Collection of Persian poetry with an introductory table of contents by Saʻīd Nafīsī, a former owner (p.1). Several leaves copied by Nafīsī and inserted. They include two poems by Ḥāfiẓ (p. 156); 12 pages containing poems from the margins of a copy of Khusraw Dihlavī (p.197b-197l); and two poems missing from the Dīvān of Ḥakīm Tirmiz̲ī (unnumbered page after p. 259).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 323Origin: As appears in colophon on p.69, copied by Ibn ʻAli Quṭb al-Dīn al-Yazdī with transcription completed in the first part of Rajab 916 [October 1510].Former shelfmark: "406 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in pink-tinted laid paper ; fore edge flap lined in green silk ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted (on orange recessed inlays) rosette / mandorla (filled with vegetal composition vaguely reminiscent of Déroche class. OAi2 1) and cornerpieces along with tooled rosettes and gold-painted accents and border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, dirty, tailband damaged ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather at spine and fore edge flap, minor pest damage, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, faint and indistinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, well-burnished, beige in color ; staining and tidelines ; many bifolia guarded with recycled manuscript "waste" ; flyleaves in European laid paper.Decoration: Elegant (though damaged) illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in white ("ديوان مولانا شاهي") surrounded by swirling vegetal decoration in black, cartouche surrounded by swirling floral vegetal designs in gold, yellow, red, white and pink on a field of blue with gold accents, surmounted by triangular piece or hasp with upper most pendant and vertical stalks (tīgh) continuing floral vegetal design on gold and lapis lazuli ; written area (and columns within) surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule ; centered panels of written area left blank.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant Persianate hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 III(12), II (16), III (22), V (32), II (36), i ; ternions, binions, and a quinion ; catchwords present ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals through "٢٩" ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "تم هذه الابيات العبد الفير الى الطاف الصمدى ابن على قطب الدين اليزدى غفر ذنوبه وستر عيوبه في اوائل رجب المرجب من شهور سنه ست عشر وتسعمائة الهجره النبويه المصطفويه عليه افضل الصلوات واكمل التسليمات"Explicit: "سخن تا چند گویم پیچ هر [در] پیچ ترا من دوست میدارم دگر هیچ "Incipit: "ای نقش بسته نام خطت با سرشت ما این حرف شد ز روز ازل سر نوشت ما ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Amīr Shāhī, Aq Malik ibn Amīr Jamāl al-Dīn Sabzavārī (d.1453).
The so-called 'Cambridge Tafsir' is the oldest extant copy of a Persian Qur'ānic commentary, written in 628 A.H. / 1231 C.E., as stated in the colophon. The first volume has not survived and this manuscript contains only the second part of the work, beginning with the Surah Maryam. The manuscript belonged to the Dutch Orientalist Thomas Erpenius Erpenius, Thomas, 1584-1624 .Layout: 21 lines to the pageScript: Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Fatḥ al-Faqīḥ al-Gharīb Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Fatḥ al-Faqīḥ al-Gharīb محمد بن ابي الفتح الفقيه الغريب
Tinta negra y roja.Incipit: [بسملة]Copista: تهمل, que vivía en la calle کوچه کهاسی رام (Khasiram?)Colofón (Fol. 201v):تمت تمام شد کار من نظام شد این تاریخ ظفر نامه که تمر نامه// میکویند من تصنیف هاتفی بهر نقل از کتاب لاله کلدار سنکه جیو/ بر داشتم و بتاریخ بیست و نهم/ ماه صفر سنه ١٢٢٥ هجری مطابق سنه ۴/ جلوس اکبر شاه صاحبقران ثانی بنظامت (؟)/ سهن(؟) صاحب ... انکریران(؟)/ عالیشان بخط بنده درکاه/ تهمل(؟) ساکن کوچه کهاسی رام/ بروز پبجشنبه بوقت/ دوپهر تحریر یافتCaracterísticas especiales: Encabezamientos en tinta roja. Los siguientes folios en otro papel de color amarillo: 24r a 70v; 150r a 159v; 161r a 162v; 164r a 173v; 176r a 177v.Ilustración: No.Ilustraciones: No.Tipo de cuaderno: Cuadernos de 4 y 5 bifolios.Deterioros generales: Ocasionales manchas de humedad que no afectan al texto. Mancha en fol. 153r.H. en blanco: 204r. Numerosas lagunas en el texto, probablemente debidas a ser copia de un texto defectuoso.H. dañadas, mutiladas, sueltas: Sueltas: fols. 15 a 17 y 22 a 23.H. faltan o añadidas: NoFoliación: Sin foliación original. Se ha foliado a lápiz en el margen superior izquierdo del recto.Reclamos: En el verso de todos los folios.Sign. cuad.: No.Pautado: No se aprecia. Distancia interlineal: 1,2 cm.Filigrana: No se aprecia.Anotaciones: Anotaciones marginales en fols. 80r, 82r, 85v, 94v, 102r, 117r, 122r, 138r y 156v, a menudo cortadas por la encuadernación. Tachaduras en los fols. 132v, 133v y 203v. Guarda final con anotación “Ms. Persian Hatifi” y escudo del General Wyndham. Etiqueta pegada en hoja de guarda y en cubierta con número 55 tachado.Signatura antigua: RESC/1022Poema épico describiendo la vida y proezas militares de Timur, dedicado al sultán Husayn Bayqara (muerto en 1506). El poema imita el estilo del Iskandar Nāma de Nizāmī. Consejos para los gobernantes, tomando a Dios y al profeta como modelo. Libro de la Victoria.Encuadernado en piel marrón sobre cartón con medallón central.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 283Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.227a (p.453), copied (حرره) by Muḥammad Taqī in the village of Ashtān [?] (در قصبه اشتان). Transcription finished 7th Ramaḍān 1265 [ca. 27 July 1849].Accompanying materials: Slip of laid paper with writing ; on one side in black ink, what appears to be a list of books, works ; on the other side in red and black ink, notes on grammar.Binding: Pasteboards faced in red leather with spine, edges / turn-ins, doublures and doublure hinges in rich, green-blue (teal) leather (leather faced and edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) though not flush with this text block ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; upper and lower covers bear central scalloped mandorla and pendants, blind-stamped with recessed onlays in green (reminiscent of oxidized "gold" paint) and traces of gold paint on floral design within ; border composed of a series of s-shaped stamps, gold painted and flanked by gold fillets ; sewn in green thread, two stations ; fine chevron endbands in purple and green ; in good condition with some minor abrasion, wear at corners, staining, etc.Support: Machine wove paper of a few different types, all fairly thick, well-burnished ; watermarks / countermarks include Cyrillic "Г г С" (large letters in script, see p.8, 16, 24, 122, etc.), possible Cyrillic "К Я" (in p.158 etc.), Cyrillic "A Б" (p.202, 402, 404, 432, 442, etc. and cf. example in Klepikov p.38 dated 1851), and possible numerals 1 8 (p.424 etc.) 4 6 (p.400, 420 etc.) suggesting year 1846 ; embossed mark in p.233, 247, 322, 447, etc. (oval with only trace of border inscription, etc.) ; some staining, moisture damage, ink smudges ; tacky ink has resulted in blocking in some places.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.2) consisting of narrow rectangular panel with cartouche bearing the basmalah surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal design in light blue, pink, orange, red, pistachio and white, on a field of gold with lapis lazuli accents ; above the piece stand vertical stalks (tigh) in blue ; the piece is framed in a well consisting of a heavy red band with scalloped decoration in white, flanked by bands of pistachio and gold ; text throughout is ruled in a simple frame consisting of a narrow gold band outlined in black fillets with an outermost blue fillet and at some distance in the margin a second blue fillet ; text rubricated with section headings, overlinings, etc. in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; small, elegant Persianate hand in medium line ; sans serif with characteristic descent of words to baseline, superscripting of final letters and words, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; single column divided to two columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 26 IV (216), III+1 (223), II (227), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic and Persian, reads: "تمت الکتاب بعون الله الملک الوهاب بتاریخ یوم هفتم شهر رمضان المبارک سنه ۱۲۶٥ هزار و دویست و شصت و پنج هجری در قصبه اشتان حرره محمد تقی" followed by scribal verses.Explicit: "منم از قاضیان مشار الیه وان دگر کیر ماست عز علیه"Incipit: "مقدری نه بالت بقدرت مطلق کند ز شکل بخاری چو کنبد ازرق ..."Title from fore-edge.Ms. codex.Fine copy of collected poems (mainly his qaṣāyid and muqaṭṭaʻāt without systematic arrangement) of Awḥad al-Dīn Anvarī (d.1189 or 90).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 670Origin: As appears in colophon on p.753, copied by ʻImād ibn Muḥamad ʻImād. Date of transcription not specified. Paper, decoration, etc. suggests 16th or early 17th century. Ownership statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1629.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From upper board lining and spine label, "IL 9" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now fully detached) ; currently two piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine, may represent repair / reback) ; board linings in peach laid paper, hinges in yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (and once gold-painted) scalloped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 7) set off by gold-painted strokes, tooled rosettes and chain border ; design continues on flap ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked endbands in golden yellow and metallic threads, only primaries and core with a few threads of headband remain, primaries sewn through textile spine lining ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached from lower cover, cover almost fully detached from text block at spine except for intact primaries at headband, extensive abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; extensive repairs (also damaged) in brown leather including edging (which has been tooled in a series of s-shaped stamps) on upper and lower covers as well as head and tail of fore edge flap and likely reback ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, fairly straight) and chain lines (possibly grouped in pairs) occasionally visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with anchor in circle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.30 consisting of rectangular piece with almond-shaped gold cartouche carrying title and flanking pieces all evoking bookcover design, set in field of dark blue with delicate vegital motifs in gold, green, red, white, light blue and yellow, bordered in band of dark blue with white crosses and dots flanked by two narrow gold bands ; written area and ruled margins surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, narrower gold band defines central written area and triangular accents on margins within (occasionally filled with floral motifs) ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three dots in redScript: Nastaʻlīq ; small compact Persianate hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dotsLayout: Written in 51 lines per page, 17 lines in central written area and 34 lines of gloss on the diagonal in the ruled margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-2 (6), 21 IV (174), IV+1 (183), III (189), III+1 (196), 2 III (202), 5 IV (248), III + 1 (255), 14 IV (372), III-1 (376), i ; leaves between opening contents listing and opening of text originally left blank (pp.21-29) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of ه (numeral khamsah or letter hāʼ) in black ink in the upper outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals from pp.353-377 and in black ink from pp.379-753, beginning with Arabic numeral 38 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب والحمد لله اولا واخرا وظاهرا وباطنا وصلى الله على محمد واله الطيبين وعترته الطاهرين اجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا كثيرا على يد الفقير الحقير تراب اقدام الفضلا عماد بن محمد عماد ... گر بهم برزده بینی خط من عیب مکن که مرا محنت ایام بهم برزده است"Incipit: [matn] "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم رب سهل و تمم بالخیر الحمد لمن وفقنا امداد حمد بی عد و اعداد سپاس بی قیاس مبدعی را که آثار ابداع او بر هر ورقی از اوراق و شجری از اشجار سمت ..." ; [ḥashiyah] "و به نستعين حمد و سپاس عتاری را جل جلاله و عم نواله و عظم شانه ..."Title from rubricated inscription on 'title page' (p.29).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4) with extensive gloss on the margins. Opens with acephalous contents listing (p.1-21). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1060Origin: As appears in colophon at close (p.451), transcription of this the first volume completed 12 Rabīʻ II 484 [ca. 29 July 1444].Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with note in Persian in pen identifying title, date of copying, and subject -- b. Index card with descriptive notes typed in German as well as transcription in clear black ink of note on other slip "اختيارات بديعى دائره المعارف طب"Binding: Heavy boards covered in brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; likely two piece binding (trace of seam of overlapping flanges visible on spine) ; board linings in European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants filled with symmetrical floral / vegetal decoration, set off by rules dividing cover to quadrants and border in a row of s-shaped stamps defined by blind rules ; now sewn in white thread, two stations, no traces of endbands (perhaps lost in rebinding), rather tightly bound ; slightly larger than textblock and likely not original ; subtle repair to spine in red brown leather, new hinges in dark brown leather ; sound and overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion.Support: non-European (possibly Persianate) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly straight) and chain lines occasionally visible ; formation somewhat cloudy with many inclusions (plant matter, bits of fiber, etc.), thin though sturdy and quite well-burnished to glossy, beige to light brown in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper (potentially machine laid) with "GIOR MAGNANI" below scrollwork with bird above tower (compare Heawood 3748) ; numerous native page repairs in brown paper.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2, rectangular in shape with title "كتاب اختيارات بديعي" in gold tawqīʻ in cartouche over swirling vegetal ground, flanked by delicate vegetal motifs in gold on azure blue ground, surrounded by now oxidized bands (with paper breakthrough) and surmounted by further decorative band in blue, gold and white with red accents, itself surmounted by fine tīgh ; keywords and headings rubricated, along with two-teeth stroke abbreviation.Script: Naskh with some elements of nastaʻlīq ; elegant, spacious Turkic or Persianate hand in a medium line ; virtually serifless with elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, long but fairly straight shaqq on kāf, quite rounded with curvilinear descenders and terminating strokes of tāʼ, bāʼ, etc., pointing mainly in distinct dots but occasionally with stroke for two dots, point of final and free-standing nūn set down within tall, angled bowl (rightward stroke typically higher than leftward stroke which occasionally curves and nearly forms a complete circle around dot), rāʼ often set within preceding dāl (particularly in instances of در), some free assimilation of letters, etc.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page (single column) ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, 2 IV(16), 2+IV (26), 9 IV(98), IV+1 (107), IV (115), III+1 (122), 13 IV(226), i ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; occasional foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, often toward the middle of the page in the outer margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت المجلد الاول عن کتاب الموسوم باختیارات فی یوم 12 الجمعه عن [؟] ربیع الثانی سنه 848 هجریه م"Incipit: "امداد حمد بی عدد و اعداد سپاس بی قیاس مبدعی را که آثار ابداع او بر هر ورقی از اوراق و شجری از اشجار سمت ..."Title from colophon on p.451.Ms. codex.Elegant early copy of the first volume of Ikhtiyārāt-i badīʻī, a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 273Origin: Lacks dated colophon. According to note on 'title page' (fol.1a/p.1) executed by the renowned Timurid calligrapher Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī (d.1520). Relatively consistent with his style and thus likely executed late 15th or early 16th century. Mounting and illumination possibly later in the 16th century.Former shelfmark: "٢١" and "216 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather ; Western style binding (without flap) ; board linings in shell marbled paper (mainly in lavender, pink, and yellow-green) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-painted rules and tooled border in a series of annular stamps ; now sewn in white thread, four stations ; overall in fairly good condition with some staining and minor abrasion though fully detached from text block ; while cover is not sized to be flush with text block, this appears to have been intentional as adhesive paper pattern on interior of spine matches that on spine of text block.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper ; written area mounted in a frame of exquisite silhouette paper (laid with 6 laid lines per cm., chains occasionally visible, sturdy, well-burnished) in two floral compositions, one with floral vegetal motifs only, the other with bird motifs as well ; recto of each framing leaf in pastel blue and verso in pink (quite possibly composite with leaves of two distinct tints affixed to each other).Decoration: Superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on fol.1b (p.2) consisting of a rectangular piece with gold cartouche surrounded by intricate swirling arabesques with floral motifs in gold, white, red, yellow, green, and pink on a lapis lazuli ground with gold accents all bordered in bands of gold, white, blue, red and heavy gold interlace, surmounted by a band of floral vegetal decoration in gold, white, yellow, pink, and red over alternating eight-pointed stars in turquoise and gold on a black ground, itself surmounted by an triangular piece or hasp filled with further swirling arabesques with floral motifs in gold, white, red, pink, yellow, etc. on a gold ground with lapis lazuli accents, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by frame consisting of bands of gold, blue, red, and turquoise, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; rich floral vegetal accents appear occasionally flanking text ; compositions of silhouette paper in some leaves outlined in gold (in lower margin of fol.13a (p.25), bird motif in paper, elsewhere enhanced by the illuminator in the same bird theme, has been elaborated as a goat instead).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, exquisite hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 10 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 2 III(12), II (16), i ; two ternions and a binion ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "الهى بحق آنكه ترا حاجت نست رحمت كن برآنكه او را حجت نست تمت الكتاب"Incipit: "این چند كلمه است از نصايح و اشعار نديم بارگاه حضرت جبارى خواجه عبد الله انصارى عليه الرحمه و المغفره ای ز دردت بيدلانرا بوی در مال آمده ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter on fol.1b.Ms. codex.Sublime copy of a selection of maxims and verses by Abū Ismāʻīl ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Anṣārī al-Harawī (d.481/1089), attributed to the celebrated Timurid calligrapher Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī (d.926/1520, see p.248 in Bayānī, Aḥvāl va āsār-i khūshʹnavīsān : nastaʻlīq navīsān, vol.1 and pp.30-32 in Soucek, "The Arts of Calligraphy").
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. Four miniatures. Decorative borders.Dimensions: 10¾ × 7¼ in.Hand: Small but distinct Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Binding: Lacquered boards with floral decoration.Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. 8 miniatures. Floral borders.Dimensions: 13 × 8½ in.Hand: Small Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldDecoration: Unwan. Miniatures. Decorative borders.Dimensions: 12⅞ × 7⅞ in.Hand: Small Nastaʻlīq.Record origin: Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953.
Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate WorldRecord origin: "Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team."