Abstract: "A selection from Nef'î's divan."Binding note: Green paper embossed in flower pattern over pasteboard on covers, with brown leather on spine. Endleaves in yellow paper strengthened at the spine with strips of red, black and white pattern decorative paper. Label on upper cover: "291".Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1b.Copied by Osman Kemamî in 1262 (1846) -- colophon (fol. 24a). Following this is a note (in the same hand) about saying a prayer for the author, ending in the date :"sene 1152" (1739-40) ?.10 lines per page. Written in a medium small ruqʻah in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Fol. 1b has a simple text frame outlined in black and gold ink. Fol. 15b-16a have single line text frames in red ink. Throughout, the text is written in two columns, diagonally. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper. Fol. 1a and 24b both have additional verses written in the same hand. Few short inscriptions on front and back endleaves. "Divani Nefi" written in pencil on the recto of front flyleaf.Incipit: شاه عشقم عالم معنى مسلم در بكا خلق عالم بر نفس شاد اولمغه جانلر ويررExplicit: طبع نفعى كبى پرواز بلنداته نولا افتاب سايه صالمش بر همادر طره سى
Abstract: "Collection of the poems of Nef'î."Binding note: Limp brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla; marbled paper doublures.Ms. codex.Title from lower edge.On fol. 1a-2a, 88b-91, and the margins of 86a-88a, poems by various authors written by different hands.Physical description: 17 lines per page, in two columns; written in nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text framed in red; columns separated by double red lines. Rubrication and catchwords. Some damp staining, mostly marginal. In good condition.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 673Origin: As appears at close on p.523, dated Rabīʻ II 1153 [June-July 1741] "في ربيع الاخر سنه ١١٥٤".Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label, "IL 35" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in now silvery laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSd 8), pendants and corner pieces along with tooled accents (strokes and rosette stamp) and border (rules flanking a series of s-shaped stamps) ; sewn in red and yellow (from around p.144) thread, four stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, only headband remains ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (particularly at board edges), delamination of boards, etc. ; repairs to spine, fore edge flap and board edges in black leather, also damaged.Support: European laid paper with 12-13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 20 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of crown above cartouche with name and grapes (raisin) below (see p.16, 54, 246, etc.), sturdy and dense, beige in color, well-burnished ; some staining and tide lines.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.16, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral accents in gold and red on a blue ground surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with somewhat crudely executed floral vegetal decoration in gold, white, yellow and red on fields of blue and gold with red accents ; entire piece set into a well consisting of a series of colored bands (in red, gold, yellow, and white) with crosses repeated in black ; written area of incipit page surrounded by a gold frame, elswhere central written area and margins surrounded by a red rule-border ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas, discs, etc. ; some overlining in red.Script: Naskh ; two elegant Ottoman hands ; opening hand (through p.334) partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on occasional lām or other ascender, marked effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes or conjoined dots rather than distinct dots, some free assimilation of letters (dots) ; from p.335 to close (as well as table of contents, pp.4-14), another elegant naskh, seriffed with left-sloping wedge or barb head-serifs on most ascenders (vertical stroke of final kāf and even shaqq of medial or initial kāf also seriffed), effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, dramatic contrast of thickness between horizontal and vertical strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) in heavy strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 31 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: III (6), 21 V(216), 2 IV(232), 3 V(262), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and added leaves, mistakenly skips two pages between pp.423-424).Explicit: "اخره تفويض ايتمك استدكده زيد مجرد زراعت ايتدكلريمك حقوقلرينى ارا ايتمكله زراعت ايتمدكلرينك تفويضندن عمروى منعه قادر اولورنى الجواب اولماز"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي احكم احكام الشرع على احسن الترتيب والنظام وجعل علماء الشريعة خلفاء رسوله في بيان الحلال والحرام ... وبعد فيقول الفقير الى رحمة ربه الغني محمد فقهى العينى لله در علامة زماننا ... مظهر الاحكام الربانية مفتي السلطنة العثمانية مولانا ابو الفضل عبد الله افندى اليكيشهرى فقد بذل جهده في الافتاء لذوي الحاجات ... واني لما استسعدت بخدمته [؟] العليا ... اردت ان ارتب هذا الكتاب المستطاب ليسهل الاطلاع على تفاريق الواقعات ... واثبت في الهامش نقل كل مسئلة ... فلما صار ذلك كتابا مرتبا ... سميته ببهجة الفتاوى ..."Title from opening matter (preface) on p.17.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the collection of legal decisions by Yenişehirli Abullah Efendi (d. 1742 or 3), compiled (with an Arabic preface) and annotated in Arabic by Muḥammad Fiqhī al-ʻAynī (fl. 1702). Table of contents provided at opening (pp.4-14).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 394Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest early 19th century.Former shelfmark: "495 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in pale pink laid paper, flyleaves surface-dyed mint green ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted corner accents (mainly rosettes) and border (guilloché roll flanked by gold fillets) ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and brown, fairly good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with minor staining, etc.Support: European laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29-30 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of three stylized top hats with feathers (see p.6, 10, 170, etc. and compare Heawood 2594, Venice 1831 and Eineder 709, Venice 1814) and "C + B" (see p. 2, 168, etc.), quite sturdy and well-burnished, cream in color ; minor foxing.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece carrying the basmalah surmounted by scalloped dome filled with floral vegetal design in gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) also in gold with entire piece set in a well of gold ; written area surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; keywords (including catchwords) and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs.Script: Naskh ; clear Turkish hand ; partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on occasional lām, effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly open counters, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 8 V(80), III (86), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present (rubricated) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "شاعر شرمى جلبى ميدان اشمش راميلردن اولوب جكدوكى مرتبه رميه قادراتجى ايدى رحمه الله عليه نقاش زاده اسمعيل تازه نوجوان اولوب تيراندازيره مسلم وممتاز ايدى خاتمة رساله"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد الذى فضل الرمى على سائر الاسلحة اجمعين وامر بالرمى لكل كبير وصغير من المؤمنين ... وبعد بو فقير پر تقصير عبد الله الكاتب بجامع مرحومه ومغفور بها والده سلطان طاب ثراها بو رسالۀ سكزباب اوزره تزيين وتنميق ايليوب تذكرۀ رمات تسميه ايلدم ..."Title from opening matter (p.2).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the work on archery by Abdullah el-Kâtip (of the Valide Sultan Camii) with descriptions of archery grounds in Istanbul, Edirne, Bursa, etc. as well as biographical notices for distinguished archers.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 389Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest late 16th or early 17th century.Former shelfmark: "314 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark maroon leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; board linings and outer flyleaves in quite glossy, blue surface-dyed paper ; upper and lower covers carry large stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OA1 1) along with gold-painted accents and tooled border ; sewn in brown thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition (despite loss of flap) with minor abrasion, lifting of leather, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in red leather.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, quite indistinct, curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and fairly transluscent though sturdy, burnished but not glossy, not heavily sized ; inner flyleaves in European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermark of circle with trefoil above and possibly anchor [?] inside.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying title in black "نصايح الابرار") surrounded by elegant swirling arabesques with floral motifs in gold, lavender, red, pink, white, light blue, etc. on a cobalt and gold ground and bordered in a band of black with white or light blue crosses, surmounted by scalloped triangular piece (hasp) or dome filled with similar floral vegetal design on a cobalt and gold ground, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in cobalt with red accents ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets (with outermost cobalt rule on incipit page) ; keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Naskh ; exquisite hand ; irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on many ascenders, slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing (for two and three dots) in conjoined dots or strokes.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, VII (14), iii ; catchwords present though only occasionally visible (often cut off) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes some flyleaves).Dedication: As appears in opening matter on p.5, dedicated to Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595).Explicit: "در حال افعال ماضيه وافكار راتيه سنه استغفار ايلدى تمت الرسالة"Incipit: "حمد وسپاس وثناء بى قياس بصانع شهود عالم ومبدع وجود آدم ... اما بعد بو فقير وحقير بو رسالۀ معتبرۀ كتب حكمادن لسان فارسدن اخراج ايلدم ... اسم رساله نصايح الابرار والله الموفق والمستعان وعليه التكلان ..."Title from inscription on fly leaf (p.1), illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4), and opening matter (p.7).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a collection of maxims and wise sayings from an assortment of philosophers, dedicated to Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595) and elsewhere attributed to one Abdülkerim b. Mehmet (see manuscripts in Milli Kütüphane-Ankara 06 Mil Yz A 2539/1 and 06 Mil Yz A 1941/5, as well as Zeytinoğlu İlçe Halk Kütüphanesi 43 Ze 321/3 and İstanbul Millet Kütüphanesi 34 Ae Edebiyat 478/2).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 671Origin: As appears in colophon on p.72, copied by Muḥammad Kamāl al-Dīn Ibn al-Kayyāl (Mehmet Kemalettin İbnül Keyyâl) with transcription completed in latter Rajab 1017 [November 1608].Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and label on lower cover, "IL 137" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in shell marbled paper (mainly in blue and red) with red leather over spine and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted wove paper ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, lifting and losses of paper,lower board partially split, detaching at spine, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines visible, dense and sturdy, well-burnished ; some staining and tide lines, nibbled around edges.Decoration: Headings and keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Naskh ; elegant Ottoman hand ; partially but irregularly seriffed with small right-sloping head-serif on occasional lām or joined alif, effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly bold sweeping shaqq on kāf but occasionally represented by vertical stroke with miniature kāf seated above it, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page.Dedication: At the request of the grand vezir Ali Paşa (see heading at opening on p.2) "مفتئ زمان خواجه چلبى ابو السعود حضرتلرينك رساله مباركه سيدر كه مرحوم وزير اعظم على پاشا يسر الله له في الدارين ما يشا التماس ايدوب اكا ارسال ايتدوكيدر"Collation: 3 V (30), V-4 (36) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تمت الرساله بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه في اواخر شهر رجب من شهور سنه سبعة عشر والف على يد الراجى عفو ربه محمد كمال الدين بن الكيال عفى عنه"Explicit: "كمسه باباسنوك واناسنوك حقلرينى اوده مش كبى اولور وعهدلرندن قورتلمش اولور"Incipit: "حمد وسباس وستايش بى قياس اول سامع الاصوات ومجيب الدعوات حضرتنه اولسون كم انك رحمت عميمه سى جميع عباده حاصل ونعمت جسيمه سى مطيع واهل عناده واصل در ..."Title from heading at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of brief treatise attributed to Abū al-Suʻūd al-ʻImādī (Hoca Çelebi, Mehmet Ebussuud [Ebusuud, Ebu's-suûd] Efendi, d.1574).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 677Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest 16th century.Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From 'title page,' "IL 414" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in now dull yellow European laid paper (three crescent watermark visible) with red leather over spine and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in marbled paper in blue and cream yellow ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in cream and pink, significant losses at head and tail ; overall in somewhat poor condition with significant staining and abrasion, losses to upper board at lower corner, upper cover fully detached at spine, lifting and losses of leather, foreedge flap detaching at lower cover, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of perhaps two types ; mainly with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (vertical), and anchor (two line) in circle with star above watermark (see p.40, 46, 56, 60, 100, etc.) ; another type with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 29 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of font with lid and cross [leaf] (or cardinal’s mitre / chapeau) (see p.26 and compare Chapeau nos. 3447, etc. in Briquet, Les Filigranes, Chapeau nos.2-8 in Velkov, Les Filigranes dans les documents Ottomans and nos. 31-32 in Nikolaev, Watermarks of the Ottoman Empire, vol. 1) ; sturdy and well-burnished.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; some section headings in green-blue ; written area and columns within surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Naskh ; compact, elegant, Turkish hand ; virtually serifless with very slight tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, occasional sweeping tails on qāf, etc., freely ligatured, pointing in strokes and distinct dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page with written area divided to four columns and two lines of verse per line, for 42 lines of verse per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 2 IV(16), VII (30), 2 IV(46), V (56), VI (68), V+1 (79), V (89), IV-2 (95) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.167-168).Explicit: "خيرله اولسون دني عقبيده شاد احمديى هر كه ايده خيرله ياد"Incipit: "ذكر بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قامونسدن [قامونسنه] بزه كيدر اى حكيم هر كيمككم يولداشى توفيق اولا هرنه سوزكم سويليا تحقيق اولا"Title from inscriptions on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the work by the renowned Ottoman poet Ahmedî on the life and deeds of Alexander the Great, expanding on the features of the legend as they appear in Firdawsī and Niẓāmī with many philosophical digressions and ending with a sketch of Islamic history concluding with an important versified history of the Ottomans.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 424Origin: As appears in colophon on p.197, transcription completed by the author in Muḥarram 1216 [May-June 1801]. A note on the 'title page' (p.1), "مترجم مرحوم خطيله", also indicates that the manuscript is in the hand of the author.Former shelfmark: "329 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; board linings and flyleaves in orange-tinted, silver-flecked European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped mandorla (gold-painted recessed onlays, vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as gold-tooled accents and guilloché roll border ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition with tailband and primaries detaching from textblock but still well-attached to spine lining ; overall in good condition with only minor abrasion, some lifting of spine leather, spine lining detached from most of text block, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct, curved), no chain lines visible, cloudy formation with fibers and inclusions visible, quite sturdy, transluscent and crisp, highly sized and burnished, beige to light brown in color ; board linings and flyleaves in European laid paper with large scrollwork watermark (difficult to make out).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of the preface on p.2, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece with gold cartouche (carrying the title "مرح المعالى فى شرح الامالى" in white) surrounded by swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold with red, blue, and light blue accents on a gold ground, entire piece set in an elaborate well of pink, black and light blue bands flanking a heavy band of gold interlace with red and turquoise accents and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; second superb illuminated headpiece at opening of the main text ( beginning with introduction, مقدمۀ كتاب) on p.8 ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy gold frame with divisions within defined by narrow gold bands ; elsewhere written area (and divisions within) surrounded by light blue (evoking silver) band defined by inner and outer red rules ; keywords and text being commented upon rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact hand in a heavy line ; serifless, with effect of words inclining to the right and descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots ; text being commented upon fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V+1 (11), 9 V(101), i ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages each between pp.9-10 and 183-184).Dedication: As appears in opening matter (preface, see p.5) dedicated to Sultan Selim III (r.1709-1807).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular reads "نجز بقلم شارحه الحقير فى م سنه ١٢١٦"Explicit: "مفهوم بيت بو در كه بر كمسنه بنم ايچون بر كون كه مراد بر وقتدر دعاى خير ايدرسه مدت عمرمده زمايت قدرتمى آنك خير دعاسنده افراغ ايدرم فنرجو من الله العميم المراحم البسيط المكارم ان يعفو عنا وعن الناظم ويرحمنا ويرحمه ويرحم آبائنا وامهاتنا ومشايخنا واحبائنا وجميع المؤمنين بحرمة رسوله الامين ولله الحمد اولا واخرا"Incipit: "سبحان من توحد فى ذاته القديم سبحان من تفرد فى وصفته القويم ... اما بعد صورت مقدمۀ اتيه ده بيان اولنديغى اوزره جملۀ علوم شريفه وجلمۀ فنون منيفه دن علم كلام ايله معلم اولان ... بو عبد مكزين يعنى در مائده اواصر قواصم السيد احمد عاصم جعله الله من عصبة المعاصم ... شرح وامل سنه وضع قلم ابتدا اولنوب اسلوب مطلوب ومنهج مرغوب اوزره توفيق رب منعامله قرين حسن ختام ومرح المعالى فى شرح الامالى ايله بنام ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2 and in opening matter on p.4.Ms. codex.Elegant, apparently autograph copy of the commentary by the celebrated Ottoman offical historiographer (vak’anüvîs / vakanüvîs) Ahmet Asım Efendi, also known as Mütercim Asım (d.1820) on al-Ūshī's (fl. 12 cent.) renowned theological poem in lām, Badʼ al-amālī or Qaṣīdat yaqūlu al-ʻabd fī badʻ al-amālī.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1046Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; hand, dates of composition, and especially paper would suggest the last two decades of the 18th century. Date of 1296 [1879] at the close of Hulâsatü'l-itibar on fol.69 is possibly a corruption of 1195 [1781], the date of composition of this work ; it appears to have been entered by the rubricator who supplied many of the textual dividers and some overlining.Accompanying materials: Slip with inscription in black ink between fol.11 and fol.12.Former shelfmark: On front flyleaf, from Bouwman Books "msturk194".Binding: Pasteboards (thin) covered in dark red brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures (board linings) in fine marbled paper (ebru) in grey, light blue, light brown and black ; upper and lower covers carry a ruled rectangular central panel and gold-tooled borders in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, tailband damaged ; overall in fairly goold condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: European laid paper with 10 laid lines (horiztonal) per cm., chain lines (vertical) spaced 26 mm. apart, and watermark of scrollwork with horn in shield, crown above, trefoil and "D& C Blauw" below (mark of the Dutch papermaking firm of Dirk & Cornelius Blauw, see Voorn pp. 543-4 ; 558-9, roughly 115 x 115 mm. including name of firm, compare Gravell Nos. TJ 163, TJ 162, TJ 137, TJ 709, TJ 351 / SLD.349.2, SLD.349.1, SLD.345.1, SLD.400.1, SLD.378.1 dated 1783-1793).Decoration: Keywords and many notabilia rubricated ; written area surrounded by red rule-borders ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Naskh ; fine, very neatly formed Ottoman hand, in a medium line ; partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on occasional lām, slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing mainly in strokes or conjoined dots, partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV+1 (9), V+1 (20), V (30), V+1 (41), V+1 (52), V (62), V+1 (73), III (79) ; final five leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; foliation in pencil, Western numerals (supplied by book seller).Incipit: [Sefaretname] "حمد موفور وسپاس نامحصور مالك ملكوت آسمان زمين اولان خدواند جهان آفرينه سزادركه ارسال رسل ورسائل ضمننده تبيين ملل واديان ... اما بعد تقرير كمترين بندكان ديوان سامى الحاج احمد رسمى بودركه بلاد شماليۀ غربيه دن جرمانيا او آلمانيا مملكتى داخلنده في الاصل سقصونه ايالتندن معدود اولان برآنده برق سنجاغنه القطورلق نشانى ..." ; [Hulâsatü'l-itibar] "ايفاى حمد وثناى خداوند علام واجراى وضيفۀ صلوة وسلام ختامندنصكره معروض انديۀ بهيۀ كرام بودركه فاتحۀ معمورۀ عالم ..." ; [Kıta-yi Halifetü'r-rüesa] "اشبو مقالۀ مشكين كلاله بيان وفيات ... محصوره اولميوب على العموم كتاب معارف انتسابه مسرح عيون اعتبار ومنهاج رفتار وانحدار اولمق ملاحظه سيله اواخر ملوك بني اميه واوائل دولت عباسيه ده رئيس الكتاب وفن كتابت وانشاده مقتداى شيخ وشاب اولان عبد الحميد بن سعيدك شرذمۀ [؟] كتابه دستور شمائل وشعار ... بلاغت علامه سى بطريق الترجمه بو محله ذيل وخاتمه قلنمشدر وهى هذه صناعت كتابت ومنقبت فصاحت وخطابتله موصوف اولان ..."Title from inscription on front flyleaf.Ms. codex.5. fol.69b-fol.74b : [Kıta-yi Halifetü'r-rüesa] / Ahmet Resmî Efendi.4. fol.28b-fol.69a : [Hulâsatü'l-itibar] / Ahmet Resmî Efendi.3. fol.27b-fol.28a : [blank].2. fol.22b-fol.27a : [Layiha] / Ahmet Resmî Efendi.1. fol.1b-fol.22a : [Sefaretname-yi Ahmet Resmî] / Ahmet Resmî Efendi.Fine collection (mecmua) of works by Ahmet Resmî Efendi, opening with his Sefaretname, an account of his embassy to Berlin in 1177-78/1763-64, followed by the Layiha he presented to Muhsinzade Mehmed Paşa (d.1188/1774) as the Ottomans undertook negotiations with the Russians to end the Russo-Ottoman War (1768-74), next his critical and satirical history of that war Hulâsatü'l-itibar, and closing with an excerpt from Halifetü'r-rüesa (see pp.73-81 of the 1853 Istanbul edition), his biographical work on Ottoman chief scribes, addressing the scribal arts as modeled in the work of the first great scribe of Islam, ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥyá ibn Saʻīd al-Kātib (d.750).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 419Origin: Lacks detailed colophon though partially effaced patronage statements appear with each work, and the statement following the final work (p.168) is dated 1098 [1686 or 7].Former shelfmark: "514 [?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures and lining of envelope flap in marbled paper (mainly in red and brown) ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted central ornament in a diamond shape (filled with crosshatch pattern) with rosette accents and stroke pendants, as well as tooled and gold-painted border in a series of s-shaped stamps with flanking fillets and rosette accents ; sewn in pink thread, two stations, failing ; worked chevron endbands in blue and yellow, only headband remains ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (mainly at fore edge flap), spine slant (slightly cocked), etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in cream textile.Support: non-European laid paper of a few types ; mainly with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, for most fairly distinct, some appearance of curving) and somewhat irregular chain lines (mainly single but with occasional groups of two) sometimes appearing about 25 mm. apart, cloudy formation, dark beige to light brown in color, fairly thin and transluscent, well-burnished ; another type with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (fairly distinct) and occasional chain lines visible, typically tinted pale blue, mint green, pink or yellow, well-burnished.Decoration: Superb illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of each main work (see pp.8, 46, 58, 138), each consisting of a variation on a rectangular panel with gold cartouche (in one case carrying title, see p.58) surmounted by a semi-circular piece or dome overlaid with delicate floral and cloud motifs on grounds in gold and shades of dark and light blue with decorative bands and surmounting vertical stalks (tīgh) ; headings, keywords, excerpts, and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke overlining some keywords) rubricated ; headings in selection of poetry chrysographed ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas and gold discs ; occasional overlining in red ; written area and divisions within surrounded by narrow gold frame defined by black fillets.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) and naskh ; elegant Ottoman hands in a medium line ; opening works (through p.148) in a fine nastaʻlīq/talik, serifless with effect of inclination to the right, slight effect of words descending to baseline, mainly curvilinear descenders, pointing mainly in strokes or conjoined dots ; final works in careful naskh, two clear Ottoman hands, opening hand (pp.152-157) mainly serifless, compact yet vertically elongated with dramatic inclination to the left, curvilinear descenders, open and closed counters, free assimilation of letters, pointing in strokes or distinct dots ; second hand (p.160 to close) partially but somewhat irregularly seriffed, spacious and neatly formed with slight tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing in conjoined dots, partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv, V(10), IV+1 (19), III (25), 4 V(65), II+3 (72), II (76), V (86) ; chiefly quinions ; final leaves and some pages between works left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes added leaves serving as flyleaves at opening).Incipit: [Rahatü'l-eşbah] "حمد بيحد و شكر لا يعد اول حي وقيومه كه حياتى سرمديه [؟] در آز الده ... وبعد بو اضعف العباد اعنى وجدى ناصراد ... ونامنه راحة الاشباح فى بيان الارواح ديدم ..." ; [Risale-yi Hakikat-i nevm] "يا واجب الوجود يا فائض الجود جناب عزتكدن مأمول وعالى حضرتكدن ... وبعد بو فقير وحقير اعنى وجدى پر تقصير دير كه وقتا كيم راحة الاشباح نام رساله نك تحريرندن فارغ اولدمسه مراد ايدندمكه حقيقت نوم ايله حقيقت رؤيا بياننده بر رساله تحرير وآنده انواع واقسام رؤيايى على طريق الاجمال تسطير ايدم ... دانى اوچ مقاله اوزرينه ترتيب ايلدم وبالله التوفيق ..." ; [Risale-yi Kutü'l-ervah] "منت اول خداي منانه مخصوصدر كه آدمك روحنى تشريف اضافت ونفخت فيه من روحى ايله جميع ارواحدن ممناز ايلدى ... اما بعد بو فقير دلداده اعنى وجدى افتاده دير كه بوندن اول بعض اخوان صفانك التماسلريله راحة الاشباح نامنده بر رساله مفيده تحرير وانده روح انسانى حقنده وآرده اولان اقاويله اجمالا تسطير ايتمشيدم ... قوت الارواح اسميله مسمى اولمغه ..." ; [treatise on eşbah, etc.] "نحمدك يا واجب الوجود ونشكرك يا ذا الفضل والجود ونصلى على حبيبك المصطفى وعلى آله وصحبه اهل الصفا وبعد بو فقيره تردد ايدن ياراندن [؟] ابراهيم چلبى ديمكله معروف وطلب علم ومعرفتله موصوف بر ياغار ورفيق وفادار ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter on p.9.Ms. codex.14. p.169-178 : [blank].13. p.168 : [partially effaced patronage statement].12. p.166-p.167 : Hādhā Sharḥ Aṣḥāb al-kahf.11. p.160-p.165 : [masāʼil opening with "Masʼalah ʻan al-nisāʼ al-Ṭahārāt...etc."].10. p.158-p.159 : [blank].9. p.152-p.157 : [selection of poetry].8. p.149-151 : [blank].7. p.138-p.148 : [another treatise on eşbah] / İbrahim Çelebi [?].6. p.137 : [blank].5. p.58-p.136 : Risale-yi Kutü'l-ervah.4. p.55-p.57 : [blank].3. p.46-p.54 : [Risale-yi Hakikat-i nevm ile hakikat-i rüya beyanında].2. p.44-p.45 : [blank].1. p.8-p.43 : Rahatü'l-eşbah fi beyanü'l-ervah / Ahmet Vecdi Efendi.Elegant copy of a collection (majmūʻah / mecmua) of several brief treatises in Ottoman Turkish on spirits, sleep, dreams, the afterlife, etc. opening with a work by Ahmet Vecdi Efendi (d.1633), followed by a selection of poetry and excerpts in Arabic on assorted masāʼil, etc. Contributions to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 380Origin: As appears in colophon on pp.990-991, copied by Mahmut, the translator/author's son, for the vizier Hazret Osman Paşa ( حضرت عثمان پاشا) with transcription completed 1 Ṣafar 1112 [ca. 18 July 1700].Accompanying materials: Slip of blue wove paper carrying notes in black ink (between pp.202-203).Former shelfmark: "٢٤٧" in black ink on spine label ; "362 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis] on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan / light brown leather framed in black leather (over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures / pastedowns and flyleaves in heavy laid paper with a speckled ebru design (marbled) in red, white, blue, green, purple, and black ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped (with gold-painted, red recessed onlays) scalloped mandorla and pendants, as well as wide, tooled and gold-painted border in a series of s-shaped stamps (forming guilloché roll) flanked by gold rules ; design continues on flap ; sewn in blue thread, broken for many of the gatherings in the first half of the text and sometimes repaired with red thread ; worked chevron endbands in brown and light blue, losses exposing cores of head and tailband ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting (particularly where cover flanges overlap on spine) and losses of leather, envelope flap detaching from fore edge flap, etc.Support: European laid paper of at least three types ; first type with roughly 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) roughly 28 mm. apart, well-burnished, thick and creamy (see p.20, etc.) ; second type with roughly 14 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) spaced roughly 23 mm. apart, well-burnished, thin and crisp, scrollwork / arms watermark (see p.571, etc.) ; third type with roughly 13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) spaced roughly 14 mm. apart, well-burnished, thin and crisp, watermark with grapes surmounted by a cartouche with "...RBE..." written inside surmounted by a crown (compare to Heawood 2385, see p.791, etc.).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral vegetal accents in green and red on a gold ground, surmounted by a scalloped, semi-circular piece (dome) with floral floral designs in pink, lavender, red, and teal on a gold ground, itself surmounted by delicate vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue and flecked with gold above ; entire piece set in a well of white crosses on a thin red band ; text of written area surrounded by frame consisting of a heavy gold band flanked by black fillets and outermost gold rule ; section headings, keywords, notabilia and some vocalization rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of discs and inverted commas in gold (incipit and facing page, pp.4-5) and red ; edges of text block decorated with floral-vegetal motifs in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and elongated horizontal strokes, fully vocalized at times.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+1 (9), 48 V (489), III+1 (496), ii ; chiefly quinions ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "قد استراحت قديمة القلم عن السياحت في ميادين الرقم ... على يد افقر من مشى تحت الخضرا... محمود ابن مترجم هذا الكتاب المستطاب ... وجعله هدية لخزانة كتب الوزير المكرم والدستور المفخم ... حضرت عثمن پاشا اناله الله بما يحبه ويشا وكثر من المستعدين من اولاه وجعل اخراه اولى من اوليه ... حرر في غرة صفر المظفر ختم بالخير والظفر من شهور سنه اثنى وعشرة و مائة بعد الالف من هجره من انزل عليه القران حرفا بعد حرف"Explicit: "وضلع امرأه ايله تعبير اولنور زيرا رسول اكرم غرابه فاسق الطلاق ومراه يي ضلعه تشبيه بيورديلر والله اعلم وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وله و صحبه اجمعين"Incipit: "ان احسن الاحاديث بعد الحمد لمن جعل السقف الاخضر مرفوعا ... وبعد بو كمينۀ كم بضاعه وفقير قصير الباعه ..."Title from titlepiece on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the extensive Ottoman Turkish rendering (with commentary) by İshak Hocası Ahmet b. Heyreddin (d.1708) of al-Tirmidhī's (d.892) Kitāb al-Shamāʼil, a collection of traditions comprising the Prophet’s characteristics. Copy apparently executed by the author's son (see colophon) and collated by the author himself (see collation statement on p.1). Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 379Origin: As appears in colophon on p.1391, copied by Muḥammad ibn Khalīl (Mehmet b. Halil) ; date of transcription not specified ; paper suggests 18th century (perhaps mid century).Accompanying materials: a. Slip of wove paper with notes in black ink (between pp.230-321) -- b. Slip of laid paper with notes in black ink (between pp.726-727).Former shelfmark: "340 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of opening leaf (p.2) ; "٣٢ع | ٤خ" on spine label.Binding: Pasteboards covered in gold-flecked red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped (with orange paper onlay) and gold-painted mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. NA 4), surrounded by a tooled border consisting of an s-shape stamped chain in gold flanked by thin gold fillets ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked endbands in pink and yellow thread in a chevron pattern ; overall in fair condition with fore edge flap lost, repairs to spine and fore edge of lower board in a darker red leather, and abrasion on upper and lower covers.Support: European laid paper of several types ; one opening type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 12 mm. apart, and watermark of grapes surmounted by a crown (see p.32) ; another with roughly 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark of "?AHE?NE" and figure (see p.46) ; another with roughly 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark of grapes surmounted by a crown with a heart motif (see p.136) ; another with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 21 mm. apart, watermark of grapes (see p.578) ; another with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 24 mm. apart, and watermark of LANGUEDOC (see p.592) ; all well-burnished, thin and crisp.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with emtpy gold cartouche outlined in orange and flanked by floral vegetal accents in gold, light pink, and pale blue, surmounted by a scalloped semicircular piece (dome) outlined in orange and filled with floral vegetal accents in blue, pale blue, light pink, orange, and white, itself surmounted by delicate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, and set in a well consisting of a thick band of light pink ; written area throughout surrounded by a thick gold frame with outer black rule ; Qurʼānic passages rubricated in a range of red shades ; overlining in red ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: II (4), 169 V (694), II (698) ; chiefly quinions ; final two leaves (following close of text) left blank ; foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه اضعف العباد محمد بن حليل م"Explicit: "ومراه يي ضلعه تشبيه بيورديلر صلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله و صحبه اجمعين و الحمد الله حمدا يوافي نعمه ويكافي مزيده كلما حمده الحامدون و ذكره الذاكرون تمت بعون الحق"Incipit: "ان احسن الاحاديث بعد الحمد لمن جعل السقف الاخضر مرفوعا ... وبعد بو كمينۀ كم بضاعه وفقير قصير الباعه ... لمؤلفه احمدم ... واقوم الوسائل في ترجمة الشمائل ديو نام زد قيلدم ... "Title from opening matter on p.14.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the extensive Ottoman Turkish rendering (with commentary) by İshak Hocası Ahmet b. Heyreddin (d.1708) of al-Tirmidhī’s (d.892) Kitāb al-Shamāʼil, a collection of traditions comprising the Prophet’s characteristics. Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 683Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggests 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From verso of front flyleaf "IL 362" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Boards covered in dark purple cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in paper printed with floral / landscape design in shades of blue, tan, olive green, and white ; upper and lower covers carry embossed central ornament (oval scrollwork design) ; raised bands on spine, accented with stamped (turquoise-colored onlays) bands and floral motifs ; sewn in white thread, five stations, stab sewn as well ; stuck-on endbands in black and yellow ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion and staining.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of crown above grapes (see p.20, 24, etc.) alternating with "P S" (see p.22, 26, etc.), thin though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; some foxing, staining and tide lines.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by lavender floral motifs surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal motifs in lavender, pink, salmon, white, etc. on a gold ground, entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red and set in a well of pink with red accents ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame, elsewhere written area (including margin) surrounded by red rule-border ; keywords, section headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke over keywords) rubricated ; grid of table of contents outlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs on incipit and facing page ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; two elegant Turkish hands ; opening two works in an elegant nastaʻlīq (talik), characteristically serifless with effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, letterforms characteristic of nastaʻlīq (talik) ; final work in another nastaʻlīq (talik) similar to the first hand but with greater effect of words descending to baseline, thicker line and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV (8), V (18), V+1 (29), 23 V(259), i ; chiefly quinions ; fol.110-111 and 112-113 bound in reverse order ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves).Incipit: [Fetava-yi Ali Efendi] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله كتاب الطيبين الطاهرين الطهارة [الطيبين الطاهرين كتاب الطهارة] زيد جنب ايكن ذكر وتسبيح والصلوة على النبى ايتمك جائز اولورمى الجواب اولور ..." ; [Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt] ; "الحمد لله عظيم البرهان وعميم الاحسان ... فان افقر عباد الله السبحان عبد السيد الرحمن بن سليمان الشهير بخصالى بين الاجناب والاخوان قد اختصر هذا الرسالة بحسب الامكان في الكتب المعتبرة البيان ..." ; [Maruzat-ı Ebussuud] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا خاتم النبيين وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين اما بعد سعادتلى وفضيلتلى ومروتلى سلطانم حضرتلرينه عرض داعى منشالرى بو در كه بوندن اقدم مرحوم سيخ الاسلام ... حضرت ابو السعود ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.7. p.519-520 : [assorted excerpts].6. p.504-p.518 : [Maruzat-ı Ebussuud] / Ebussuud Efendi.5. p.482-p.503 : Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt / ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sulaymān, al-shahīr bi-Khilāṣī.4. p.478-p.481 : [blank].3. p.10-p.477 : Fetava-yi Ali Efendi / Ali Efendi Çatalcalı.2. p.8-p.9 : [blank].1. p.3-p.7 : [added contents listing and table of contents].Fine copy of the collection of legal decisions (fetvas) by Ali Efendi (d.1692), followed by Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt, a work of fiqh in Arabic by Hisâlî Abdurrahman Çelebî bin Süleyman bin Eyüp Sârûhânî (d.1676) and Maruzat-ı Ebussuud, a collection of legal decisions (fetvas) issued by Abū al-Suʻūd al-ʻImādī (Ebussuud Efendi, d.1574) and sanctioned by Sultan Süleyman I (r.1520-1566).
Abstract: "Kınalızade's work on ethics in 3 books (kitāb) composed in 1565 (fol. 6b-261b)Abstract: followed by two short treatises also on ethicsAbstract: virtue and moral qualities (fol. 263b-280b and 280b-296b)Abstract: the first of which is in Arabic and consists of a list of different concepts conditioning those qualities and the explanations thereofAbstract: starting with al-tawakkulAbstract: al-jahlAbstract: khawf al-dhamm wa-ḥubb al-madaḥ etc.Abstract: and the second is in Arabic and Ottoman and is dedicated to Sultan Abdülhamid I (ruled 1774-1789)."Binding note: Brown leather with a gold tooled mandorla with pendants in the center and 4 gold tooled corner pieces in foliage pattern on upper and lower covers. Envelope flap with same gold tooled design, consisting of a small mandorla, 2 corner pieces, and gold guilloche and fillets around the edges. Spine, fore-edge flap and borders of upper and lower covers repaired in different brown leather. Pastedowns and envelope flap lining in yellow paper sprinkled in silver. Fore-edge lining in olive fabric.Ms. composite codex.Title from the lower edge of text block.Main text was copied by Derviş Mehmet Ahlakî on the 15th of Shaʻbān 997 (1589), this being the 30th copy which he did -- colophon (fol. 261b). Given the dedication to Sultan Abdülhamid I, the second and third texts, which are written continuously, are from the 18th century and were subsequently bound with the first.Main text: 19 lines per page. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is written within a gold leaf frame outlined with three lines in black ink, with headings and verses in separately outlined sections. Fol. 6b has an illuminated head piece (ʻunwān) made in gold leaf with dark and light blue, orange and purple watercolors. Fol. 6b, 12a, 21a, and then every 10th leaf has a circular medallion on the margin, made with gold leaf with foliage pattern in black ink in the center with red circle around it and blue ink around the edges. Fol. 112b-116a have margins sprinkled in gold. Glazed dark cream paper with visible laid lines and prominent fibres. Foliation in Arabic numerals in red ink starts with 1 on fol. 7. Texts 2 and 3: 11 lines per page. Written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Text written within a single line frame outlined in red ink. Very thin light cream glazed paper with visible laid lines and prominent fibres.Ms. additions: Several short inscriptions on fol. 1b; table of contents on fol. 2b-3a; two ownership statements on fol. 6a, one in the name of Mehmet Celaleddin, accompanied by a stamp dated 189 (1775-76), and the other in the name of Ömer Hüsameddin, dated 26 M 1227 (10 February 1812).Incipit text 1: درر زواهر حمد وثنا وغرر ظواهر سپاس وستايش كه كثرت افراد فرايدينه سلك شهور وايامده احتمال اجتماع وانتظامExplicit text 1: وعليه التكلان انه مفضل منعم حنان منان تمت الرساله المجموعه من مكارم الاخلاق بعون الله الملك الخلاقIncipit text 2: من الكلمات الصحيحة الدين النصيحة الحمد لله ... وبعد فان الدنيا الفانية سريعة الزوالExplicit text 2: مراد ما نصيحت بود وكفتيم حوالت با خدا كرديم ورفتيمIncipit text 3: الحمد لله ... وبعد فان العقل والنقل متطبقان وفى المآل متوافقانExplicit text 3: واستعمال اصناف حيل ومكايده بهر حال قيام عقلا وشرعا خير المرامدر
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 444Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration and paper certainly suggests 18th century and date in watermark may suggest ca. 1742.Former shelfmark: "465 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "234" inscribed in pencil on 'title page’.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in light brown leather with gold-tooled rule-borders ; flyleaves in gold-flecked marbled paper (in red, blue, black, grey, etc.), hinges in a different marbled paper (yellow and dark blue) ; upper and lower covers carry superb stamp and gold-painted recessed mandorla, pendants, cornerpieces, and borderpieces framed by a series of roll borders ; design continues on envelope flap ; edges of text block gold-painted with repeated strokes design ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, good condition ; overall in good condition with only minor abrasion and staining ; subtle repairs at spine (rebacked), fore edge flap and board edges in similar dark red leather gold tooled with rules and greek key pattern (compare unrepaired edges of envelope flap), as well as two fills in dark red leather on lower cover.Support: European laid paper of several different types including many with raisin watermarks ; one type with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21-22 mm. apart (vertical) and grapes under crown watermark ; another type with 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 20 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermark of grapes under cartouche with "P C" and crown above ; still another type with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical) and watermark of grapes under long cartouche with crown above and date "1742" [?] below ; another type with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21-23 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of lion statant guardant and cross-bow ; some leaves tinted pale orange, pink, bright yellow, buff, beige, etc.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on fol.1b consisting of rectangular panel with empty gold cartouche surrounded by vegetal pattern in gold with floral accents in pink and red surmounted by a scalloped rectangular piece filled with the same intricate vegetal pattern and itself surmounted by elaborate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, red, and gold ; the entire piece is set into a well of rich gold interlace ; a second illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) consisting of w-shaped piece of similar composition to opening headpiece appears at opening of biographical sketch on fol.6b ; written area surrounded by heavy gold frame with any divisions of the written area and margin outlined by a gold rule ; keywords, text of ḥadīth, headings, titles, etc. rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas ; in opening of "تضمين مصرع عرفى" written area gold-flecked.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish hand ; mainly serifless with closed counters, descent of words to baseling, pointing in distinct dots, and elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 11-17 lines per page ; roughly five lines of ḥadīth text and eight of the elucidation (on the diagonal) ; column of written area is divided to two columns to accept the lines of elucidation while ḥadīth text fills the width of the column ; biographical sketch and works of prose and verse are arranged in various layouts, including 11-13 lines per page on the diagonal filling the entire written area, 11-17 lines per page with written area divided to two columns (often alternating with a line centered or filling the column width), roughly 12 lines per page on the diagonal with written area divided to two columns, etc.Collation: i, 5 V(50), I+1 (3), II (57), V (67), VII (81), IV (89), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present.Incipit: "قال عليه السلام السماح رباح اى اولان كاركاه عالمده طالب وستمائة اعمال ..."Title from inscription on 'title page'.Ms. codex.Stunning copy of a collection of works by Münîf of Antakya (d.1743 or 4), opening with a collection of thirty-nine ḥadīth accompanied by his Turkish paraphrase and followed by a biographical sketch for him, a collection of letters, his Zafernâme on the Belgrade campaign of 1152 [1739], and his collected poems (divan).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 420Origin: Lacks dated colophon though decoration, hand, etc. would suggest 18th century and date of composition, author's dates and dated seal impressions [including one possibly for the author] would suggest mid to late 18th century. Hikaye-yi garibe likely added later.Binding: Pasteboards (both now almost entirely delaminated) covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; doublures in dark brown leather, hinges and flyleaves in fine marbled paper (in red, dark blue, light blue-green), flyleaves gold-flecked ; upper and lower covers carry large stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi) and pendants accented with gold-painted strokes, as well as gold-painted and tooled borders in rows of s-shaped stamps defined by gold fillets ; sewn in dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged with headband virtually gone, tailband detaching ; overall in poor condition with boards delaminated to individual leaves, flap lost, cover detached from text block at spine, abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (upper cover, exposing boards, and spine in particular), staining, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper of perhaps several types ; mainly with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, curving, somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and trasluscent, well-sized and burnished ; another type with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. and chain lines in pairs (see p.186, etc.) ; some staining ; bifolium in each quire silver-flecked (see pp.85-86, 99-100, etc.).Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by delicate floral designs on fields of gold and dark blue, surmounted by a w-shaped piece overlaid with similar swirling floral designs in light blue, pink, orange, gold, etc. on grounds of gold and dark blue / cobalt, itself surmounted by vertical stalks in dark blue with gold and red accents, all set in a well of heavy gold and black interlace with outermost pink band ; written area of opening work surrounded by a heavy gold frame defined by black fillets ; headings and some keywords rubricated ; textual dividers mainly in the form of inverted commas in red, though two exquisitely executed rosettes appear on incipit page (p.4).Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; two elegant Ottoman hands ; opening work (through p.125) a large, clear hand in a medium line, serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, some elongation and thickening of horizontal strokes, many open counters, pointing mainly in conjoined dots or strokes, bowl of final nūn wide with point set down within ; second work (pp.130-166) in a compact, delicate hand in a fine line, serifless with very slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in conjoined dots or strokes, bowl of final nūn wide with point set down within.Layout: Written in as many as 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 6 V(60), V+1 (71), IV (79), III (85), IV+1 (94), i ; chiefly quinions ; final leaves left blank (pp.167-190) ; catchwords present ; lacunae (typically the space of a single line) left between sections of opening work, likely for rubricated headings ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Incipit: [Münşeat] "كوكب درى سپهر علم وكمال خورشيد منير فلك عز وجلال مفتى الانام شيخ مشايخ الاسلام مرحوم ومغفور له درى محمد افندى حضرتلرينك ... انتظام احوال مكه مكرمه خبرينى متضمن شريف حضرتلرى طرفندن وارد اولان مكتوبك جوابنامه سيدر سلام المنان السبحانى المتلو بلسان سبحانى الذى تطمئن بذكره القلوب وتنزل من حضرات الغيوب ..." ; [Hikaye-yi garibe] "تاب اوران مرايى فهم وعقول وپرایه بندان غوانى روايات ونقول ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscription on p.127.Ms. composite codex.4. p.167-p.190 : [blank].3. p.130-p.166 : [Hikaye-yi garibe].2. p.126-p.129 : [originally left blank].1. p.4-p.125 : Münşeat-i Atıf Efendi / Atıf Mehmet Emin Efendi.Elegant copy of what appears to be a collection of letters compiled by Atıf Mehmet Emin Efendi (d.1771) mainly while he served as secretary (mektupçu / مكتوبجى) for şeyhülislam Dürri Mehmet Efendi (d.1736) during the early part of the reign of Mahmut I (r.1730-1754), compare Isl. Ms. 856. Followed (in a later addition) by Hikaye-yi garibe.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 856Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest late 18th century though excerpt on p.78 (which appears to be a later addition) reports an event dated to 11 Jumādá II 1236 [ca. 16 March 1821] and would thus have been entered after that date.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muḥammad Emin, Effendi. | Inshā | Many Insha's in BMCat. of Turk. MSS. but not this. nf. in U of M MSS" (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip with notes in hand of Eleazar Birnbaum "Compiler: MEḤMED EMĪN efendi, died near end of 1184 AH (Jan-Mar 1771) | Title: [INŞA or MÜNŞEʼĀT] | In Ottoman Turkish | A collection of stylistic pieces compiled by Mehmed Emīn from documents while he was secretary to DURRĪ Meḥmed efendi | Eleazar Birnbaum JUNE 17 1964" (paginated pp.3-4).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 5Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper, hinges in marbled paper (mainly blue and white) ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold painted borders in a series of s-shaped stamps with defining fillets ; label on upper cover carries title and script ("منشات تعليق") ; originally sewn in pale yellow thread, two stations, failed or failing with some gatherings now reinforced in black or white thread, gatherings loose ; endbands virtually gone with only traces of primaries ; overall in somewhat poor condition with lifting and losses of spine leather, abrasion, staining, etc.Support: European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 21 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermarks of lion rampant on ball in scrollwork (see p.8, 10, 14, 15, 74, 75, etc.), another lion rampant in scrollwork (see p.72, 77, etc.) and "DV" alone (see p.12, 18, 28, 41, etc.) and under diadem (see p.66 and 83 and compare Nikolaev no.569 with three crescents dated 1773) ; thin and transluscent though sturdy, buff to pale yellow in color, well-sized and burnished.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece (ʻuwnān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.6 consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with floral vegetal decoration in gold, pink and green, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame, elsewhere written area surrounded by red rule-border ; overlining (section headings, etc.) in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine Turkish hand ; serifless with marked effect of tilt to the right and slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters.Layout: Written in 21 line per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 4 V(40) ; exclusively quinions ; final leaves ruled but left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (include inserts).Incipit: "طرح افكن نو زمين علم انشا اعجاز نماى طرق حسن بيان واملا بيكيوز سكسن درت سنه سى اواخرنده اناطولى صدارندن منفصلا واصل رحمت ربانى اولان اديب كامل بليغ كريم الخصائل عاطف محمد امين افندى جنابلريكه اوائل زمان محمود خانيده متكا پیراى مشيخت اسلاميه مرحوم مغفور له درى محمد افندى حضرتلرينك مدت معلومه مكتوبجيلر يكن جمع وترتيب اولنان منشأت بديعه ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.5).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a collection of letters compiled by Atıf Mehmet Emin Efendi (d.1771) while he served as secretary (mektupçu / مكتوبجى) for şeyhülislam Dürri Mehmet Efendi (d.1736) during the early part of the reign of Mahmut I (r.1730-1754) (see opening matter on p.6). For another copy compare Isl. Ms. 420.
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldContents: Persian ghazals (ff. 1b-16b). Nesimi, Dīvān-i Nesīmī (ff. 19b-190a).Dimensions: 21.8 × 13.5 cm (size of leaf). 15 × 78 cm (size of written area).Hand: Taʻlīq.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.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 411Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; statement on 'title page' identifying work and author appears to be dated 1160 [1747] and provides a rough terminus ante quem ; paper, decoration, etc. also certainly suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "478 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in maroon leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in pink surface-dyed, textured wove paper (embossed in vegetal pattern of large leaves, flowers and vines) ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted border and outline of central panel ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in magenta and dark blue, good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes (raisin) under crown (see p.18, 28, etc.), transluscent and crisp though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of gold rectangular piece surmounted by scalloped dome filled with floral vegetal decoration in white, pink, light blue, and lavender with red accents on a gold ground, entire piece set in a well of red with white accents and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area (and divisions within) surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; section headings chrysographed.Script: Naskh ; elegant Ottoman hand ; seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on most ascenders (even occasional free-standing alif), effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly open counters, pointing in conjoined dots, fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 5 V(50), IV (58), ii ; quinions followed by a quaternion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "سهو وعصيانه افندم بقمه فرقتك آتش ايله يقمه"Incipit: "حمد اول خالقه كه يكتادر حكمنده عقلا شيدادر ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Ayn-ı Ekber Mehmet Efendi's (d.1722) versified Turkish work on the characteristics of the Prophet.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 363Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, hand, etc. suggest 16th century.Accompanying materials: Slip of wove paper with note in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "363 | Dīvān of Bāḳī | undated, probably 16th cent. | contemporary binding."Former shelfmark: "93 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in dark red-brown leather with large mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces in gold and black painted leather filigree appliqué over blue paper (design continues on interior of envelope flap) ; flyleaves (made endpapers) in slate blue paper, gold-flecked ; upper and lower covers block-stamped, black- and and gold-painted (large panel stamp repeated twice with central seam visible) with design of mandorla, pendants, cornerpieces, upper and lower rectangular piece and wide border overlaid with vegetal composition filling panel ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in light blue (approaching silver) thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in good condition with some abrasion, etc. ; likely repairs (edging, fore edge flap, etc.) in dark red / maroon leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, some bits of fibre and inclusions visible, thin and crisp though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; opening section heavily moisture damaged with stains, traces of mold, etc. ; elsewhere breakthrough at frames.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece (bordered in bands of gold flanking orange-red band with black crosses) with empty gold cartouche surrounded by swirling vegetal decoration in gold with floral accents in red, yellow, green, light blue, and white on grounds of dark blue (approaching lapis) and gold, surmounted by band of gold with floral motifs (flanked by narrow bands of turquoise and gold) and scalloped dome with similar swirling vegetal motifs with floral accents (in light blue, red, white, orange, green, lavender, etc.) on grounds of gold and dark blue, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) and delicate floral vegetal decoration ; similar elegant headpiece at opening of ghazals on p.62 (rectangular piece with empty cartouche srmounted by wide scalloped dome almost filling the well, chiefly in gold and dark blue approaching lapis with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, white, red, lavender, light blue, green, etc.) ; written area throughout surrounded by frame consisting of gold band outlined in black with inner orange fillet and outer blue fillet, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; from p.257, rubricated section headings provided.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set at mouth (occasionally just above) wide, deep bowl ; text from p.257 to close possibly in a different hand.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board visible).Collation: i, IV+1 (9), III+1 (16), 15 IV(136), II-1 (139), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "صی دآن شاهد مطبوع شمایل باشی تمت م م م"Incipit: "خط مشك فامكله اى غنچه تر شكر در اولبلر ممسك مكرر ..." ; [ghazals] "ازلدن شاه عشقك بنده فرمانيوز جانا محبت ملكنك سلطان عاليشانيوز جانا ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems of the celebrated Turkish poet, Baki Efendi (d.1600), opening with kaside in praise of Sultan Süleyman (opening on p.12 in Bâḳî dîvânı : tenkitli basım, Sabahattin Küçük, ed. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1994) and closing with Persian verses (compare p.462 in Küçük edition). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 678Origin: As appears in colophon at close of opening section (p.57), copied by Muḥammad al-Amīn (Mehmet Emin) with transcription completed 1176 [1762 or 3].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From front flyleaf and spine label, "IL 123a" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in block-printed paper (repeated square with dots pattern in contrasting blue and white forming a fish scale effect) with brown leather over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins (framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings/doublures in block-printed paper (repeated 8-petaled flower in purple with yellow and pink circle background accents) ; sewn in dull pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and cream, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, upper cover detaching, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of grapes (raisin) under crown and name (see p.26, 27, etc.) ; 'gold'-flecked ; break-through at frame in leaf carrying pp.57-58.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche carrying title in red "ديوان باقى افندى رحمة الله عليه" surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in lavender, pink, orange-red, gold, and red on fields of blue and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with orange-red accents and all set in a well of lavender with blue crosses ; another illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on p.68 echoes the first, consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche carrying title in red "ديوان باقى افندى رحمة الله عليه رحمة واسعة" flanked by floral motifs in orange-red, white, lavender and gold on fields of blue and gold, surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in light blue, lavender, pink, white, orange-red, gold, and red on fields of blue and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold and red accents and all set in a well of pink with blue crosses; written area and two columns within surrounded by gold frame ; keywords, some headings and catchwords rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; at least two elegant, medium hands ; sans serif with effect of words descending to baseline, characteristic letterforms ; final leaves (from p.312) in more of a naskh-nastaʻlīq, slightly more compact, more highly ligatured and partially seriffed with slight effect of words descending to baseline.Layout: Written in roughly 12 lines of verse per page, on the diagonal in two columns with each hemistich to a diagonal line for roughly 24 hemistiches per page ; headings not on the diagonal ; written area divided to two columns to set off the verses.Collation: IV (8), V (18), VII+1 (33), 13 V(163), VI (175) ; chiefly quinions ; several leaves ruled but left blank between opening section and following (pp.58-66), p. 67 carries text that has been crossed out, final leaves also ruled but left blank (pp.345-348) ; catchwords present (rubricated) ; in mid to latter quires, foliation visible in lower outer corner of the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (inlcudes back flyleaf).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه العبد الضعيف المذنب الفقير محمد الامين غفر الله ذنوبه سنه ۱۱۷٦"Explicit: "افرين صد افرين اول طبع كوهر باشنه"Incipit: "بحمد الله شرف بولدى ينه ملك سليمانى جلوس اتدى سعادت تحتنه اسكندر ثانى ..."Title from headpieces at openings on p.2 and p.68.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems of the celebrated Turkish poet, Baki Efendi (d.1600).
Introductory treatise on logic in form of commentary on Porphyry's "Isagoge" (d. 305).According to colophon (f. 7v), copy completed on 26 Cemâziye'l-âhir 1207 AH [February 8, 1793 AD] in the hand of Ahmed Âmidî.Written in naskh script, in one column, 19 lines per page, in blakc rubricated in red. Overlined words.20.8 x 15.2 cm (16.5 x 8.5 cm).Thin cream laid paper. No cover. Water-damaged: folios stuck to each other.MS Turk 33. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Ottoman Turkish.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).
Treatise on the principle of the Islamic faith including divine attributes, Quranic revelation, the prophethood of Muhammad, the nature of angels, resurrection and the last days, correct ablution and acts of worship, and moral exhortation. Two supplications in Arabic added after the colophon (f. 56r - 57v).
Treatise on the principle of the Islamic faith including divine attributes, Quranic revelation, the prophethood of Muḥammad, the nature of angels, resurrection and the last days, correct ablution and acts of worship, and moral exhortation. Table of contents at the beginning.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 820Origin: As appears in colophon on p.326, copied by Osman Zeki (ʻUthmān Zakī) with transcription completed 18 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1279 [ca. 6 June 1863]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon (also on p.326) composition completed 1180 [1766 or 7].Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in bright yellow surface-dyed coated paper ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted border and corner accents ; sewn in red thread, two stations, many broken ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, staining, detached at spine (bulk of the textblock is loose), etc.Support: European laid paper with 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of an eagle (p.12, etc.) and lion in shield / arms (see p.10, etc.), beige in color, sturdy though crisp, heavily burnished.Decoration: Most keywords and headings rubricated, others in blue ink ; written area of incipit and facing page (pp.14-15) surrounded by a series of red and blue rules, elsewhere written area surrounded by red rule-border ; numerous line diagrams and tables mainly in red ink (see p.45, 48, 49, 52, 151-2, 179, 184-6, 191, 267-8, 275, 311, and 325) ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words inclining to the right and descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III (6), 16 V(166), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; final three leaves ruled but left blank ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (begins at opening of table of contents) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (referenced in cataloguing).Dedication: As appears in opening matter on p.15 (and in added 'title page' inscription preceding table of contents on p.1), translation executed for Sultan Mustafa III (r.1757-1774).Colophon: "Authorial," reads "بو تاريخ تمام ترجمه ١١٨٠" ; "Scribal," triangular, reads "حرره الفقير السيد عثمان زكى من تلاميذ بكرى عبد الرحمن افندى غفر عنه البار سنه تاسع وسبعين ومائتين والف شهر ذى الحجه يوم ثامن عشر تمت كتاب"Explicit: "درجه ودقيقه سنده واقع اولمشدر پس عون عنايت ربانى وتوفيق سعادت رفيق سبحانى ايله بو تحفۀ شريفك ترجمه سى رسيده حسن ختام اولمغله تبركا تيمنا در حال اخذ ارتفاع النوب زائچۀ اتمام كشيده وتسطيره قلندى الحمد لله على الاتمام والصلوة والسلام على خير الانام واله وصحبه الكرام ايليه رب الانام بادشهى مستدام كلدى بو تاريخ تمام ترجمه ١١٨٠"Incipit: "حمد سپاس بيحد وقياس اول مالك الملك على الاطلاق وفياض كلشن سراى انفس وافاق تعالى شانه عن الفهم والادراك ... پس ذكراتى تحفۀ لطيف نك مؤلفى اولان نهال حديقۀ علم وعرفان وثمره شجره واتقان وعليشاه ابن قاسم خوارزمى رحمة الله عليه علم حساب ونجومده ممتاز الامثال اولمغله ... فن مذبورده مفصل ومشروح بر نسخۀ بينظر جمع وتعبيه واشجار واثمار اسميله تسميه ايدوب ... ایچون لسان تركى اوزره ترجمه سنه بو عبد العزيز كم بضاعه يى مأمور بيورملريله ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Subhizade Hekîmbaşı Abdülaziz Efendî's (d.1783) Turkish rendering of the astrological treatise, Ashjār va as̲mār or S̲amarah-i shajarah-i nujūm, by ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAlī Shāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Qāsim al-Khuvārizmī al-Bukhārī. Table of contents at opening (pp.2-11).
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. 448Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, hand, paper, etc. would suggest 16th century.Accompanying materials: Slip of wove paper with notes in pencil "448 (Kasidat) al-Burdah Poem by al-Busiri 16th cent."Former shelfmark: "239 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf ; "122" inscribed in pencil on 'title page.'Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings and narrow hinges in pale orange laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry central rectangular panel filled with gold-tooled and painted semé pattern as well as further accents in gold-tooled rosettes and border consisting of a series of s-shaped stamps with flanking gold-painted fillets ; now sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in good condition minor abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persianate) laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat distinct) and occasional single chain line visible, thick and sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves and added leaves in European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of bird with "G B" below ; much staining and tidelines.Decoration: Exquisite (though damaged) frontispiece consisting of a double-page illumination carries the opening verses and elucidation in Persian set-off by cloud-bands, with adjacent scalloped triangular piece (or hasp), elaborate borders (outermost accented with perpendicular stalks [tīgh]), and upper and lower panels all carrying swirling vegetal design in shades of red, blue, lavender, green, white, and gold on fields of black, gold, and lapis lazuli ; written area throughout surrounded by frame in gold and green bands with outermost blue rule ; text of the Burdah mainly chrysographed, with some lines in blue ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes set off each hemistich ; illuminated floral decoration flanks elucidation in Persian.Script: Naskh and nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Persianate and Turkish hands ; text of Burdah in a fine Persianate naskh, serifless, with curvilinear descenders and pointing in distinct dots, vocalized ; text of Persian elucidation in a fine nastaʻlīq with characteristic descent of words to baseline and elongation of horizontal strokes ; marginal Turkish elucidation in an elegant nastaʻlīq (talik).Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with 6 additional lines of the Turkish elucidation on the diagonal in the outer margin ; three verses of the poem in 6 lines (filling the column width) with each saṭr and ʻajuz to a line) and elucidation in 6 lines (four on the diagonal, two horizontal but centered).Collation: ii, IV-1+1 (8), 2 IV(24), II+2 (30), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present.Explicit: " ... واطرب العيس حادي العين بالنغم ... تا برانند اشترانرا بنده گان پر نغم ... اشترمتسه طرب ويردكجه تأثير نغم تم الترجمة بالخير م م"Incipit: "امن تذكر جيران بذي سلم مزجت دمعا جرى من مقلة بدم ای زیاد صحبت یارانت اندر ذی سلم اشک چشم امیختی با خون روان گرده بهم ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of al-Būṣīrī's poem in praise of the Prophet accompanied by elucidation in Persian and Turkish.
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, hand, date among tables, etc. would suggest late 18th century or early 19th century.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1056Binding: Wrapped in a short length of brown leather (unlined, limp) attached to opening of roll ; rolled around narrow wooden dowel (with finials of wood), not affixed to roll ; roll comprised of two lengths of parchment joined together ; overall in fair condition with minor pest damage and abrasion of leather.Support: Parchment ; two sturdy pieces joined with adhesive (seams and overlap visible) ; writing seemingly on hair side ; pale yellow in color ; opening piece 570 mm. long, ; second piece 380 mm. long ; some warping, creasing and cracking, loss of ink.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of roll consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with large, swirling floral vegetal motifs mainly in dark pink, white and light blue on a gold ground, set in a well of red-orange and gold and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; keywords and numerals and alternating columns or rows of headings and numerals rubricated ; tables framed in heavy gold bands outlined with black fillets ; narrower gold bands set apart headings and define margins ; rows and columns of tables defined by black fillets.Script: Naskh ; chiefly a clear Ottoman hand in a medium line, small and compact ; mainly serifless with very slight effect of inclination to the left, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots, curvilinear though somewhat flattened descenders, etc.Layout: Single column consisting of a series of tables (thirteen in total) with notes addressing occasions, etc. in the margins framing the tables along the length of the roll.Explicit: "بو روزنامه ده تحرير اولنان سمت قبله نك قاعدسى املا مولده واسلامبولك طولنه وعرضنه مساوى اولان زمينلرده صحيح ساعت لر ايله بو جدولده كى مقداره كلدكده بر كمسنه كونشه قرشودوره تمام قبل توجه اتمش اولور بو روزنامه ده امساك اتمك ايچون ... كمسته اون بش دقيقه ... كرك ..."Incipit: "بو غر نامده محرم كلدكده شهور عربينك تحتنده اولان ارقاملرى سكز خانه ده اولان ارقامك سنه ده هر برينه ضم ايده ديز وهفته كونلرينك تحتندن ..."Title from closing text (at end of roll) describing contents.Ms. roll.Elegant copy of what appears to be a version of the almanac or calendar attributed to Darendeli Mehmet Efendi (Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar ibn ʻUthmān al-Dārandalī, d.1739) addressing qiblah direction, times of prayer, times of imsāk (15 minutes before time given which corresponds to dawn), etc. in rotulus format (i.e. scroll opening vertically). See King, "Part II. A Survey of Tables for Regulating the Times of Prayer," pp.442 (Fig. 14.4 b-c), 444-445 and Osmanlı astronomi literatürü tarihi (İhsanoğlu, Ed.), vol.1, no.271, pp.406-410.
Origin: As appears in colophon at close of roll, copied by Mehmet Zuhuri in the medrese (madrasah) of Mahmut Paşa Veli. Date of transcription not specified. Date with notes on paper lining leather wrap and added between month and day tables provides a terminus ante quem of 1868. Table of years covers 1261 [1845 or 6] through 1349 [ca. 1933]. Rubricated date between tables (1194 [1780 or 81]) may reflect date of transcription of the exemplar or date of composition of this recension.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1055Binding: Wrapped in a length of dark red-brown leather (lined with paper) attached to opening of roll ; rolled around narrow wooden dowel affixed to end of roll, finials of ivory or bone with inlaid wood and metal ; roll comprised of two lengths of parchment ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and tears.Support: Parchment ; two pieces of slightly different thicknesses joined with adhesive (seams and overlap visible) ; writing seemingly on hair side ; opening piece 610 mm. long, thin, but thicker and sturdier than second piece ; second piece 322 mm. long, quite thin and even transluscent ; some abrasion and tears, minor pigment burn.Decoration: Opening rectangular panel may have once contained a horiscope, now effaced with traces of blank and orange ink (elsewhere orange ink has been used to apply writing over effaced contents of مدخل اذر columns) ; keywords and alternating columns or rows of headings and numerals rubricated ; jadwals surrounded by "gold" frames, gone to green ; outer margin defined by a narrower rule of the same.Script: Naskh ; chiefly a clear Ottoman hand in a medium line, small and compact ; mainly serifless with very slight effect of inclination to the left, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots, free assimilation of some letters (hāʼ joined to preceding dāl, etc.), point of nūn often assimilated with abbreviated bowl, etc.Layout: Single column consisting of a series of tables (twelve in total) with notes addressing occasions, etc. in the margins framing the tables along the length of the roll.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "سوده محمد ظهورى بمدرسۀ محمود پاشا ولى"Explicit: "بو روزنامه ده تحرير اولان سمت قبلنك فائده سى بودر كه دائما صحيح ساعتلر بو جدولده كى مقداره كلدكده برادم كونشه قرشودورسه تمام قبليه توجه اتمش اولور وبو ضحوۀ كبرانك فائده سى قلبه كبى صحيح ساعتلر بو جدولده كى مقداره كلدكده ضحوۀ كبرى اولور وصوم ايچون امساك كمنه اون بش دقيقه مقدم اتمك كركدر م"Incipit: "بو غره نماده محرم كلدكده شهور عربينك تحتنده اولان ارقاملرى سكز خانه ده اولان ارقامك سنه ده هر برينه ضم ايده دز هفته كونلرينك تحتنده ..."Title from closing text (at end of roll) describing contents.Ms. roll.Carefully executed copy of what appears to be a version of the almanac or calendar attributed to Darendeli Mehmet Efendi (Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar ibn ʻUthmān al-Dārandalī, d.1739) addressing qiblah direction, times of prayer, times of imsāk (15 minutes before time given which corresponds to dawn), etc. in rotulus format (i.e. scroll opening vertically). See King, "Part II. A Survey of Tables for Regulating the Times of Prayer," pp.442 (Fig. 14.4 b-c), 444-445 and Osmanlı astronomi literatürü tarihi (İhsanoğlu, Ed.), vol.1, no.271, pp.406-410.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 825Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; circumstances of composition, paper, etc. suggest late 19th century (see p.88 in Walz, "The paper trade of Egypt and the Sudan in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries").Binding: Boards faced in a streaked or veined paper resembling effect of tree marbling (tree calf, marble calf, marbled leather), mainly in dark blue, with printed 'waste' visible beneath and red leather over spine ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted paper ; paper labels on spine ; sewn in white thread, four stations ; overall in quite poor condition with much abrasion, staining, losses of paper and board, lifting of leather, detached at spine, etc.Support: European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 30 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of crescent (with human profile) in shield (see p.10, 11, etc.) and "Andrea Galvani" (see p.6, etc. and compare nos.1159 and 1161 dated 1871 and 1874 respectively in Nikolaev, Watermarks of the Ottoman Empire, vol.1 as well as p.89 in Walz, "The paper trade of Egypt and the Sudan in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries"), cream in color, quite thick and well-burnished ; minor pest damage, some moisture damage (tide lines and staining).Decoration: Keywords, table headings and numerals rubricated ; written area surrounded by red rule-border, table divisions also in red rules.Script: Naskh approaching ruqʻah ; clear, compact Egyptian [?] hand ; serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, some free assimilation of letters.Layout: Opening matter (pp.2-4) mainly in 28 and 31 lines per page, followed by several pages of sample calculations (pp.4-9), then the tables of varying dimensions.Collation: 3 V(30) ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "محفوظ زحل ... مح مشترى ... مح مريخ ... محفوظ زهره ... محفوظ عطارد ... تم بعناية الله وتوفيقه"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي خلق العرش والكرسى والاكوان والصلاة والسلام على النبى المبعوث في اخر الزمان ... اما بعد عرفاى اولى الابصار ذوى الاستبصاره معلوم اوله كه علم حساب علوم جزئيه نك اشرفى اولمغله عند المحاسبين مشهور ومتعارف اولان رصد جديد قسينى نك زبان افرنجيدن لسان تركى يه ترجمه سنه فضيلتلو خليفه زاده اسماعيل افندى موفق الوب لكن بو انه قدر تسهيلنه ... بو قليل البضاعه طوراق باشا زاده مير ابراهيم الاستانبولى جعل الله التقوى زاده نك ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the set of astronomical tables for the period beginning with the opening of the year 1237 [September 1821] and concluding with Shawwāl 1240 [May-June 1825] (see opening matter on p.2) and covering a large geographical area, executed by Durak Paşazade Mir İbrahim el-İstanbulî from the translation from French to Turkish by Halîfezâde İsmail Çınarî of the tables by César-François Cassini de Thury (d.1784).
Calendar dated 1226 A.H. showing lunar and solar month concordance; length of day and night in Istanbul; astronomical and chronological tables; marginal notes with comments and computational instructions; rules for finding the direction of the qiblah in Istanbul and surrounding areas.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 368Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; hand, paper, etc. suggest late 18th or possibly early 19th century.Former shelfmark: "346 T. D. M. [T. Dell ?]" inscribed in pencil on recto of opening leaf (p.1) ; "243" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.3).Binding: Pasteboards covered in red brown leather with red leather over spine ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in red laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class OSd 1) with pendants and tooled border consisting of a heavy gold band in a series of s-shape stamps flanked by two thin gold fillets inside and outside ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked endbands in red and yellow thread in a chevron pattern ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and lifting of leather on the hinges.Support: European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical), chain lines (horizontal or vertical) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark only faintly visible at gutter (very tightly bound, see p.244, 298, 300, etc.) ; well-burnished ; thin and crisp.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of Hulasatü't-tebyin on p.4 consisting of a rectangular piece with cartouche outlined in gold carrying the ḥamdalah in black ink, surmounted by a gold rectangular piece with a cartouche carrying the title in red ink, itself surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with floral and vegetal designs in orange, red, pale purple, blue, yellow, and pale green, all set in a well consisting of thick orange and blue bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; simple illuminated headpieces at opening of second work (p.246) and third work (p.268) each consisting of a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with floral motifs and surmounting tīgh all in gold ; written area surrounded by a thick gold band outlined in black with outer fillets of black and red ; textual dividers in gold discs and red inverted commas ; Qurʼānic excerpts overlined in red.Script: Naskh ; neat, compact Turkish hand in a thin line ; serifless with slight inclination to the left, curvilnear descenders, kāf mashqūqah preferred, Qurʼānic passages vocalized ; excerpt on pp.243-244 in a different hand.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: VI (12), 14 V(304) ; opening senion followed by quinions ; leaves between works left blank ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloging.Colophon: [Hulasatü't-tebyin] Authorial, reads "غب هذا اشبو خلاصة التبيين في تفسير سورة يس ايله نام زد اولان كتاب كزين تاريخ رنتم و تزبار عقبنده كى عدد تامك اول ثلث ثانيسنك آخرى سنه سنده بعون الله الملك العلام رسيدۀ حسن ختام اولدى م" ; [Tefsir Âyetü'l-Kürsî] Authorial, reads "لقد كمل ما نمقته في هذه الكراسه بالاعتماد علي اقوا من هو الراقي الي رتبه الاستاد في بلده هي صيغه المصدر لفعل الجهاد ... تو ضيحه ان تاريخ الختام هى الغاية الحاوية ... وبهذا النمط يعلم المدد خذ هذا التوضيح وكن به فريحا م" ; [Nasriye] Authorial, reads "اشبو اسم نصريه ايله مسمى اولان رسالۀ فاخره تاريخ رسول اكرم ونبى محترم صلى الله عليه و سلم حضرتلرينك الف ثانيسنك ثانئ مات عشره سنك جزؤ اخير عشرات خامسه سنك اجزاي اثلاث اربعه سندن ثلث ثالثنك ثانئ احاد اسبوعنك ارباع سته سنك اخر ربع ثانيسي كه يوم احدك قبيل وقت عصرنده تمام و بو كونه توريخ نوين ايله رسيدۀ حسن تدوين اولدى والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة على رسوله الامين وآله وصحبه اجمعين آمين تم"Explicit: [Hulasatü't-tebyin] "و عنايت ايليوب انوار قلب قران ايله قلوبمزي منور ايليه بجاه طمويس عليه افضل صلوات الله الملك المعين" ; [Tefsir-i Âyetü'l-Kürsî] "وصلى الله على من هو حبيبه ورسوله وعلي الال والاصحاب والتابعين رضوان الله تعالى عليهم اجمعين" ; [Nasriye] "بيوريلورسه سر افتخارم فلك الافلاكه برابراولمق امر مقدردر وما ذلك على الله بعزيز ... اسئلك اللهم غبطا لاهبطا"Incipit: [Hulasatü't-tebyin] "سبحان من سلخ من ليل البشرية نهار الروحانية ثم قدر لقمر القلب منازل العرفان مستفيضا من شمس نور الرحمانية ..." ; [Tefsir-i Âyetü'l-Kürsî] "حمد بيقياس وبيحد وشكر وسپاس لا يعد من الازل الى الابد اول آفريده كار ششن جهت وزمين و آسمان ... بعد هذا بو عبد حقير كثير العصيان محمد اسعد ناتوان استدعاى اخوان خلان ايله اعظم آيات فرقان عظيم الشان اولان آية كرسينك تفسيرينى وفضائل جليله وجزيله سنى لسان تركى ايله تعبير وتحرير وحسب الطاقة تقريره شروع وابتدا ايلدم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ..." ; [Nasriye] "حمد وثناء بيقياس وهزار وهزار [كذا] درود وسپاس پاروچۀ آفريدن و تكيونده طينت ستوده هيئت ادمى ... بو نعمت وعنايتى تحديث ايجون بدايت قرآن كريمدن نهايتنه دكين ذكر كروۀ جناب رب الارباب اولان آيات نصر وظفرى مع قلة البضاعة وقصر الباعة جمع وترقيم واسم نصريه ايله تسميه وتوسيم ايدوب ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4).Ms. codex.6. p.268-p.302 : Nasriye / Ebu İshak Efendizade Mehmet Esat Efendi.5. p.262-p.267 : [blank].4. p. 246-p.261 : [Tefsir-i Âyetü'l-Kürsî] / Ebu İshak Efendizade Mehmet Esat Efendi.3. p.245 : [blank].2. p.243-p.244 : [excerpt from Tafsīr Rūḥ al-bayān of Bursalı İsmail Hakkı].1. p.4-p.242 : Hulasatü't-tebyin fi tefsir-i Suret Yasin / Ebu İshak Efendizade Mehmet Esat Efendi.Elegant copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah) of three works of tafsīr by the Ottoman şeyhülislâm Mehmet Esat Efendi (d.1752 or 3) son of Șeyhülislâm Ebu İshak İsmâil. Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Abstract: A history of the battle of Karbala and the martyrdom of Imam Ḥusayn. The text ends on fol. 215b, and is followed (on ff. 216a-218b) by an incomplete text entitled "Mersiye", consisting of a mersiye (a dirge in memory of Haṣan and Ḥusayn), and a commentary.Binding note: "Green leather with envelope flap. Gold tooled border design on covers and the envelope flap consisting of multiple gold rolls and filletsBinding note: with small rosetta stamps forming corner pieces. Gold stamped 'branch with flowers' motif on upper and lower covers. Gold tooled panel design on fore edge flapBinding note: made with fillets and rosetta stamps. Endleaves and lining to envelope flap in yellow embossed glazed paper. Lining to the fore edge flap in green leather."Ms. codex.Title supplied by the cataloger.18 lines per page. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is within a frame outlined with four lines, in yellow, green, red and blue, with verses separated from the main text in sections ruled in red ink. Fol. 1b has an illuminated head piece executed in gold leaf with blue, orange and black watercolors, and the text frame is in gold leaf with one red and one blue line around it. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Foliation in Arabic numerals in black ink starts on fol. 2. Glazed dark cream paper with visible laid lines.Incipit: رب شرح لي صدري ويسر لي امري واحل عقدة من لساني ويفقهو اقواليExplicit (fol. 215b): اجرلر بو له لر وجمله ثوابلر ندن بو مصيبت نامه مؤلفنه تصدق قلوب بو ثوابي دخي موجب مزيد حسنات بله لر
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 826Accompanying materials: Scrap from a printed page between pp.62-63.Origin: As appears in colophon on p.728, copied by Mustafa bin Abdullah ( مصطفى بن عبد الله ), resident of Erzurum, with transcription completed Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1220 [February-March 1806]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon, composition completed 1170 [1756 or 7].Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in blue wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped, scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition) and pendants (lower cover retains onlays), as well as blind-tooled border ; sewn in black thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in purple and yellow, good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, negative draw in upper cover, fore edge flap small and ill-fitting, etc. ; repairs to spine in dark brown leather.Support: European laid paper ; mainly with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 25-28 mm. apart (vertical), watermark of three hats (see p.7, 32, 420, 730, etc.) ; another type with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of large griffin (see p.24) ; all sturdy and well-burnished ; minor pigment burn at gold frames.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of text on p.26 consisting of rectangular piece with empty cartouche defined by gold flanking pieces, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in white, green, red, yellow, and pink on a gold ground, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in black and set in a well of orange, yellow and gold bands ; simple illuminated headpieces appear at opening of table of contents (p.4) and other sections throughout ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas ; occasional overlining in red ; illustrations of cosmic maps with Kaʻbah and Ḥaram at Jerusalem on pp.52-53 (compare British Library Or. 12964, fol.23b-23a, reproduced in Milstein, "The evolution of a visual motif: the Temple and the Kaʻba," pp.37-38), charts and diagrams of the different levels of being, celestial spheres, earth, lunar cycles, eclipses, fixed stars, and other astronomical topics mainly in pink, yellow, orange, lavender, light blue, green, gold and black with some tables in red and black (see p.62, 80, 81, 88, 92, 130, 133, 134, 135, 136, 150, 154, 155, 156, 157, 167, 169, 172, 181, 182, 182, 184, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 209, 217).Script: Naskh ; clear, compact hand in a bold line ; serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, pointing (for two and three dots) often in strokes rather than distinct dots, curvilinear but somewhat angular descenders.Layout: Written in 35 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off verses ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V+1 (11), 21 V(221), V+1 (232), 4 V(272), IV (280), 8 V(360), III (366), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and skips two pages between pp.47-48).Colophon: "Authorial," reads "تأليف هذا الكتاب وقع فى تاريخ غقع ١١٧۰ نفع من به انفع" ; "Scribal," triangular, reads "قد تم تحرير هذا الكتاب المستطاب ... بعناية الملك الوهاب المسمى بمعرفتنامه الذى فوائده كثيرة للخلايق عامه من تأليف العالم العامل ... السيد الحاج ابراهيم الحقى الفقير الحليم السليم رحمة الله الرؤف الرحيم خليفة حضرت الشيخ سيدنا فقير الله قدس الله اسرارهم ... على يد الحقير الذليل الفقير المحتاج الى عناية الله الكريم مصطفى بن عبد الله الساكن في بلده ارزن الروم صان الله تعالى اهلها عن الافات والهموم ... فى شهر ى ذ [ذى] الحجة من سنة عشرون [كذا] ومائتين بعد الالف من هجرة من له العز والسعادة والشرف ... انك سميع قريب مجيب الدعوات ارحم بفضلك يا رب العالمين م م م"Explicit: "ختمت هذا الكتاب بمناجات العارفين نظم حقى يه اولمز اوغلدر بو كتاب ... بو كتاب اوقيانى يازانى معرفت كنجيله باى ايت يا غنى تأليف هذا الكتاب وقع فى تاريخ غقع نفع من به انفع"Incipit: "حمد بى حد وشكر بى عد وثناى مؤيد بر واحد فرد احد حضرتلرينه اولسونكه هر شان اكوانى علم ازليسيله مقدر ومبين قلوب ... بو حقير فقير حقيقى ابراهيم حقى اول عزيز شريف مخدومى السيد احمد نعيمى ايچون ... چونكه بو كتاب شريفك نظامى بو اسلوب لطيف اوزره تمام اولوب نظر قبولله مطالعه ايدنلرى حقيقت معرفت مولايه مطلع ايتمشدر پس بوكا معرفتنامه نام اولوب تاريخ اختتام بيك يوز يتمشه يتمشدر بيت دير بو تأليفنه حقى تاريخ معرفتنامه ده بيل ربكى هو"Title from opening matter on p.27 and colophon on p.728.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the classical encyclopedic work by Erzurumlu (Erzurumî) İbrâhim Hakkı (d.1780) addressing topics chosen from geography, astronomy and the natural sciences, as well as theology and Sufism. Table of contents at opening (pp.4-23). Followed by a copy of brief letter from İbrâhim Hakkı to one of his brethren (pp.729-730).
Abstract: "A translation by Derviş Murtaza Bektaşî of Faz̤l Allāh's Jāvīdān-nāmahAbstract: his most famous work on Hurufism. The original text of the translation ends on fol. 322b (see explicit)Abstract: andAbstract: in this copyAbstract: this is followed by a versified conclusion by the translator on fol. 323a-326a (see end of explicit)."Binding note: Brown leather over pasteboard with blind-tooled panel design on covers consisting of a simple frame made with blind fillets, foliage stamps along the inner borders of the frame and six tear-shaped floral stamps inside the frame.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 12b. Other titles from different places in the ms., including fol. 13a and fol. 322b (see end of text).Physical description: 20 lines per page. Written in a casual hand, in a medium-sized informal ruqʻah in black ink, with use of blue ink for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Cream wove paper. Fol. 2b-10a have a list of contents in the same hand as the main text. Fol. 10b-11a contain a key to the meanings of letters used in the text, entitled "Miftah-i huruf-i Câvidân-i dürr-i yetim". A short paragraph on fol. 12a. The two colophons by the scribe on fol. 326a are followed by a page of verses on fol. 326b in a later hand, and a calligraphic drawing of a human figure on fol. 327a.Origin: Copied by Akçehisarî Derviş Süleyman in 1222 (1807-8) -- colophon (fol. 326a). The colophon is followed by another short selection of verses, added by the scribe in 1273 (1856-7).Incipit: الحمد لله الذى له ملك السموآت والارض ولم يتخذ ولدًا ولم يكن له شريك في الملك ... بعد آز حمد وثناء ح ق عز شانه ايطالب اسرارىExplicit: چون مى بالد ومى بالد وخواهد باليد يعنى نيجه بيور وبويور ودخى بيوك اولسه كرك الحمد لله الذى ذهب عنا الحزن ان ان ربنا الغفور شكور الذى احلنا دار المقامه من فضله ... وسلام على المرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصل على جميع الانبياء والمرسلين تم الكتاب الالهى الفضلى الازلى الابدى الحمد لله رب العالمين ... شد تمام از لطف حق اين نامهء در يتيم
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 855Origin: As appears in colophon on p.624, bulk of manuscript (p.51 to close) copied by Ḥāfiẓ Abū al-Fatḥ ibn Qāḍī Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad Rāzī (Hafız Ebülfatih b. Kadı Ziyaettin Mehmet Razi) with transcription completed 24 Shaʻbān 1000 [ca. 5 June 1592]. Replacement section (first three gatherings, through p.50) likely dates to early 19th century (ca. 1807-1830) as suggested by paper, hand, and decoration.Accompanying materials: a. Pink card with typed description "[Muḥammad ibn Suleimān, Fuẓulī, d. c. 1562] | Ḥadīqat al-suʻadāʼ. | Turkish. Ms." -- b. Bits of unused "gold" leaf found between pp.384-385 and 412-413 -- c. Pen shaving found between pp.508-509.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 4Binding: Pasteboards covered in a cut velvet printed with a colorful floral pattern incorporating boteh (بوته) and other designs (in shades of blue, red, yellow, and green on grounds of red, white and dark blue) with spine, fore edge flap and edges / turn-ins in dark brown leather (textile faced, leather edged framed binding / frame covers) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in pink-tinted, gold-flecked laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted border ; fore edge flap carries gold-painted designs ; envelope flap also covered in cut velvet ; sewn in dark pink to mauve thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and white, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition though upper cover fully detached, some staining and losses to textile, minor abrasion and staining of leather, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite faint and indistinct) and occasional chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, inclusions and fibers visible, thin though quite sturdy, lightly burnished, dark cream to beige in color, some staining and tide lines ; replacement leaves of opening section (through p.50) in European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29-30 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermarks of lion passant guardant (see p.6,7, 22, 32, 46, 50, etc.) and "AFG" (see p.4,9, 26, etc. i.e. Antonio et Fratelli Galvani, see pp.88-89 in Walz, "The paper trade of Egypt and the Sudan" and compare Eineder nos. 997, 1003, etc. dated 1807), medium cream with a yellow hue, sturdy, and well-burnished ; flyleaves also in European laid paper.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of scalloped dome filled with floral vegetal composition in gold, set in a well of pink, blue and gold bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue ; written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs on incipit page ; keywords and headings rubricated (red inks of each section distinct).Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; two elegant hands ; both serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots ; hand supplying replacement section at opening (pp.1-50) slightly finer, larger and more compact along the line with large, open and sometimes sweeping descenders, and exaggerated elongation of some horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV-1+1 (8), IV+1 (17), IV (25), IV-1 (32), 4 IV(64), III (70), 23 IV(254), III+1 (261), 6 IV(309), I+1 (312), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present, plainly visible in opening section (through p.50) but mainly cutoff in bulk of codex (p.50 to close) ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes back flyleaf).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب تحريرا فى چهار شنبه اربع وعشرين من شهر شعبان المعظم سنه الف كاتبه الفقير الحقير كثير التقصير حافظ ابو الفتح بن قاضى ضياء الدين محمد رازى غفر ذنوبهما"Explicit: "كل اى حال تكلمدن خبردار ترحم قيل تعرض اتمه زنهار"Incipit: "يا رب ره عشقنده بنى شيدا قيل احكام عبادتى بكا اجرا قيل ..."Title from inscription above headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. composite codex.Elegant composite copy of Fuzulî’s rendering of the suffering of the prophets, particularly Imām Ḥusayn in the tragedy at Karbalāʼ, drawn from Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī’s Rawz̤at al-shuhadāʼ, a Persian martyrology of ʻAlī and his family.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 387Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, hand, paper, etc. suggest 16th century. Ownership statement at close on p.553 referring to Cığalzade Yusuf Sinan Paşa (d.1604) as vezir would seem to indicate a rough terminus ante quem of 1583-1596, i.e. the time of his vezirship prior to being appointed grand vezir.Former shelfmark: "359 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark maroon leather ; Type II binding (with flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures (board linings) in marbled paper (in pink, orange, and dark blue on white) with hinges in another marbled paper (in red, light blue and green on white) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with black recessed onlays) and gold-painted scalloped mandorla in black and gold (filled with vegetal composition compare Déroche class. OAi 8) and incised and gold-painted pendants, as well as gold-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps framed by fillets ; design continues with rosette and border on envelope flap ; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and cream (or pale yellow), fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, quite indistinct) and faint irregular chain lines occasionally visible, cloudy formation, some inclusions, quite sturdy though fairly thin and transluscent, beige in color, well-burnished.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.(4) consisting of small rectangular piece carrying opening line in set off by gold cloud-bands, surmounted by large rectangular piece surrounded in a heavy border and filled with empty gold cartouche and accents evoking bookcover design overlaid with swirling floral vegetal pattern in red, blue, yellow, gold, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, surmounted by triangular piece or hasp set in a rectangular piece with same swirling floral vegetal pattern on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, all surmounted by a series of vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with red accents ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy frame in a series of gold, green, red and blue bands ; keywords of incipit and facing page in blue or chrysographed ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold band with outermost blue rule ; headings, keywords and some excerpts rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; written area occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry interspersed throughout.Collation: i, 34 IV(272), II+1 (277) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf).Explicit: "تصدق قلوب بو ثوابي داخى موجب مزيد حسنات بيله لر تم"Incipit: "رب اشرح لى صدرى ويسر لى امرى واحلل عقدة من لسانى يفقهوا قولي يا رب ره عشقكده بنى شيدا قيل احكام عبادتك بكا اجرا قيل ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Fuzulî's rendering of the suffering of the prophets, particularly Imām Ḥusayn in the tragedy at Karbalāʼ, drawn from Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī's Rawz̤at al-shuhadāʼ, a Persian martyrology of ʻAlī and his family.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 417Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest late 16th century.Former shelfmark: "٤٨٨" inscribed in black ink on upper cover label ; "141 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) ; "٤٠٩" in black on upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (once with flap, now lost) ; doublures in dark red leather ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold painted (with recessed onlays) mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as tooled border ; sewn in heavy cream thread, two stations ; overall in quite poor condition with much abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, loss of flap, spine lining exposed, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, transluscent, sturdy, beige in color, burnished ; front flyleaf and repairs in European laid paper.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by scalloped domes (in gold and red) and surrounded by swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red, white, turquoise, lavender, etc. on a lapis lazuli ground and bordered in a band of heavy gold interlace, surmounted by rectangular piece evoking a row of scalloped domes in gold and lapis lazuli filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, turquoise, lavender, white, red, etc., entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and vegetal decoration in gold ; four half-page miniatures (wider than the written area), including miniature depicting Laylá and Qays (Majnūn) at school on p.27, miniature depicting Majnūn in the wilderness on p.60, miniature depicting Majnūn's family visiting him in the wilderness on p.81, and miniature depicting Laylá visiting Majnūn in the wilderness on p.111 ; written area surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords and section headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; exquisite hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, I (2), 3 IV(26), III+1 (33), IV-1 (40), 2 IV(56), III (62) ; chiefly quaternions and ternions ; final leaves lacking ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and skips two pages between pp.119-120).Incipit: "اى نشاء حسنى عشقه تاثير قلن عشق ايله نباى دهرى تعمير قلن ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant (though incomplete, with end lacking) copy of Fuzulî's renowned Turkish rendering of the romance of Laylá and Majnūn. Illustrated with four miniatures (see p.27, p.60, p.80 and p.111).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 504Origin: According to colophon on fol.69b, copied by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Khalīl Chāvush (Abdullah b. Halil Çavuş). Copying of first work completed 3 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1125 [ca. 21 December 1713] (see fol.69b). Copying of second work completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1125 [ca. 7 January 1714] (see fol.74a). No date given for completion of copying for third work.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label, "IL 357" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip); head of textblock inscribed "۹۳".Binding: Thin pasteboards covered in red leather; Type III binding (without flap); board linings and flyleaves of machine wove paper; blind-tooled decorative border on upper and lower covers; pasted label on spine; sewn in blue thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in magenta and dark blue [?], good condition; overall in good condition.Support: European laid paper with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced 20-24 mm. apart, and watermark of three crescents (tre lune, perpendicular to chains, roughly 85 mm. long, see p.14, 74, etc.), thin though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished.Decoration: Red rule-borders throughout; red discs and geometric figures serve as textual dividers in the final work of the codex; section headings rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Naskh; very fine, clear, Turkish hand, rounded and tilting slightly to the left with free standing alif sans serif and letters such as lām, ṭāʼ, ẓāʼ serrifed, though inconsistently; unusual form for lām alif ligatures where serif of alif closes to form a round loop not unlike the numeral "۹" (see fol.3b, etc.); all three texts copied in the same hand.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page.Collation: 2 (2), 7 V (72), I (74), IV (82); chiefly quinions; catchwords present; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, begins with folio following the incipit page; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "خاتمة الكتاب اربعينهاى سالكان جامى هست بهر وصول صدر قبول نبود [كذا] فضل حق عجيب وغريب كه ازبعين [كذا] رسى بوصول اثر اربعين اهل سلوك قرب حق رتبه سن قيلور حاصل اوفر تركيسم فضولى مسكين اوله بو اربعينله واصل تمت الكتاب"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي عم البلاد بنعمته وارفاده وخص العباد بهدايته وخلق النهار بانواره والليل بسواده والغيم بامطاره والسحاب بارعاده... اما بعد لما رايت قصور همم الناس في طلب العلم ... هداني ذلك ان اجمع لهم مختصرا نافعا في العبادات"Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.6. fol. 74b-82b : Tarjamat arbaʻīn ḥadīthan / Mawlānā Nūr al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī ; Mehmet bin Süleyman Fuzulî.5. fol. 69b-74a : Kitāb Fiqh al-akbar / [Abū Ḥanifah].4. fol. 3b-69b : [Muqaddimat al-Ghaznawī] / Aḥmad al-Ghaznawī.3. fol. 3a : [blank with later notes].2. fol. 1b-2b : [table of contents].1. fol. 1a : [blank with later notes].Contains three works, mainly of Ḥanafī fiqh, including [1] al-Ghaznawī's work on ʻibādāt and [2] al-Fiqh al-Akbar attributed to Abū Ḥanīfah, followed by [3] Jāmī's collection of commentary on forty hadith accompanied by Fuzulî's elucidation in Turkish.
Abstract: 'An autobiographical travel book by a Nakşibendi derviş Hâkî Dede, containing descriptions of places through which he travelled and accounts of famous personages from his time, including the Özbek Han Abdullah Han (1580-1598) and Persian Şah Abbas (1587-1629). The work is chiefly in verse, with a few sections of prose. Given that the work contains a section on Istanbul, and Hâkî Dede arrived to Istanbul "towards the end of Mehmed III\'s reign" (1595-1603) (see S̲üreyyāAbstract: Sicill-i ʻOs̲mānīAbstract: IIAbstract: p. 264)Abstract: the work must have been composed between ca. 1600 and 1617Abstract: and an ownership date of 1618-19 (see ownership note below) indicates that the copy was made before 1619Abstract: so possibly while Hâkî Dede was still alive.'Binding note: Brown leather over pasteboard with blind fillets around borders of covers.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a.Ms. additions: a biographical note on fol. 3a on Hâkî Dede, in which he is identified as a Nakşibendi, and we are told that he travelled to India, China, the Yemen, Egypt, Syria, and Baghdad; an inscription reading "Bende Muslimân" on fol. 1a; two couplets of poetry on fol. 2a, signed Mehmet.13 lines per page. Written in an elegant medium large naskh in black ink with use of red ink for headings. Text is written inside a gold leaf frame outlined in black ink, mostly in two columns separated with two lines in gold and black ink. Fol. 4b-5a have double gold-leaf frame, with margins and the space between the columns decorated with floral pattern painted in gold ink. Fol. 4b has an illuminated head piece executed in gold leaf with blue, red, orange, purple and white watercolors. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper with watermarks.Incipit: حمد لله اول خدايي بر كمال ويردي غالم خلقينه رزق ونوالExplicit: قبول اولسون دعامز پاك اوله دين تمآم اولدي ولا الضالين آمين
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 405Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration etc. would suggest late 16th or possibly early 17th century ; dated ownership statement on 'title page' (p.3) provides a terminus ante quem of 1853.Former shelfmark: "311 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry stamped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7), pendants and cornerpieces ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged but in fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines visible, crisp, well-sized and burnished, dark cream in color ; much repaired.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying invocation in red "يا قاسم الارزاق بالاستحقاق" ) surrounded by delicate arabesques with floral motifs in gold, lavender, red, turquoise, etc. on a light blue and gold ground, surmounted by a scalloped band of evoking a row of domes filled with same delicate arabesques in gold, pink, lavender, turquoise, red, etc. on grounds of light blue and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in light blue ; another fine illuminated headpiece at opening on p.45 ; written area surrounded by a frame of gold bands defined by black fillets, divisions within (occasionally gold-flecked) defined by narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; illuminated tailpiece at close on p.48, consisting of elegant vegetal designs in black and pink with red accents on a gold ground with lapis borders.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; bold, elegant Ottoman hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 IV(16), III (22), 1 (23), i ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present (though occasionally obscured by repairs) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Explicit: "كه بحر خاك نيست مظهر كل"Incipit: "ينه شوقم بلوردى جوشم وار موج دريا كبى خروشم وار ..."Title from inscription on upper doublure.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān (collected poems) of Hüseyin Celâl Bey, known as Celâlî (1517-1571), see Türk dili ve edebiyatı ansiklopedisi (1977), ii, p.26.
Incomplete copy of an Ottoman Turkish translation of a work on geographical places, plants and animals; ends abruptly at the beginning of "faṣl fī al-buqūl al-ṣighār". Text commissioned by Osman Shah bin İskender Paşa. The first two leaves are in Arabic. Worm damage in the gutter and lower, outer corner, text mostly unaffected. The copy is in several different hands.
Binding note: Half-leather binding with flap; pasted boards with marbled paper.Contents: 1. fol. 1a-29b: Revnak ül-bustan. A work on gardening by Inayet Efendi, also known as Felâhatname.Contents: 2. fol. 33b-36a: Magical formulas.Contents: 3. fol. 38a-41b: Medicinal recipes.Ms. codex.Title from fol. 2b.Physical description: 20-23 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white paper. Headings and overlinings in red; text on fol. 2b-29b bordered by red frame. Fol. 1b-2a contain a simple gold illumination and are framed in gold. Foliation written by a later hand is incorrect. Fol. 30a-33a, 36b-37b, 42 blank.Origin: Text 1 copied in Athens in 1009 A.H. (1600 or 1601) (fol. 29b); author is from Edirne (fol. 1a).