Type II (with flap) though flap now missing (see pattern of wear on fol.1a); upper doublure covered in cream European laid paper with a few lines of poetry scribbled on, as well as former shelfmark ; on the "lower cover" (brown paper) is a rectangular stamp containg a large "R" over the word "BOMBAY," possibly vestigial, as well "Kairo aegypten," "Le Caire Egypte," and "[orie]ntalische Buchhandlung und antiquaria [?]" written in a large, rough cursive hand ; in poor condition.Support: non-European laid paper with laid lines running horizontally and spaced roughly 9 laid lines per cm., chain lines in two groups of three, spaced roughly 12-13 mm. apart with roughly 36 mm. between the groups ; the replaced bifolia of the 5th and 13th quires appear to be on European laid paper.Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of inverted commas, three dots, etc. in red ; text rubricated using orangeish red, lime green, and light purple inks in a purposeful and somewhat systematic manner, occasionally in combination (e.g., a word in purple ink pointed in red dots)- to mark the beginning of each year (purple), to mark death notices or other important events (green), for markers such as "فيها" or "قلت" (red) ; none of these usages is very consistent however, and all three colors can appear serving any of these functions.Script: Naskh ; likely Syrian (or Egyptian?) hand ; round with very curvilinear descenders, though not too terribly swooping ; descenders occasionally reach back up to the centerline to connect with the succeeding word; alifs and vertical strokes have a slight leftward slant ; alifs are unserrifed though they have a very slight s-shaped curve to them ; replaced folia supplied in a different hand ; on fol.1a, title in a large red thuluth and beneath it a downward-pointing triangle of text with the author's name and titles in naskh.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; occasional poetry with textual dividers lying between and on either side of each bayt ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V-1 (9), 15 V (159), V-3 (166), i ; chiefly quinions ; outermost bifolia of the 5th and 13th quires have been replaced ; 4th quire and most of the final quire are entirely loose ; quire numbering in the form of full words appears in the upper right corner of the recto of the first leaf of each quire after the first ; catchwords present ; foliation for every 10th folio and the final one (fol. 166) in Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "وانتهى التاريخ بموته سامحه الله تعالى ونجز تعليقه نهار الاحد السابع والعشرين من ربيع الثاني سنة ثلث وثمانين وتسعماية...علقه لنفسه الفقير المعترف بالعجز والتقصير الواثق بربه القدير حقا محمد بن محمد بن علي بن عمر بن السقا غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمن طالع هذا الكتاب ولمؤلفه ولجميع المسلمين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل. ابتدى به في نهار الاحد وفرغ منه كذلك"Explicit: اموالنا شهاب الدين اني حمدت الله اذبك تم مجدي جميع الناس عندكم نزول وانت جبرتني ونزلت عندي. وفي سابع عشرين ذي الحجة سنة تسع واربعين وسبعماية توفي مؤلف هذا الكتاب عمر بن مظفر بن محمد بن الوردي بمدينة حلب المحروسة ودفن ما لاصقا لاخيه القاضي جمال الدين بمقابر الصالحين خارج باب المقام بحلب [..؟]الله تعالى برحمته ورضوانهIncipit: ثم دخلت سنة احدى وخمس ماية فيها في رجب قتل سيف الدولة صدقة بن المنصور بن دبيس بن فريد الاسدى امير العرب في مقابلته [مقاتلته] السلطان محمد [كذا ; للسلطان محمد] وحمل راسه الى محمد وعمر صدقة تسع وخمسون وامارته احدى وعشرون سنة وقتل من اصحابه فوق ثلاثة الاف وكان متشيعاً وهو الذي بني الحلة بالعراقTitle from 'titlepage' inscription on fol.1a.Ms. codex.Part two of Ibn al-Wardī 's abridgement of the chronicle of Abū al-Fidāʼ with a continuation from 729 to 749 / 1329-49. Text is followed by a death notice for Ibn al-Wardī himself. Description provided by Noah Gardiner.
Abstract: Leaf from chapter 29 of the Mūnis al-aḥrār, a collection of poetry. Each verse alternates with a corresponding illustration as follows: battle gear; weapons; fruit trees; four types of doves; peacock, parrot, and nightingale; and jewelry.Ms. leaf.Physical description: Written in large thuluth and medium naskh in gold, blue, black, and red. Each line of verse alternates with an illustration. The leaf is damaged along the bottom; it was cut out of its original frame and glued onto another page of a different text that now forms its margins.Origin: This page is from chapter 29 of a ms. which is now scattered. The ms. is dated Ramaḍān 741 H February-March 1341 and was copied and illustrated in Isfahan according to its colophon (Swietochowski and Carboni, p. 25).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 246Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.210b (p.420), copied by Sulaymān ibn Yūnus ibn Khaṭṭāb ibn Shaḥḥādhah [?] ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥurayz al-Satafī [?] al-Mālikī. Transcription finished "wa-kāna al-farāgh min istinsākh hādhā al-dīwān..." 14 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1016 [ca. 31 March 1608].Accompanying materials: a. between pp. 322-23 folded slip with numerals, etc. -- b. between pp.404-405 slip in laid paper with verses copied in ruqʻah.Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves as well as interior of envelope flap in shell marbled paper (pink, brown and white) ; interior of fore edge flap in same brown leather ; upper and lower covers bear gold-stamped central piece and decorative border (formed from two repeating vegetal pattern stamps and interlocking architectural pattern stamp) along with pendants and corner pieces (formed from a repeated scrolling floral pattern stamp) ; envelope flap bears complementary design formed from same stamps ; sewn in cream thread, four stations ; worked chevron endbands in cream and blue ; in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, fading, some pest damage, loss to endbands, and spine slant (cocked) ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European laid paper ; laid lines oriented horizontally or vertically (some variation from quire to quire) spaced roughly 7-9 laid lines per cm. (also varying) with some sagging or curving ; chain lines very feint and indistinct but occasionally visible - may be grouped ; quite firm, somewhat crisp, and of medium translucency ; well burnished ; only a few inclusions and undissolved fibers visible ; flyleaves in European laid paper, laid lines vertical spaced roughly 11 laid lines per cm. ; chain lines horizontal spaced 30 mm. apart ; large shield/scrollwork (six pointed star within) watermark partially visible in back flyleaf.Decoration: Illuminated titlepiece on fol.1a (p.1) consisting of upper and lower rectangular panels with central roundel (shamsah) ; upper panel bears title in gold thuluth ; shamsah bears author's name,etc. in blue and gold, highly ligatured tawqi verging on thuluth ; lower panel continues blessings upon the author in gold thuluth ; outlined by vegetal accents in blue ; framed in pink band with blue crosses and a series of gold bands outlined with black fillets ; superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.2) consisting of rectangular panel surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) surmounted by vertical stalks (tigh) in blue and gold ; rectangular panel contains stylized cartouche in gold carrying title "ديوان شعر ابي الطيب" in white, surrounded by floral vegetal decoration in gold, orange-red, white, light blue, etc. on a field of lapis lazuli flanked by semi-circular pieces in light-blue and gold ; semi-circular piece carries floral vegetal design in gold, orange-red, pink, white, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold ; bordered in a well with blue crosses on a pink band ; between the two pieces a rectangular band floral vegetal decoration in gold, blue, orange-red, and white on a field of black ; written area and margin (including decoratively arranged lines) framed in a series of gold bands flanked by black fillets ; incipit and facing page various floral designs in orange-red, blue, white, green, and gold ; partially chrysographed with section (divisions by letter) headings in gold ; text of titlepiece in gold and blue ; text rubricated with verse headings, numerals corresponding to glosses, etc. in red.Script: Naskh ; large, clear hand of Persianate character (Iraqi ?) ; mainly sans serif but with occasional right-sloping head serif on free-standing alif, lām of definite article, etc. and left-sloping head serif on joined alif, etc. (irregular), kāf mashqūqah preferred, but mabsūṭah also appears, slight effect of inclination to the left, elongation of horizontal strokes, some sweeping descenders, quite rounded and curvilinear, pointing in distinct dots, point of final / free-standing nūn set down in bowl ; fully vocalized ; glosses of very similar character only thinner line and smaller size (likely supplied by same copyist).Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; single column, often divided to two to set off poetry, and fine ruled margin with lines arranged obliquely in decorative geometric patterns (triangles, zig-zag, etc.) ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, V-1(9), 19 V(199), VI(211), ii ; chiefly quinions ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular then rectangular, reads: "وكان الفراغ من استنساخ هذا الديوان المبارك رابع عشر شهر ذي القعدة من شهور سنة ستة عشر والف من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلات والسلام تم وعلى يد العبد الفقير الى الله تعالى سليمان بن المرحوم يونس بن خطاب بن شحاذة بن محمد بن حذير الستفي المالكي غفر الله له ولوالديه ومشايخه واخوانه ولمن طالع فيه ودعا لم [كذا] بالمغفرة ولكل المسلمين اجمعين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين وسلم"Explicit: "ومثلك يؤتى من بلاد بعيدة ليضحك ربات الحداد البواكيا. وقال ايضا يمدح سيف الدولة ... وكانه جيش ابن حرب رعته حتى كانك يا علي علي. تم شعر ابي الطيب برياذاته والحمد لله كما هو اهله. يقول كاتب اصله المنقول منه هذه النسخة نقلت هذا الديوان من نسختين ..."Incipit: "قافية الهمزة قال ابو الطيب احمد بن الحسين المتنبى رحمه الله ومولده بالكوفة في كندة سنة ثلث وثلثماية يمدح سيف الدولة وكان امره باجازة ابيات على هذا الوزن وهذا الروي شعر عذل العواذل حول قلبي التائه وهوى الاحبة منه في سودائه ..."Title from titlepiece on fol.1b (p.2).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the renowned dīwān and glosses, closing with a discussion of the source material for the recension contained in the model from which this manuscript was transcribed.
Abstract: The collection of poems by the author.Ownership note on colophon page.ديوان المتنبيOwnership note, dated October 1916.برسم: الشيخ عز الدين بن محمد الكنوديسيئة فهو مبتور الغلاف الأول والأوراق ممزقة من أوله وعليها آثار معالجة من التمزق والأرضة مما أثر بشكل واضح على النصوص خصوصاً في أول المخطوط وآخره لكن اعتناء الناسخ به جيد في الخط والكتابة والترتيب وتسطير الجداول المناسبة للأبيات الشعرية وهو مكتوب بالمداد الأسود والأحمر والأخضر وعليه حواشٍ وشروح وتعليقات في معظم الصفحات14 رمضان 1117هـIncipit: وان عرفتَ مُرادي ، تكشَفَت عَنك كُربَه ، وان جَهلتَ مرادي ، فَإنَّه بِكَ أشْبَه ، وَقَال يُعَزِّي عَضُدَ الْدَّولَه.، بِعَمَّتِهِ اخْتَ اَبيه آخِرْ مَا المُلك مُعزَّى به هَذَا الذي اَثَّر فى قَلبَهExplicit: يَاسَيفَ دَولة ذِي الجَلاَل ومن له خير الخلايق والاَنامَ سَمِيُ اَوَمَا تَرَى صَفِينَ حِين اَتَيتَهَا فَانجَابَ عَنهَا الْعَسْكرُ الغَربيُّ فكانه جَيْشُ ابنُ هِندٍ رُعْتَهُ حَتَى كَاَنَكَ يَا عَليُّ عَلِيُّNaskh-thuluth script, written in black, red and green ink. Defective beginning, with worm holes and traces of repairs. Frequent marginalia.18 lines.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 95Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely late 14th or 15th century.Accompanying materials: Vast number of slips bearing notes, virtually all tipped in (paginated pp.7-8, pp.11-12, etc.).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London. "No. 123. Kanz al-dakaik."Binding: Pasteboards faced in laid paper with brown leather over spine, fore-edge and edges/turn-ins (paper faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in laid paper ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked endbands in red and green (headband) and in red and cream (tailband) ; in poor condition with significant abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, moisture damage, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with extremely faint laid and chain lines, very difficult to examine ; numerous repairs ; added leaf with table of contents in European laid paper.Decoration: Abbreviations rubricated throughout ; overlining in red throughout ; keywords, section headings and abbreviations rubricated in excerpts ; written area of final excerpt (p.275-278) surrounded by rule-border in two fillets.Script: Naskh ; Syrian or Turkish hand ; virtually serifless ; large and clear, quite rounded, with open and closed counters, occasional slight effect of tilt to the left and swooping descenders, section headings in bold thuluth ; two additional hands supply the text of the exerpts (from p.272 to p.278) ; the first of these (see p.272-274) similar but more compact, with many closed counters, swooping descenders, etc. ; the final (see p.275-278) more compact, in a heavier line and with fewer swooping descenders ; pointing in main hand and final hand utilizes inverted caret for two dots ; in second hand inverted caret or distinct dots for two dots, and inverted comma for three dots ; marginalia in numerous other hands.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; excerpts of final leaves in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III+1 (7), 2 III(19), I(21), 6 V(81), VI-1 (92), 2 (94) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes vast number of inserts).Explicit: "ثم اقسم المبلغ على التصحيح ومن صالح من الورثة على شيء فاجعل كان لم يكن واقسم على سهام من بقي ما بقي"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي أعز العلم في الاعصار وأعلى حزبه في الامصار ... قال مولانا ... ابو البركات عبد الله بن احمد بن محمود النسفي ... رايت الهمم المائلة الى المختصرات ... واردت ان الخص الوافي ... فشرعت فيه بعد التماس طائفة من اعنان الافاضل ... وسميته بكنز الدقائق ..."Title from opening (p.6).Ms. codex.Extensively annotated copy of the important treatise of Ḥanafī fiqh, a synopsis of the author's own Kitāb al-Wāfī, modelled on the Hidāyah of ʻAlī ibn Abī Bakr al-Marghīnānī (d. 1196 or 7), followed by exerpts.