Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. Four miniatures. Decorative borders.Dimensions: 10¾ × 7¼ in.Hand: Small but distinct Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Binding: Lacquered boards with floral decoration.Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. 8 miniatures. Floral borders.Dimensions: 13 × 8½ in.Hand: Small Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. Miniatures. Decorative borders.Dimensions: 12⅞ × 7⅞ in.Hand: Small Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Watermarks: Scrollwork with 3 lions rampant; scrollwork shield with initials DC in roman; scrollwork with lion rampant; scrollwork with lotus (?); initials GBA in roman; scrollwork with GIUSEPPE in roman; VICO in roman. For the first see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), no. 3737.Contains logarithmic tables.Text rubricated; marginal corrections in hand of author/copyist; marginal notes in another hand.al-ithnayn al-mubārak salkh Dhī al-Qaʻdah sanat 1239 [27 July 1824] ʻalá yad kātibihi al-mutarjim al-madhkūr.Date, provenance, name of copyist, and source of copy in colophon: wa-hādhā ākhir mā yasurruhu al-mawlá al-karīm min tarjamat hādhā al-majmūʻ al-ʻaẓīm wa-dhālika bi-naqlihi min al-lughah al-iṭāliyānīyah ilá al-lughah al-ʻarabīyah wa-ḥaṣala dhālika wa-tamma bi-al-madrasah allatī anshaʾahā walī al-niʻam tarjamah ʻalá yad al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr Aḥmad al-Ṭabbākh laṭafa bi-hi al-ḥukm al-khayr fa-kāna al-farāgh min tabyīḍihi baʻd naqlihi ilá musawwadah min aṣlihi yawmQuestions about the fundamentals of mathematics with their answers. Translated by the author from an Italian original while he was an instructor at the Dār al-Handasah. The introduction mentions Muḥammad ʻAlī and the scholl's director, ʻUthmān Nūr al-Dīn Afandī. See James Heyworth-Dunne, An Introduction to the History of Education in Modern Egypt (London, 1938), pp. 108-109.
Set of works on mathematics and astronomy copied together in what appears to be the same hand. The second work has a supercommentary copied in the margins. Several leaves of calculations and notations tipped or laid in; two tipped in pages have been foliated along with the leaves (f. 26, 33). Also includes one page in Ottoman Turkish (f.94v).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 885Origin: As appears in colophon on p.969 (and at close of باب الف ممدوده on p.978), copied by Mathurādās Khatrī, date not specified ; decoration, paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or early 19th century.Accompanying materials: a. Scrap cut from a Luzac catalog page with description and price for this manuscript "PERSIAN AND HINDUSTANI MSS. 175 Bahar i ʻajam. The well-known Persian dictionary. MS. Folio. Over 1000 pp. Leather binding. The colophon is dated A.H. 1243 ( = A.D. 1827), under the reign of Muhammad Akbar Shâh (II.) £2 10s." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "ʻunwān or illum. frontispiece or heading." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Scrap of paper with title in ink "Bahār i ʻAjam." (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 34Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep red leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry delicate gold-tooled border in a rope pattern ; spine stamped "BUHARE | UJUM" ; now sewn in white thread over three cords ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and blue, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached, some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and irregular chain lines faintly visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves / added leaves in wove paper.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche (carrying the basmalah) flanked by pendants and delicate swirling floral vegetal decoration in blue, red, orange, and white on a gold ground, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with more elaborate swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, orange, white, blue, green, etc. on grounds of gold with blue, green and white accents, itself surmounted by a pendant filled with similar decoration as well as fine vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, entire piece set into a well consisting of a rather heavy gold band outlined by narrow bands of orange and gold defined by black fillets ; written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame with innermost red rule, and outer red and blue rules, further blue rule defines margin ; keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining or two-teeth abbreviation symbol in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 14 IV(112), III (118), IV+1 (127), 12 IV(223), IV+2 (233), 26 IV(441), II (445), IV+1 (454), 3 IV(478), IV-1 (485), iii ; chiefly quaternions ; lacuna on p.458 marked with "ص" ; p.970 prior to opening of Bāb-i alif-i mamdūdah left blank ; lacks proper catchwords but last word of final line on the verso of each leaf is usually repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "الحمد لله والمنة که باتمام رسید منتخب کتاب بهار عجم تالیف استادی مخدومی تیک چند بهار بخط فقیر حقیر اضعف العباد متهراداس قوم کهتری فقط"Incipit: "مهار آفرینی که کلبرک ... دیباچه اصل بهار عجم سپاس و ستایش ایزد متعال را در خور که هريکى ار افراد انسان ..."Title from opening matter (p.11) and colophon (p.978).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the dictionary of words and idioms used by the Persian poets compiled by Tīk Chand Bahār (d.1766) with added preface.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله وصحبه وسلم الحمد لله الذي تحصى نعمة جميع الحساب... :IncipitWritten in one column, 19 lines per page, in black and red.Paper. 20 x 13 cm. (12.5 x 6.8 cm.).Black cloth; tan leather spine and corners.According to the colophon (f. 80r), copy completed in the hand of Ṣāliḥ ibn Khūnd Miyān ibn Mawlānā Aḥmad ibn Mawlānā Shaykh Ḥusām al-Dīn.On f. 1r, ownership seal: Muḥammad Yūsuf Shāh, 1189 AH [1775 or 6 AD].MS Arab SM4287. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 685Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.123b (p.246), transcription of first work finished ("qad waqaʻa al-farāgh min taḥrīrih wa-tanmīqih...") in latter Ṣafar, 1021 [April 1612] ; name of copyist is unclear, though he appears to have been muʼadhdhin (müezzin) in the Gazi Ali Bey mosque, likely of Vučitrn [Vıçıtırın], Kosovo. As appears in colophon on fol.179a (p.357), transcription of second work finished on the first of Muḥarram 1029 [ca. 8 December 1619] ; name of copyist (and perhaps also place of transcription) was recorded but later effaced and now illegible.Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From spine label and inscription on fol.1a (p.1), "IL 215" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Heavy, thick, dark brown leather without boards (limp binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; upper and lower cover bear blind-tooled border and diamond design (slightly off-center) in four cross-like rosettes ; same cross-like rosettes appear in decorative border along upper and outer lengths of the cover ; entire design appears some what off-center, as though cover was decorated for larger codex and then cut to fit this ms. ; exposed interior of leather covers serve as "doublures" ; sewn in blue thread, two stations ; in fair condition, though quite worn, with leather cracked and abraded, but still well-attached to text block.Support: European laid paper with laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 8 laid lines per cm., chain lines (horizontal) spaced 27-28 mm. apart, and watermark of anchor in circle (single line) with leaf or trefoil above (see p.6, 12, 256, etc.), sturdy, heavily burnished ; same paper appears to have been used for both works ; countermark "B C" below trefoil is visible in p.254, etc.Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of red discs, three dots, etc. appear throughout ; text rubricated with textual dividers, overlinings (marking transcribed verse being commented upon, etc.), and section headings ("بيت" introducing verse, "رحمه", etc.) in red.Script: Copied in two distinct hands, one for each work, though hand at close of opening work is similar to that of second work and possibly supplied by the same copyist: [1] Naskh ; Turkish / Balkan hand ; virtually serifless with mainly closed counters, kāf mashkūlah preferred, final kāf having kāf ṣaghīrah (hamzah-like form) repeated twice, in typical position and above the vertical stroke ; occasional extremely slight effect of words descending to baseline and final letters or final word of line superscript ; [2] Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; Turkish / Balkan hand ; virtually serifless, though a left-sloping head serif on lām of definite article rarely appears, strong effect of words descending to baseline, final letters or words superscript or line curving up, mainly closed counters, point of final or free-standing nūn set down in or near return stroke of tall, wide bowl.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; impression of ruling board evident.Collation: V-1 (9), 7 V (79), III+1 (86), I (88), 3 V (118), IV (126), 5 V (176), II (180) ; chiefly quinions ; copy is acephelous with first leaf of first quire missing ; several leaves between the two works and following the second are left blank (though without loss of text) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: [1] Scribal, triangular, reads: "قد وقع الفراغ من تحريره وتنميقه عن يد [اضعف؟] العباد الله هدايته [؟] الله عن قصه بلون [؟] المؤذن بجامع غازي على بيك تحريرا في اواخر صفر المظفر في يوم خميس في وقت الظهر سنة احدى وعشرين والف من هجرة النبوية عليه افضل التحية م م م" ; [2] Scribal, triangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في يوم الاحد من الشهر المحرم الحرام الشريف في وقت العصر سنة تسع وعشرين والف من هجرة النبوية عليه افضل التحية كتبه الحقير هدايته الله ..."Explicit: [1] توفيق حقه رفيق اولوب آلت اولمغه سعى اتمك كركدر والسلام تمت النسخة الشريفة المباركة [المسمى] بشرح جزيرة المثنوي المكين [؟] بلمحات لمعات المثنوي وهي مرآت للسالكين ... وهو الله في السماء والارض لا اله الا هو عليه توكلت وهو رب العرش العظيم [2] رحمه ما دام كه اغح[؟] بود غن دبره در باد صبا ياخود سو ندرردوه حادي نغمتي تمتIncipit: [1] صلوات صافيات وتحيات وافيات بي غايات اول شاه كزيده [2] الحمد لله الذي جعل النظام لانتظام الكلام والصلوة والسلام على محمد سيد الانام وعلى اله العظام واصحابه الكرام وبعد بو عبد فقير ورق حقير قليل البضاعة عديم البراعة حضرت فخر العابدين قطب الواصلين الموفق من عند الله رب العالمين شيخ سعد الله الخلوتيTitle from inscription on fol.1a.Ms. codex.4. fol. 179b-fol.180b : [blank].2. fol. 127a-fol.179a : Şerh-i kaside-yi Bürde/ Şeyh Sadullah Halvetî.2. fol.124a-fol.126b : [blank].1. fol.1a-123b : Şerh-i Cezire-yi Mesnevi/ Bağdadlı İlmî Dede.Two works, the first being İlmî Dede's Turkish commentary on on the Persian Jazīrah-i Mas̲navī, a selection by Yusuf Sinaneddin Sineçak (d.953/1546) of 360 verses from Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī's Mas̲navī and the second being Şeyh Sadullah Halvetî's Turkish commentary on al-Būṣirī's (d.694/1294) Arabic poem in praise of the Prophet Muḥammad, al-Burdah, or al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ Khayr al-barīyah. Copy is acephelous with first leaf of first quire missing.
Collection of astronomical treatises, the main text of which is al-Bīrūnī's Kitāb fī istīʻāb al-wujūh al-mumkinah fī ṣanʻat al-asṭurlāb. This is followed by a short work on crab and drum astrolabes; a treatise on instruments, including one for finding the direction to Mecca; a treatise on the ecliptic; and a treatise on the compass, all copied in the same hand.
Watermark: Crown with grapes.Text rubricated; marginal corrections in hand of copyist.Date in colophon: qad intahá mā utīḥa jamʻuhu fī ghurrat al-awwal min al-akhīr min al-thānī ʻashar min al-hijrah al-nabawīyah [25 September 1786?]."A treatise on number theory." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 114.
Text rubricated; copyist same as that of Mich. Isl. Ms. 691,2; diagrams and marginal notes in a different hand.Date in colophon: alf wa-miyah wa-ithnayn wa-thalāthīn Dhū al-Ḥijjah [October-November 1720].Pp. [1-47]. Bound with: ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Aḥmad al-Dimishqī, Sharḥ urjūzah fī ḥall al-ʻadad, pp. [48-53].Dimishqī's commentary on his own poem Nukhbat al-tuffāḥah, based on Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ashʻarī's poem al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah, on surveying. For a later copy of this text, see Mich. Isl. Ms. 796,12.
Incomplete abridgment in Arabic of Euclid's Elements, written on paper. The first 6 leaves (f. i-5) are replacements, written on different paper in a later hand. The replacement title page gives the incorrect title Taḥrīr Uqlīdis kāmil (Complete edition of Euclid, usually used to refer to the version edited by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, which this is not).
14th-century copy of a late 13th-century manual on the mathematics of the Islamic law of inheritance, in the form of a paragraph by paragraph commentary on the Farāʼiḍ al-Sirājīyah of 12th-century legal and mathematical scholar Sirāj al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Sajāwandī.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 870Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest mid to late 16th or early 18th century dating ; dated ownership statement (see p.15, 184, etc.) provides terminus ante quem of 1750.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Hari-Karana, son of Mathurā-dāsa, Multānī. | Inshā. | Cat. of Pers. Bks. in BM Cat. several editions | n. f. in Mich. MSS." and (in hand of G. Meredith-Owens ?) "A work on epistolary style." -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 19Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) with orange-brown leather over spine and board corners (approaching half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in grey paper ; spine gold-stamped with "HER | KERN" and decorative bands ; edges of text block flecked with red ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, deterioration of leather, lifting and losses of spine leather, etc.Support: European and non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper ; opening gathering in a paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, curving) and no laid lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, grayish tint ; thereafter (from p.31) in a European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical), chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (vertical or horizontal), and watermarks of three crescents (roughly 72 mm. long, parallel to chains, see p.40, 78, 112, etc.) and mount of six coupeaux with star above (see p.102, 126, 154, etc.), sturdy, medium cream in color, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated (text to be entered in red entered in inner margins) ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red hāʼ.Script: Shikastah-taʻlīq (taʻlīq with elements of shikastah) ; bold, elegant Indian [?] chancery hand in a heavy line ; partially seriffed with left-sloping head-serifs and highly ligatured with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, occasional reversed or recurved final descenders, etc.Layout: Written in roughly 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 6 (6), IV (14), 11 III(80), III-1 (85), 6 (91), ii ; almost exclusively ternions ; 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 ; some added leaves (six each at the opening and close of the codex) bound in upside down ; catchwords present ; pagination initially in black ink, continued in pencil, Western numerals (every other leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and added leaves).Incipit: "بعد از حمد وثنای مر حضرت ایزد متعال ذو الحلال والافضال ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.15).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collection of model letters of appointment and other official documents compiled (certainly after 1625, possibly after 1645) by Harkarn [Harkaran] ibn Mathurādās of Multān, secretary (munshī) of Iʻtibār Khān (d.1625). Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.
Watermarks: Eagle with FAG in roman; one crescent; three crescents. For the latter see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24.Contains mathematical tables and diagrams.Text rubricated; overlining in black and red; marginal notes, diagrams, and corrections in hand of copyist (same as that of Mich. Isl. Ms. 802,2); kurrāsahs 3-10 numbered.Date and copyist's name in colophon: wa-qad wāfaqa al-farāgh min naql hādhihi al-nusakh yawm al-aḥad al-mubārak thānī yawm maḍá min shahr Shaʻbān ʻām khamsah wa-thalāthīn wa-miʾatayn baʻd al-alf [i.e. 15 May 1820] ʻalá yad al-ʻabd al-faqīr al-fānī Muṣṭafá Muḥammad ʻArafah al-Dissūqī al-Burhānī.Text (not this copy) published.Pp. [1-185]. Bound with: Sālim ibn Sālim al-Qayrawānī, Hādiyat al-bādī li-kitāb al-Qalaṣādī, pp. [189-262].Ibn Ghāzī's Munyat al-ḥussāb is based on the Kitāb talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb of Ibn al-Bannāʾ. See David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), pp. 139 and 141-142."The author's commentary on his own poem on arithmetic entitled Munyat al-ḥussāb." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.
Text rubricated; copyist same as that of Mich. Isl. Ms. 700,2; marginal notes in a different hand; pp. [15-16] include experiments in calligraphy.Terminus post quem date given by note on p. [16]: tajribat al-qalam fī yawm al-sabt tāsiʻ wa-ʻishrīn shahr al-Muḥarram sanat aḥad wa-tisʻīn wa-thamānimiʾah [4 February 1486].Pp. [2-5]. Bound with: al-Muqbil fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah, pp. [6-14]."A poem on algebra with unidenfified commentary (not that of Sibṭ al-Māridīnī or of Zakarīyaʾ al-Anṣārī)." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.
Text rubricated; marginal notes in hand of copyist.Date on p. [34]: ithnay ʻashar shahr Jumādī al-awwal sanat 964 arbaʻ wa-sittīn wa-tisʻumiyah [13 March 1557].Text (not this copy) published.Pp. [1-36]. Bound with a list of traditions regarding the relative merit of prayer in the four holiest mosques, pp. [37-40]."A treatise on arithmetic." Cataloging by Elinor M Husselman, 1945.
Title and text rubricated; marginal notes and corrections in hand of copyist and others.Origin: As appears in colophon on p.46, copied by ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn [?] Mūsá al-ʻUmarī al-Shāfiʻī with transcription completed 17 [?] Rabīʻ I 932 [ca. 1 January 1526]."An abridgement of the author's Murshidat al-ṭālib. In a muqaddima, two bābs, and a khātima." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.
Watermarks: Anchor in circle; initials HA. For the former see Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), nos. 1-8.Text rubricated and enclosed in thin red double border; marginal corrections in hand of copyist; written on p. [1]: min al-majmūʻ/kurrās 5.Date and name of copyist in colophon: [?]... li-nafsihi wa-li-man shāʾa Allāh min baʻdihi Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUthmān al-Miṣrī thumma al-Buḥayrī thumma al-Kh[?] thumma al-Azharī thumma al-Ḥanafī wa-kāna ibtidāʾ kitābatihi ṣubḥīyat yawm al-Jumʻah thānī shahr Ṣafar sanat sabaʻ wa-alf wa-kāna tamāmuhu yawm al-ithnayn al-ḍuḥá Khamīs al-shahr al-madhkūr [7 September 1598].For other commentaries by Ibn al-Hāʾim on his al-Muqniʻ, see Mich. Isl. Mss. 701 and 703. Another commentary by an unidentified author is Mich. Isl. Ms. 700."A commentary on the poem by Ibn al-Hāʾim entitled Al-Muḳniʻ fī ʻilm al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945. The other two works listed on the title page are absent from the item in hand.
Watermark: Three crescents. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 24.Contains tables explaining inheritance portions.Text not rubricated; name of author and his teacher underlined in red on p. [1]; marginal corrections and notes in hand of copyist."Faṣl fī ʻilm al-munāsakhāt bi-l-jadwal, in some copies stated to be taken from Ibn al-Hāʾim's Sharḥ al-kifāya." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 70 and plate XCIIa."A treatise on vested inheritance." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.
Three treatises in different hands, bound together. The first is an abridgement of Ibn al-Bannāʼ's Talkhīṣ by Ibn al-Hāʼim. The second is a short work on astrolabe terminology and use. The third appears to be an autograph of Sharḥ mukhtaṣar al-Tuffāḥah fī ʻilm al-misāḥah by ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Aḥmad al-Dimashqī.
Contains geometrical diagrams and mathematical tables.Text rubricated; extensive marginal commentary in hand of copyist and in another hand in pencil.Date and name of copyist/owner in colophon: tamma ... ʻalá yad kātibihi wa-mālikihi al-faqīr Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh al-Maghribī aṣlan al-Sikindarī waṭanan ... fī shahr Ṣafar al-khayr ... sanat 1174 [September-October 1760].For Zād al-musāfir, the author's extract of this work, see Mich. Isl. Ms. 708."A treatise on sundial theory with tables for latitude 30⁰, Cairo." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 73."A treatise on the construction of hour angles." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.
Commentary on the summary of arithmetical operations by the late 13th- and early 14th-century scholar Ibn al-Bannāʼ. Demonstrates with examples the calculation of sums involving fractional numbers and square roots. Extensive marginal notes on a few leaves (p. 20-35). The first leaf is missing and the text ends abruptly. Several leaves have restored outer margins. Pages 189-194 missing text because of conservation after water damage.
Isaac b. Solomon ibn al-Aḥdab b. Ṣaddiq Sefardi's The Epistle of the Number was composed at the end of the 14th century after Isaac settled in Syracuse, Sicily, and this is the only known copy of the work. The Epistle is a translation and enlargement of the famous Talḵīṣ ʿAmal al-Ḥisāb ('A summary of the operations of calculation', 13th century) by the Moroccan Muslim mathematician Ibn al-Bannā ابن البنّاء and it is especially notable in being the first known treatise in Hebrew to include extensive algebraic theories and operations. The Epistle attests novel mathematical vocabulary and enhances our linguistic understanding of the mechanisms that helped create the scientific vocabulary of Medieval Hebrew. The work proper begins on f.1v, with an explanation of how Isaac came to compose the Epistle. Book 1, arithmetical operations on integers, fractions and roots is on ff.1v–25r, and consists of three parts: part 1, arithmetical operations on integers; part 2, arithmetical operations on fractions; and part 3, arithmetical operations on the roots of expressible (rational) and inexpressible (irrational) quantities. Book 2, the rules which enable us to obtain the unknown from the given known, is on ff.27r–38v, and also consists of three parts: part 1, proportions and scales; part 2, the algebraic operations of restoration and operation; part 3, solution of problems of a practical nature by methods of algebra. The last words in part 3, on folio 38v, are 'another example', thus the manuscript is truncated. First words and headings are written in larger, bolder script; some words and the numerals in calculations are rubricated. There are tables with both Hebrew and Arabic numerals, as well as diagrams. There are occasional marginal calculations in a different hand, e.g., f.6r, as well as manicules, e.g., f.7v. Diagrams include the place-value numerical system with zero and Hindu-Arabic numerals, f.2r; various scales, ff.25v–26v; and multiplication tables of algebraic expressions, f.34v. Unrelated to the Epistle, f. 1r describes a mathematical problem, with a diagram of two birds sitting on two towers of unequal height, and referring to Elijah Mizraḥi אליה המזרחי in the last line. Various elaborate signatures and owners' marks follow in the lower half of the leaf, including the name Judah Eli יאודה עלי.Condition: Slightly affected by damp, a few pages show evidence of ink corrosion.Layout: Written in one column with 37-38 lines per page.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 292Origin: As appears in final colophon at close of sixth daftar on p.614, copied by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Fasāyī [al-Fasāʼī, reading first supplied in note by Muhammad Isa Waley dated May 1980 on catalogue card] with transcription completed Jumādá II 1243 [December 1827]. As appears in colophon on p.99, transcription of first daftar completed 1 Rabīʻ II (presumably of 1243 [ca. 22 October 1827]). As appears in colophon on p.299, transcription of third daftar completed in the latter part of Jumādá I 1243 [December 1827]. As appears on p.499, transcription of fifth daftar completed Jumādá I 1243 [December 1827].Former shelfmark: "174 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of opening leaf (p.1) ; "50 / 12" in brown ink on recto of opening leaf (p.1) ; "١" in pencil on recto of opening leaf (p.1).Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork with spine in red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; likely two-piece binding ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork with floral composition of three large blooms rising from a rooted stalk with leaves, all in gold on a red ground ; upper and lower covers carry central rectangular panel in brown with bronze flecks surrounded by borders of stalks and rules in bronze-gold as well as a band of delicate vegetal motifs with birds and fruits in shades of green, blue, white, red and orange ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations, reinforcements in dark blue thread ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, minor losses of laquer, etc. ; slightly ill-fitting and perhaps not original.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite distinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, transluscent and crisp though dense and sturdy, well-burnished to glossy, gray in color ; some cockling and creasing.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated double-page opening (with illuminated headpiece / ʻunwān / sarlawḥ, gold cloud-bands and illuminated marginal decoration) at opening of each daftar (pp.6-7, 102-103, 188-189, 302-303, 394-395, 502-503), each unique but mainly involving rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by rich well with w-shaped piece or dome set down in filled with floral vegetal decorations in shades of pink, orange, white, blue, yellow, and red on grounds of gold and dark blue and marginal decoration of saz leaves and floral forms chiefly in gold with red and blue accents ; preface to each daftar set in almond shaped medallion outlined in red rules ; written area surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule (divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black) ; keywords and headings rubricated or in blue ink.Script: Naskh ; compact Persianate hand in a medium line ; chiefly serifless with fairly straight and vertical ascenders, pointing in combination of distinct (two dots, one above the other) and conjoined dots (three dots, two conjoined and third above), adhering to baseline, curvilinear descenders (some sweeping dramatically), ascender of kāf often curved back with shaqq / sarkash gently curving up, partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page with written area divided to four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV+2 (10), 37 IV(306), II (310) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; final leaves ruled but left blank (pp.615-619) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "قد تم هذا المثنوی المولوی المعنوی بید عبد الله ابن احمد الفسایی فی یوم الخمیس شهر جمادی الاخری سنه ثلث و اربعون و مائتين بعد الالف من الهجره النبویة علیه واله تم م م م م م"Explicit: "دردل من آن سخن زان مینمنه است زانکه ازدل جانب دل روزنه استIncipit: "هذا کتاب المثنوی وهو اصول اصول اصول الدین فی کشف اسرار الوصول والیقین ..."Title from colophons on pp.99, 299, 499 and 614.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s didactic poetical work in double verses with Arabic preface. Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 295Origin: As appears in colophon at close of fourth book (on margin of p.208) and in colophon at close of second book (p.510), copied by Ḥamd Allāh ibn Qavām al-Dīn Niẓām Bayāsānī [?] with transcription of fourth book completed 15 Jumādá II 896 [ca. 25 April 1491] and transcription of second book completed 7 Shaʻbān 896 [ca. 15 June 1491]. As appears in colophon on p.676, transcription of sixth book completed in 897 [1491 or 2]. As appears in final colophon on p.696, copying of third book completed in 896 [likely 1491].Former shelfmark: "444 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell 'marbled' paper in red and blue ; lining of fore edge flap in block-printed textile (floral pattern in red and black) and same shell 'marbled' paper ; upper and lower covers carry scalloped mandorla (stamped gold onlays with symmetrical composition) and pendants, as well as gold-stamped guilloché border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; design continues on flap ; sewn in pink and then green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink, yellow and dark blue, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition though likely not original and ill-fitting text block (flap too small) with some abrasion, minor pest damage, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (chiefly vertical, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, dense and sturdy though transluscent, dark cream to beige in color, well-burnished ; some moisture damage, staining and tide lines, pest damage ; repairs in non-European laid and wove paper.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of each mujallad, for the first three books being rectangular pieces gold or lapis cartouche carrying title in white surrounded by arabesques, interlace, and floral motifs on grounds of gold and lapis with black, red, light blue, white, and turquoise / pistachio accents (see pp.2, 226, 512) and for the final three books (appearing on the margins) more typically diamond shapes of similar composition (see pp.2, 210, 522) ; written area and ruled margins throughout surrounded by gold frame with divisions within defined by narrow gold bands (outlined in black) ; keywords and section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, sweeping descenders, pointing (somewhat casual) in distinct dots ; opening Arabic preface (and opening of fourth mujallad) in naskh, an elegant spacious hand, serifless with some sweeping descenders, adhering closely to baseline, pointing in distinct dots, extensively vocalized.Layout: Written in 20 lines per page in central written area, divided to two columns with an additional 42 lines on the diagonal in the margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv, IV+1 (10), 41 IV (338), 2 III ( 350), iii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black in in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present (though occasionally lost to trimming) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: [fourth book] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمه المجلد الرابع من المثنوی فی یوم الاربعا خامس عشر شهر جمادی الاخر سنه سته تسعین وثمانمایه کتبه الفقیر حمد الله نظام بیاسانی [؟]" ; [second book] "Scribal," triangular, reads تمه المجلد الثانی من کتاب المثنوی المعنوی فی یوم الخامس سابع شعبان المعظم سنه سته تسعین وثمانمايه العبد الخالی [؟] حمد الله ابن قوام الدین نظام بیاسانی [؟]""Incipit: "هذا کتاب المثنوی وهو اصول اصول الدین فی کشف اسرار الاصل والیقین ..."Title from colophon of second book on p.510.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s didactic poetical work in double verses with Arabic preface. Text of the first three books (mujallad / daftar) appears in the central written area with the text of the final three books provided concurrently on the diagonal in the margins. Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 293Origin: As appears in colophon for sixth book ("المجلدة السادسة") on p.345, copied by Tursūn Muḥammad ibn Musāfir Ṣarrāf under the patronage ("بسعي واهتمام") of Ḥāfiẓ Yūsuf al-Bukhārī. Date of transcription not specified though decoration, etc. suggests late 16th or early 17th century (compare Isl. Ms. 270).Accompanying materials: Scrap torn from a packet or advertisement with "بو مهره دقت اولنه" printed in black on one side and name only partially visible in gold [BAFRA ?]on reverse (between pp.166-167).Former shelfmark: "522 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٠٩" in ink on spine label.Binding: Pasteboards faced in dark green cloth with red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (cloth faced and leather edged framed binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell marbled paper (mainly in dark green, red and yellow) ; false raised bands as ridges on spine ; hollow back ; now sewn in white thread, four stations ; stuck-on endbands in pale green and white ; text block has certainly been trimmed ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, some spine slant (slightly cocked), etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible ; transluscent and crisp though sturdy.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening of fourth book / daftar on p.2 consisting of a large (wide) rectangular piece with gold cartouche filled with swirling arabesque in red and flanked by pendants in gold overlaid with floral vegetal accents in gold, yellow, red, white, etc. on a blue ground (approaching lapis lazuli) with border in white and turquoise bands outlining heavy gold interlace, surmounted by rectangular piece with row of swirling arabesque on fields of lapis lazuli and gold with black and red accents, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; another splendid illuminated headpiece at opening of fifth book / daftar on p.104, very similar to the opening headpiece but with scalloped triangular piece (or hasp or dome, head lost to trimming) set in the upper rectangular piece ; at opening of sixth book on p.218, still another splendid illuminated headpiece of similar composition to the previous two but with even more elaborate arabesque and floral motifs and incorporation of an additional band of lozenges and eight-pointed stars (mainly in black, red and gold on a dark green ground overlaid with floral vegetal motifs and outlined in white) between the lower rectangular piece and upper rectangular piece with inset triangular piece or hasp ; written area (and columns within) throughout surrounded by a frame consisting of narrow gold band defined by gold fillets with outermost blue rule ; section headings, prefaces (mainly) and marginal numerals (marking verses) rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant Transoxanian hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page with written area divided into four columns (excluding prefaces and headings) ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 1+IV (9), 7 IV(65), IV+3 (76), IV-1 (83), IV-1 (90), 10 IV(170), I+1 (173), i ; almost exclusively quaternions (several anomalous) ; leaves now carrying pp.147-150 mistakenly bound between pp.146-151 though they should be between pp.166-167 (compare catchwords and line numbering) ; catchwords present though occasionally cut off ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت المجلدة السادسة من المثنوى المعنوى المولوى من كلام سلطان العلماء والمحققين ملك الابدال ... جلال الحق والدين محمد بن محمد بن الحسن البلخى ... بسعى واهتمام جناب فضايلمآب سعادت اكتساب حافظ يوسف البخارى على يد العبد الضعيف ترسون محمد بن مسافر صراف غفر الله لهم"Incipit: "الصغن الرابع [؟] الى احسن المرائع واجل المنافع تسر قلوب العارفين بمطالعته كسر والرياض بصوت الغمام ... اي ضياء الحق حسام الدين توى كه گذشت از بنورت مثنوى ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the fourth through sixth books (daftar / mujallad) of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s didactic poetical work in double verses. Final lines of the third book also appear on opening leaf (p.1).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 861Origin: As appears in colophon at the close of each book, copied by ʻAṭāʼ Allāh al-Ḥusaynī al-Hamadānī (عطاء الله الحسینی الهمدانی). As appears in colophon on p.108, transcription of first book (المجلد الاول) completed 14 Shaʻbān 1314 [ca. 18 January 1897]. As appears in colophon on p.205, transcription of the second book (المجلد الثانى) completed Rajab 1315 [November-December 1897]. As appears in colophon on p.332, transcription of the third book (المجلد الثالث) completed 25 Ramaḍān 1315 [ca. 17 February 1898]. As appears in colophon on p.435, transcription of the fourth book (المجلد الرابع) completed in Jumādá I 1316 [September-October 1898]. As appears in colophon on p.548, transcription of the fifth book (المجلد الخامس) completed 19 Shaʻbān 1316 [ca. 2 January 1899]. As appears in final colophon on p.670, transcription of sixth book (المجلد السادس), Khātimah and entire work completed Shawwāl 1316 [February-March 1899].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Slip with notes in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO. 5. Mas̲navī of Rūmī copied by ʻAṭāʼullāh al-Ḥusainī al-Hamadānī in 1316"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 10Binding: Boards covered in black leather with straight grain appearance (appears to have been grained by boarding) ; reminiscent of Type II binding with flap, though flap extends from upper cover and rests outside the lower cover where it is fixed with a metal clasp with pin catch closure ; board linings and hinges in shell marbled paper (mainly in pink, blue and yellow) ; upper and lower covers carry blind-tooled rule-borders ; fore edge of text block purple-flecked ; sewn in dark red and bright green thread, four stations ; stuck-on endbands in red leather ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion and staining.Support: European wove paper, beige in color, highly burnished.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of each book (mujallad / daftar) following the dībāchah (see pp.4, 112, 210, "438" [338], 438, 550) ; pieces vary in shape (though mainly large w-shaped pieces) but are similar in coloration, for example at opening on p.4, headpiece consists of a vertically elongated w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in lavender, orange-red and blue on a gold ground with white, blue and turquoise accents, set in an elaborate well of gold, blue, turquoise, red and black bands (others include rectangular piece setting off the basmalah) ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a heavy gold band defined by black fillets with innermost red rule and outermost blue rule, divisions within (and outer margin) defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; section headings rubricated or in blue ink.Script: Naskh ; exquisite Persianate hand ; partially but irregularly seriffed with curvilinear descenders (some swooping), pointing in distinct dots, superscripting of final words and letters, mainly open counters, partially vocalized ; headings in seriffed tawqīʻ, fully vocalized.Layout: Written mainly in 24 lines per page, with written area divided to four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV (8), 2 III+1(22), 10 IV(102), IV+1 (111), 6 IV(159), III (165), IV+2 (175), 5 IV(215), IV+2 (225), 6 IV(273), 2 IV+1(291), 4 IV(323), V (333), I (335), i ; chiefly quaternions ; catch title (المجلد الاول, المجلد الثانى, الخ) at the head of each page ; some leaves left blank between the close of one book and dībāchah of the next book ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "الحمد لله الذى وفقنى بتسويد وتحرير هذه النسخة الشريفة فى يوم السبت من شهر شوال المكرم في سنه ۱۳۱۶ وانا العبد المذنب عطاء الله الحسينى الهمدانى غفر الله له ولوالديه امين"Explicit: "قصه کوته کن که رفتم در حجاب هین خمش و الله اعلم بالصواب ... کرد شش باشد همیشه زان هوا"Incipit: "بشنو از نی چون حکایت میکند از جداییها شکایت میکند ..."Title from colophons on pp. 205, 332, and 548.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī’s celebrated didactic poetical work in double verses.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 294Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.353a (p.705), transcription finished in Rabīʻ I "shahr Mawlid al-Nabī" 901 [Nov-Dec 1495].Binding: Pasteboards covered in fine dark brown leather; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in light brown leather ; upper and lower covers feature a large rectangular central field with intricate, repeating geometrical/vegetal pattern, bordered by a relatively narrow frame ; frame contains a series of small panels, in which elements of the central pattern are featured ; pattern continues onto flap ; doublures feature a central medallion with two smaller pendants and corner pieces, all with filigree design over a background of lapis lazuli and outlined in gold paint ; edges of textblock gold-flecked and carry gold-painted vegetal decoration ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; endbands in green and gold ; in very poor condition with lower cover completely detached at spine, front cover and flap both on the verge of detaching, though decoration is in good shape ; evidence of made endpapers in red marbled paper, now removed ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and no chain lines visible ; lightly burnished ; relatively thin ; in good condition with some repairs and reinforcements.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpieces (ʻunwān/ʻanāwīn) found at the openings of each of the six books of the work (pp.4-5, 116, 214, 350, 458, 576) ; illuminated marginal decoration surrounds the prose dībāchah (pp.2-3) with lapis lazuli frame filled with a repeating, rectilinear vegetal pattern in gold, white, black, turquoise, and red and tīghs executed in blue ; frontispiece at the opening of the first book carries the first verses set apart in a double-page illumination with exquisite decoration matching the style of the dībāchah pages, but more elaborate ; aside from initial folia, written area surrounded by heavy gold frame and outermost blue fillet ; chapter headings often rubricated or chrysographed and set in cloud-bands of pink and yellow (gold?) cross-hatching ; text of dībāchah and colophon chrysographed.Script: Naskh ; headings and text of opening pages (dībāchah) done in tawqīʻ.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; incipit and facing page in 18 lines per page ; verses in frontispiece for opening book in 7 lines per page ; written area divided mainly into four columns, except on the initial pages of each book, which feature only a single column.Collation: i, III+2 (8), 9 V(98), IV+1 (107), 24 V(347), IV-2 (353), ii ; chiefly quinions, with one anomalous ternion and two anomalous quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," in Arabic, reads: "تم الکتاب المثنوی المعنوی المولوی بحمد الله و منه في شهر مولود النبی علیه السلام سنه احدي وتسعمایه الهجریه"Explicit: "قصه کوته کن که رفتم در حجاب هین خمش و الله اعلم بالصواب"Incipit: "هذا کتاب المثنوی وهو اصول اصول اصول [كذا] الدین فی کشف اسرار الوصول والیقین ..."Title from opening (p.2).Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī's didactic poetical work in double verses. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
Abstract: Commentary on Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī fī qirāʼāt al-sabʻ al-mathānī of al-Shāṭibī (d. 590/1194), a versification of al-Taysīr fī al-qirāʼāt al-sabʻ by ʻUthmān ibn Saʻīd al-Qurṭubī (d. 444/1053).Binding note: Both volumes have similar bindings, with dark brown leather (peeling) on paper pasteboards for upper and lower covers, fore-edge flap and envelope flap. Both covers have a central gilt pattern and a border consisting of gilt fillets and a Greek key pattern, with a floral motif in each inner corner. Similar border on the envelope flap. Blue paper pastedown and free endpaper. Fore-edge flap and envelope flap disbound in vol. 1, wanting in vol. 2.Ms. codex.Title supplied by cataloger from the titles on the lower edge of the text block of each vol.27 and 29 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Dark cream paper with laid or chain lines visible. Later illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) in gold, pink, red, and blue on vol. 1, fol. 1b. Gold and black border on vol. 1, fol. 1b-2a and on vol. 2, fol. 1b-2a. Magic squares, seal of Solomon and inscriptions on vol. 2, fol. 226b. Holes for thread used to rule the paper visible on the last fol. of vol. 1. Fol. 1 and 2 of vol. 1 are later replacements. The quires (quinions) are numbered using Arabic ordinals in the form "al-tāsiʻ" (see vol. 1, fol. 79a). Foliation in black ink using Arabic numerals (continuous on both vol.). Inscription "270" in black ink using Western numerals on the pastedown of the upper cover of vol. 1. Inscription "65" in black ink using Western numerals on the pastedown of the upper cover of vol. 2.Copy completed on 3 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 867 July 20, 1463 (colophon, vol. 2, fol. 226b).Incipit vol. 1: الحمد لله مبدئ الامم ومنشئ الرمم ... وبعد فان فضيلة العلم بينة لا تقتنعExplicit vol. 1: فحصل له مراده الي ان تم اسناده وهذا اخر ما يسر لنا الله تعالي من الوصول في الكلام علي الاصول فنسال الله الكريم رب العرش العظيم ان يوفقنا الاكمال الكمال على القرش وان يدخلنا في عباده الصالحين والحمد لله رب العالمينIncipit vol. 2: باب فرش الحروف الفرش مصدر فرش والحروف المختلف فيها وقد اضيف المصدر الى مفعولهExplicit vol. 2: الهم وسهل هذا الكتاب على طلابه وانفع به جملة اصحابه والحمد لله رب العالمين و صلواته .... واصحابه الطاهرين وسلم تسليما كثيرا الى يوم الدين
Abstract: Compendium on astronomy, comprising an introduction and two parts (maqālah).Binding note: Marbled paper pasted on brown leather for upper and lower covers.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 2a).13 lines per page. Contains diagrams. The ms. can be divided in three parts in different scripts (and paper?): fol. 2-10; 11-22; 23-30. Fol. 1 and 31 and later fly-leaves of glazed European paper with watermark. Catchword on the verso of most leaves.Inscription in Arabic on a label pasted on the upper cover: "47 Riyāḍīyāt". Inscription in Arabic on a label pasted on the interior of the upper cover: "Ḥāʼ 65".According to R. Mach, this copy dates from the 10th century H.Incipit: الحمد للّه كفآء افضاله والصلاة ... يقول ... محمود بن محمد بن عمر الجغمينيّ الخوارزمي ... انّى الفت هذا الكتاب فى هيئة العالم تذكرة مني لكل عالم منحريا التلخيص مع البيان وايجاز الالفاظ الى بسط المعانيExplicit: و لعل هذا المقدار الذى اورد كاف لتحصيل ما اردت فليكن هذا اخر الكتاب تم كتاب الملخص فى هيئة الافلاك
Title from f. 1v.Black cloth; tan leather spine and corners.Written in one column, 13 lines per page, in black and red.According to the colophon (f. 199r), copy completed in the hand of Khwājah Munawwar ʻAlī in Hyderabad on 25 Jumādá al-Ūlá 1256 AH [March 11, 1840 AD].MS Arab SM4286. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).
Watermark: Crown surmounted by 6-pointed star and crescent. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), no. 1132.Contains geometrical diagrams.Text lightly rubricated, has overlining in red; marginal notes and corrections in hand of copyist.Text (not this copy) published."A treatise on the use of the Indian circle (a geometrical construction for determining the meridian), compiled in 1006 H [1597]." David A. King, A Survey of the Scientific Manuscripts in the Egyptian National Library (Winona Lake, 1986), p. 161.
Fols. 32; 16.8 x 11.5 cm.; written surface 13.7 x 8 cm.; 16 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; entries in red.A work on geometry compiled from the Elements of Euclid, who flourished B.C. 323-285, the Almagest of Ptolemy d. after A.D. 161, and the Method of Archimedes b. ca. B.C. 287 and d. B.C. 212.Beg.: بسم الله ... الحمد لله الذي کملنا بعقل الفعالColophon: ونختم الرسالة بهذا الباب والله اعلم واحکم بالحقىقةRuled marginal lines in red. Writing parallel to back of binding. Attached to MS are 44 folios containing a treatise on magic dealing with the properties of the ring of Ṣāliḥ, and another on numbers and their squares, both in Persian and copied A.H. 609 A.D. 1212. MS is old and belongs probably to the first half of the XIIIth century. In fair condition; very rare.Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
Mathematical treatise with frequent marginal notes by multiple hands. Some of the marginal notes are textual variants or corrections, sometimes in red and corresponding to red overlining in the text. Later added table of contents (f. i verso-iii recto). Ribbon or thread tied in the outer margin as a marker (f. 118).
Abstract: A work of encyclopeadic nature by Mahmut bin Kadı Manyas, known as Manyas oǧlu (see start of text), covering questions of fiqh (in a section written in the form of fetvas), science, including subjects of mathematics and animals, and ʻilm al-ḥurūf. Title in Ṭāhir, ʻOM, given as: "Acab ül-acayip".Binding note: Green fabric covering original binding in leather. Pastedowns in yellow paper. Flyleaves in marbled paper.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a.Copied by Mehmet bin Abdullah in 841 (1437-38) -- colophon (fol. 83b).13 lines per page. Text is written in black ink with use of red for rubrication, inside a single line frame in red ink. Glazed paper with prominent pulp and no chain or laid lines visible. Short inscriptions on verso of front flyleaf and fol. 1a. A small almond shaped stamp on fol. 1a and 1b. Some marginal annotations. Short inscriptions and numerical tables and lists on the inside of both covers.Incipit:الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة علي اقضل رسله محمد وآله اجمعين وبعد فيقول اضعف الناس واحوجهم الي الملك الناس محمود بن قاضي منياس المشهور بمنياس اوغليExplicit: نظر اكه ارشمش دكلدر والحمد لله على اتمام والصلوة اولا واخرا على افضل رسله محمد واله تمت
Commentary on the Talkhīṣ aʻmāl al-ḥisāb, a treatise on mathematical operations by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Bannāʼ, with particular focus on calculations involving fractions and square roots. According to the notes of Mahdi Abdeljaouad and Jeffrey Oaks, the manuscript includes excerpts from 3 other treatises: Rafʻ al-ḥijāb ʻan wujūh aʻmāl al-ḥisāb (his own commentary on the Talkhīṣ); Maqālāt fī ʻilm al-ḥisāb; and Kitāb al-jabr wa-al-muqābalah (a treatise on algebra). 5 computational tables (f. 27r, 34v, 35r, 46v, 49v). Includes corrections of text and calculations.
Collection of treatises, copied in the same hand, on mathematical sciences. Topics include calculating heights, distances, areas, solving geometrical and algebraic problems, music theory. At the back of the work are three additions: 1) pages of notes, probably by the copyist, about some of the works in the collection (f. 129r-137v), 2) an added commentary on Apollonius' Conics copied in a different hand (f. 139v-143r), 3) further notes. One folio in Persian (f. 71) is misplaced and should follow folio 78.
Recto: beginning of Kitāb Istidrāk al-Sahw al-Mawjūd fī Kutub Raʾs al-Mathība [al-Fayyūmī] (‘The Book of the Correction of the Negligence Found in the Books of the Head of the Yeshiva, al-Fayyūmī’) by Mubaššir ha-Levi b. Nissi. Verso: note of possession with the name Ezekiel ha-Kohen b. ʿEli ha-Kohen he-Ḥaver. At the bottom of verso there are two lines in Arabic script that contain a short title of the book.Condition: Torn, holes, slightly rubbedLayout: 19 lines (recto); 3 lines (verso)
Text rubricated; marginal corrections and notes in hand of copyist (same as that of 694,2).Date in colophon: wa-katabahu muʾallifuhu al-ʻallāmah Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Mullawī fī Jumādá al-ūlá sanat ithnayn wa-ʻishrīn wa-miʾah wa-alf [June-July 1710].Pp. [1-16]. Bound with: Aḥmad ibn ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Mūjirī al-Mullawī, Taqyīd ʻalá masʾalat zakāt al-nābit, pp. [17-27].On the algebraic determination of the depreciation in the value of slaves sold or distributed as inheritance after the death of their master.
The good manners and quatities of the the great Imam Abu Hanifah, one of the 4th Sunnite Islamic sects. |If you would like to view the Arabic language description in the AUB catalogue, please go to : https://libcat.aub.edu.lb/record=b2619053Condition: Good condition.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.5Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated seal impression provides only rough terminus ante quem of 1723 ; paper, etc. may suggest late 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.5Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 5" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, spine leather detaching, minor delamination of boards, etc.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper (characterized in inscription on inner front flyleaf (p.3) as "كاغذ ایرانی") with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curving) and chain lines occasionally visible, dark cream to beige in color, thin and sturdy, well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a thin line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 3 VI(36), V+1 (47), 2 VI(71), 3 (74), 5 VI(134), II (138), VI (150), V+1 (161), 2 VI(185), V+1 (196), VI (208), IV-1 (215), ii ; chiefly senions ; sewing difficult to examine but middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes appear in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "آرایش دیباجه مناقب و تاثیر [سلاطین] رفیع مقدار ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the fifth volume, addressing Chingiz Khān and his successors to the time of Tīmūr, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Culture: Islamic, PersianMaterials/Techniques: ink, gold, paperNote: General note: Combines late Timurid and early Safavid styles.Note: General note: 1. Makhzan-alasrar, f. 1b. 2. Khusrau u Shirin, f. 37b. 3. Laila u Majnun, f. 141b. 4. Haft Paikar, f. 212b. 5a. Iskandarama, 1st part, f. 293b. 5b. Iskandarnama, 2nd part, 400b. Seals on f. 1. Illuminated frontispiece at the beginning of ea mathnawi.
Watermark: Andrea Galvani of Pordenone. See Edward Heawood, Watermarks, Mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Hilversum, 1950), p. 35 and no. 860.Contains short mathematical tables.Text rubricated; marginal notes and corrections in hand of copyist and others.Date and name of owner/copyist in colophon: ʻalá yad al-faqīr Aḥmad Kharās ...[?]... Rajab sanat 1291 [August-September 1874].For an earlier copy of this text see Mich. Isl. Ms. 801,3.al-Qalaṣādī (Carthage, 1988).Text (not this copy) published."An abridgement of the author's Kashf al-jilbāb ʻan ʻilm al-ḥisāb, in an introduction, four parts, and a conclusion.... Each part contains 8 chapters. This copy is defective; part 2, chapter 1 (end) to part 3, chapter 1 (beginning) is wanting (between ff. 11 and 12)." Cataloging by Elinor M. Husselman, 1945.