Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 271Origin: Versified chronogram at end (fol.182b, "اخلاق محسنى") gives dating for completion of composition; this reading, without the preposition "ز", yields the more widely accepted date of 900 H. As appears in colophon on fol.182b, copied by Maḥmūd ibn Najīb. Transcription finished ("tamma al-kitāb bi-ʻawn al-Malik al-Wahhāb taḥrīran fī tārīkh...") 12 Rabīʻ I 922 [ca. 15 April 1516].Binding: Pasteboard covered in red-brown leather; Type II binding (with flap); upper and lower covers bear gold-stamped central mandorla (Déroche class. NSh1) with pendants and simple gold rule-border; smaller mandorla on envelope flap; doublures in light-blue coated paper embossed with vegetal pattern; in good condition.Support: Persian laid paper; laid lines oriented vertically but too faint to count; chain lines not visible; flyleaves are fashioned from a light-blue coated paper, embossed with a vegetal pattern, that is also used for the doublures.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece on fol.2b; marvelously rendered in two rectangular panels; lower panel contains the basmalah, executed in red nastaʻlīq, in a central cartouche flanked by two, smaller palmette-like lozenges; lower panel is framed by an elaborite golden braid; background is predominantly lapis-lazuli, with vegetal/floral patterns executed in gold, red, pink, green, black, and white; upper panel continues the background motif and color palette; three small, predominantly black, palmette-like lozenges serve as the pivot for the repeating vegetal pattern in this panel, but these are subdued figures and are rather absorbed into the lapis-lazuli background and intriquate vine patterns; upper panel is surmounted by five verticle, decorative stalks; written area framed by a rule-border in dark blue, black, and gold; gold frames set off verses and some chapter titles; text is polychrome, with main text in black, Arabic quotations in dark blue, gold, and occasionally red, and chapter titles in dark blue or gold; the words "شعر" and "بيت" as they occur throughout the text introducing verses of poetry are rendered in red and blue, and occasionally, gold; main text of incipit page decorated with gilt cloudbands.Script: Main text in nastaʻlīq; chapter headings in tawqīʻ; Arabic quotations of Qur'anic verses and Hadith in naskh and vocalized; basmalah in cartouche of illuminated headpiece in nastaʻlīq.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page.Collation: ii, 23 IV (184), i; quaternions; cacthwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, referenced in cataloguing; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, begins with ١ on fol.3a (Western pagination) and concludes with ١۸۰ on fol.182a; fihrist of chapter titles (fol.6a-7a) corresponds with foliation.Dedication: Composed for Shāh Abū al-Muḥsin (شاه ابو المحسن ), one of the sons of the Tīmūrid pādishāh Ḥusayn Bāyqarā, on the occasion of his coming to court (in Herat) from Marv (see fol.4a-4b, Western pagination).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads: "رب اختم بالخير والحسنى تمت [كذا] الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب تحريرا في تاريخ اثنى عشر شهر ربيع الاول سنه اثنى عشرين و تسعمايه بخط العبد الحبيب [المجيب ؟] محمود بن نجيب"Explicit: "با خامه گفتم ای كه زهر ساختى قدم وز مقدم تو چشم سخن يافت روشنى اخلاق محسنى بتامى نوشته تاريخ هم نويس ز اخلاق محسنى"Incipit: "حضرت يادشاه على الاطلاق غرت كلمته و جلت عظمته منشور دولت سلطان المرسلين"Title from opening on fol.5a.Ms. codex.A work on ethics in 40 chapters, composed by Kāshifī for Shāh Abū al-Muḥsin, a son of Sulṭān Ḥusayn Bāyqarā. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
Text is written in nastaʻlīq shekasteh script in black ink with some red. The initial page, which seems to have been added later when the codex was rebound, contains the title of the work and a brief sketch of the author's life and works in Persian, written in blue ink in nastaʻlīq script. These notes also present the same information about the time and place of production of this codex as is presented on the last page of the manuscript(noted above). In addition, written in English cursive in pencil, this page contains a note which states, erroneously, that this codex is the Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi.Last page of the manuscript states that this copy was made in the 12th year of the reign of Khān Muhammad Awrangābādī, more commonly known as Awrangzeyb, the Mughal Emperor. Awrangzeyb reigned from 1658-1707; thus this manuscript must have been completed in 1080/1670 in India. The codex does not have original binding; it has clearly been rebound, probably in the 19th century with a plain binding; many of the pages have been remounted on a different kind of paper. There is no title page on the original paper.Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī's florid Persian version of the 8th century Arabic book of fables, Kalīlah wa Dimnah, by Ibn al-Muqaffaʻ, which is itself a translation of the Pahlavī version of the original Sanskrit work by Bidpai. Kāshifī's Anvār-i Suhaylī has been published many times, sometimes under the Arabic title, Kalīlah wa Dimnah.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 431Origin: As appears in colophon on p.16, executed by Sulṭān ʻAlī [possibly Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī?] ; date of transcription not specified ; decoration, hand, etc. suggest early 16th century.Former shelfmark: "450 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of both front flyleaves.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark purple leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in light-blue textured paper ; upper and lower covers bear gold-painted central floral motif with tooled borders in gold (two different shades) ; sewn in heavy yellow thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: Written area mounted in lovely silhouette paper (floral designs in pink) in leaves of non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and no chain lines visible, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; some staining and tide lines.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and surrounding floral vegetal accents in gold, red, lavender, orange, pink, light blue, white, etc. on a field of lapis lazuli bordered in bands of lapis, gold and orange-red, surmounted by a scalloped triangular piece or hasp set in a narrow rectangular piece continuing the floral vegetal design and itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli ; written area throughout surrounded by frame in bands of green and gold with outermost blue rule ; panels within written area (and entire written area of incipit page) gold-flecked ; ḥadīth text in light-blue and white ink.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV (8), ii ; single quaternion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "احقر العباد سلطان على"Explicit: "ومن كلامه صلى الله عليه و آله لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه ... تمت ترجمه هذه الاربعين بتوفيق من هو ناصر ومعين سنه ست و ثمانين و ثمانمائة متع الله بها كل فريق فيه و الحمد لله على الاتمام و الصلوه و السلام على محمد و آله البررة الكرام اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول منست از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثى که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده مي آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth, possibly executed by renowned Timurid calligrapher Sulṭān ʻAlī Mashhadī (d.1520).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 430Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; decoration, paper, etc. suggest 16th century.Former shelfmark: "524 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover ; "231" inscribed in pencil on 'title page’ (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards faced in marbled paper (in red and green) with red leather over spine, fore edge of upper board, and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted European laid paper ; sewn in dark pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, quite thin though sturdy, burnished ; staining and tide lines ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with "GFA" under eagle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the basmalah flanked by floral vegetal accents in gold, yellow, red and white on a field of blue (approaching lapis lazuli), surmounted by larger rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and surrounding floral vegetal accents in gold, red, and light blue on a field of blue bordered in bands of red and heavy gold interlace, itself surmounted by a scalloped triangular piece or hasp continuing the floral vegetal design ; larger rectangular piece and triangular piece are set in an elaborate well of gold, red, green, and blue bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area throughout gold-flecked and surrounded by a gold frame with outer gold and blue rules.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes ; contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-1 (7), I (9), i ; quaternion (anomalous, "missing leaf" possibly pasted to leaf carrying incipit page) followed by single bifolium ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره صدق هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه... اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول منست از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده می آید امید ... لا ؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 432Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Muḥammad Zakarīyā Samarqandī with transcription completed in the year 1256 [1840 or 41].Former shelfmark: "548 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf ; "233" inscribed in pencil on 'title page'.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in black leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of composition evoking book cover design with central mandorla and pendants (filled with flowers and leaves in shades of pink and green on a black ground) set in a red ground with swirling floral vegetal pattern in gold and surrounded by border in black with white dots and flanking gold fillets (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on an orange or bronze background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, etc. with roses, poppies, buds, and other floral forms all in shades of pink and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative bands with floral motifs in various sizes on bands of red and black ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, text block almost fully detached from cover, etc. ; cover large for textblock and perhaps not original.Support: Quite heavy wove paper ; surfaced dyed pale blue and pale green.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with empty cartouche and flanking vegetal accents (all in gold) set between heavy gold bands and surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) all in gold ; written area (and panels within) surrounded by gold rule-border ; ḥadīth text, preface and closing matter chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with characteristic descent of words to baseline and superscripting of final words and letters ; elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written mainly in 9 lines per page, three of ḥadīth text and six of the Persian verse paraphrase with the hemistiches of four lines of verse divided and arranged on the diagonal ; written area divided to set off the ḥadīth text and elucidation ; text of preface in 8 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V+I (12) ; quinion with added single bifolium ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "على يد ضعيف الفقير الحقير كتبه العبد المذنب محمد زكرياى سمرقندى غفر الله تعالى ذنوبه ١٢٥۶"Explicit: "لا يشبع المؤمن من دون جاره صدق النبي هر که در خطه مسلمانی باشد از نقد دین گر انمایه ... تمت الاربعين حديث مع ترجمه اربعینهاى سالکان جامی هست بهر وصول صدر قبول بنود از فضل حق عجیب و غریب که بدین اربعین رسی بوصول ... ما تازه گناهیم و عطای تو قدیم است"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... اما بعد این چهل حدیث کلمه است ازان کلمات که سهولت فهم و حفظ را بنظم فارسی ترجمه گر ده مي آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه هر کسی را لقب مکن مؤمن گرچه از سعی جان وتن کاهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Jāmī's verse paraphrase of forty ḥadīth.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 885Origin: As appears in colophon on p.969 (and at close of باب الف ممدوده on p.978), copied by Mathurādās Khatrī, date not specified ; decoration, paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or early 19th century.Accompanying materials: a. Scrap cut from a Luzac catalog page with description and price for this manuscript "PERSIAN AND HINDUSTANI MSS. 175 Bahar i ʻajam. The well-known Persian dictionary. MS. Folio. Over 1000 pp. Leather binding. The colophon is dated A.H. 1243 ( = A.D. 1827), under the reign of Muhammad Akbar Shâh (II.) £2 10s." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with handwriting of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "ʻunwān or illum. frontispiece or heading." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Scrap of paper with title in ink "Bahār i ʻAjam." (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 34Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep red leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry delicate gold-tooled border in a rope pattern ; spine stamped "BUHARE | UJUM" ; now sewn in white thread over three cords ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and blue, good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached, some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and irregular chain lines faintly visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves / added leaves in wove paper.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche (carrying the basmalah) flanked by pendants and delicate swirling floral vegetal decoration in blue, red, orange, and white on a gold ground, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with more elaborate swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, orange, white, blue, green, etc. on grounds of gold with blue, green and white accents, itself surmounted by a pendant filled with similar decoration as well as fine vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, entire piece set into a well consisting of a rather heavy gold band outlined by narrow bands of orange and gold defined by black fillets ; written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame with innermost red rule, and outer red and blue rules, further blue rule defines margin ; keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining or two-teeth abbreviation symbol in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 14 IV(112), III (118), IV+1 (127), 12 IV(223), IV+2 (233), 26 IV(441), II (445), IV+1 (454), 3 IV(478), IV-1 (485), iii ; chiefly quaternions ; lacuna on p.458 marked with "ص" ; p.970 prior to opening of Bāb-i alif-i mamdūdah left blank ; lacks proper catchwords but last word of final line on the verso of each leaf is usually repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "الحمد لله والمنة که باتمام رسید منتخب کتاب بهار عجم تالیف استادی مخدومی تیک چند بهار بخط فقیر حقیر اضعف العباد متهراداس قوم کهتری فقط"Incipit: "مهار آفرینی که کلبرک ... دیباچه اصل بهار عجم سپاس و ستایش ایزد متعال را در خور که هريکى ار افراد انسان ..."Title from opening matter (p.11) and colophon (p.978).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the dictionary of words and idioms used by the Persian poets compiled by Tīk Chand Bahār (d.1766) with added preface.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 894Origin: As appears in colophon on p.189 (accompanied by scribal verses), copied by Murtaz̤á ibn Muḥammad with transcription completed in 1073 [1662 or 3].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, called Jāmī. Bahāristān | Have many parts of the Haft Awrang, and some other poems, but apparently not this in Mich. MS. Isl." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip of paper with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 18 Bahāristān of Jāmī | copied in 1073" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginted pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 43Binding: Boards covered in grey mottled (sponge-stained look) paper with green fading to tan leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted laid paper ; spine accented with raised bands and gold-stamped title, author and shelfmark "BEHĀRI- STĀN E DJĀMĪ | MS. 1073" ; head edge of text block gilt ; sewn in white thread, over recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in fair condition with slight abrasion, loss of pigment, etc. ; not original, note on upper pastedown describes rebinding.Support: European laid paper of a few types ; opening type with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (about 80 mm. long, perpendicular to chains, see p.24, 30, 84, 42, etc.) ; another type with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.38, 42, 54, 56, 190, etc.) ; another type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain line spaced 26-28 mm. apart (horizontal) and three crescents watermark (75 mm. tall, perpendicular to chains, see p.118, 150, etc.) ; all quite sturdy, dark cream in color, well-sized and burnished.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs ; written area of incipit page surrounded by red rule-border.Script: Naskh with influence of nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; mainly serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, exaggerated elongation of horizontal strokes, curvilinear descenders, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots, occasional effect of words descending to baseline ; hand changes just before close (pp.187-189) to a more compact nastaʻlīq.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv, V (10), 2 VI(34), 4 V(74), VI (86), I (88), iii ; quinions and senions ; catchwords present ; text of p.26 apparently mistakenly entered by the copyist upside down (dotted lines provided for navigational clues) ; foliation in black ink, Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب على يد الضعيف عباد الصمد مرتضى بن محمد غفر الله له ولوالديه ولمن دعا له بالمغفره ... سنه ثلث وسبعين بعد الالف سنه ۱۰۷۳ ..."Incipit: "چو مرغ امر ذی بالی ز آغاز نه از نیروی حمد آید به پرواز ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Jāmī's collection of sayings, anecdotes, short notes and stories.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 303Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.163b, copying completed in the year 989 [1581 or 1582] in Qazvīn.Binding: Pasteboard (quite thin) covered in dark brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); upper and lower covers bear a gold-tooled central crosshatched diamond figure with emanating vertical lines that evoke pendants; doublures covered in orange paper; initial and final leaves covered in blue marbled paper; likely not the original binding since traces of a flap are found on fol.1a; in good condition.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally at roughly 8 laid lines per cm., chain lines running vertically and evenly spaced 30 mm. apart.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece on incipit page (fol.1b) consists of two rectangular panels; the lower panel contains an empty gold cartouche on a lapis lazuli field flanked by two palmettes and vegetal accents, dominant colors are gold, red, light blue, white; upper panel features a semi-circular piece protruding through the top of the panel, executed in gold, black, red, lapis lazuli, and reddish-brown and decorated with vegetal designs including gold vines and flowers in light blue, red, pink, and some yellow; text is bordered by frame in red (reddish-orange), green, black, and gold; frame of incipit page adds light blue band and eliminates green band; text of incipit and facing pages is decorated with gold cloud-bands; text on all pages following the incipit and facing pages is set in a field of light blue flecked with gold; hemistiches are separated by two fine golden bands; text partially rubricated with headings in red and yellow (or gold), now faded.Script: Nasta‘līq; single hand.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page; single column of text, each line comprising a verse of poetry, with the two hemstitches of each verse divided by two thin, golden, bands.Collation: 20 IV (160), II (164); chiefly quaternions with one binion; catchwords lacking; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (referenced in cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب على يد الفقير الحقير المحتاج الى رحمة الله الغني عزيز في شهور سنة ۹۸۹ بدار السلطنة القزوين"Explicit: "جز اين اعتمادم بيارى تست اميدم به آمرزگارى تست بضاعت نيارم الا اميد خدايا ز عفوم مكن نااميد"Incipit: " بنام خداوند جان آفرين حكيم سخن در زبان آفرين خداوند بخشنده دسنگير كريم خطابخش و پوزش پذير"Title from preface fol.5a.Ms. codex.Fine copy of Saʻdī's Būstān. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 299Origin: As appears in colophon on p.321, copied by Bābā Shāh ibn Sulṭān ʻAlī (بابا شاه بن سلطان علی) with transcription completed in Shaʻbān 989 [September 1581].Former shelfmark: "594 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in magenta surface-dyed and gold-flecked European paper upper and lower covers gold-painted in mitred-panel style, with large floral vegetal designs filling central rectangle and guilloché roll border around the perimeter ; sewn in red thread, two stations, some leaves loose ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and lifting of leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper of perhaps two types ; written area with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, quite indistinct) and faint chain lines irregularly visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; written area mounted in leaves tinted deep blue with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and faint chain lines irregularly visible, sturdy though fairly transluscent, well-burnished.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece with rubricated title in gold cartouche flanked by scalloped pieces in gold and red on field of lapis lazuli (with effect of book cover design) overlaid with delicated, swirling vegetal decoration in gold with floral accents in red, pink, yellow, lavender, and blue, bordered in bands of gold, pistachio green / turquoise and white and surmounted by scalloped dome in gold and lapis with similar vegetal decoration, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in white ; illuminated marginal decoration in saz leaves and floral forms completes illuminated double-page opening (pp.2-3) ; written area throughout delicately gold flecked and bordered in frame of gold, pistachio, red and white bands with columns within defined by narrow gold bands flanked by black fillets ; written area mounted in leaves tinted deep blue ; headings rubricated, chrysographed or in blue ink ; illustrated with five paintings (see p.67, 114, 150, 176, 298).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite calligraphic hand in a delicate line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, bowl of nūn wide with dot set just down within.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 5 IV (40), II (44), III+1 (51), 8 IV (115), III+1 (122), 4 IV (154), IV-1 (161), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly Arabic, reads "فرغت من تحرير هذه الكتاب الشريف فى تاريخ شهر شعبان سنه تسع وثمانين وتسعمايه حرره العبد بابا شاه بن سلطان علي غفر الله ذنوبه وستر عيوبهExplicit: "بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا ز عفوم مکن نا امید"Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer. Apparently attributed in the colophon to the calligrapher Bābā Shāh Isfahānī (d.1587 or 8). Illustrated with five miniatures. Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 300Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Nūr with transcription completed in Rabīʻ I 993 [March 1585] in the village of Zarah [Zirih ?] in Bākharz.Former shelfmark: "536 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards faced in spring green silk with red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (silk faced, leather edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures and hinges in marbled paper (in dark blue and white) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled guilloché borders defined by gold rules ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: Written area on non-European (likely Persian) laid paper set into border of tinted paper and mounted in frame of tinted (or marbled) paper of varying shades (dark blue, yellow, dark greek, pale pink, etc.), hinged together with contrasting tinted and gold-painted guards ; frames with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, quite distinct) and occasional chain lines visible (possibly grouped), quite well-burnished ; flyleaves in European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 27 mm. apart (vertical) and crown watermark (front) and with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 20 mm. apart (vertical), and three hats watermark (back).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in red "بوستان" surrounded by delicate swirling floral vegetal designs in gold, white, and red on a field of lapis lazuli with gold accents, surrounded by bands of white (with black crosses), gold and turquoise and surmounted by a much narrower rectangular piece with black cartouches filled with delicate swirling vegetal design in gold, white and red and set off by orange, turquoise and gold accents, itself surmounted by a band of gold and black interlace and flanked by bands of white (with black crosses) and turquoise ; headings rubricated ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by a frame consisting of a colored width of the paper (surface-dyed in shades varying by page) flanked by narrow bands of gold, turquoise, red, gold, blue and black, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; marginal decoration in grand floral vegetal motifs in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand in a delicate line ; serifless with effect of inclination to the right, words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns. ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 3 (3), 3 III(21), i ; catchwords present.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تحريرا فى شهر ربيع الاول سنه ٩٩٣ كتبه العبد المذنب محمد الكاتب النور غفر ذنوبه وستر عيوبه بولايت باخرز در قريۀ رزه صورت تحرير يافت"Explicit: "بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا ز عفوم مکن [نا] امید""Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' and illuminated headpiece at opening.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of selections from the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer. Contributions to the cataloguing from Ali Rafi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 301Origin: As appears in colophon on p.261, transcription completed 1 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 942 [ca. 22 April 1536].Former shelfmark: "188 T. De. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in light brown leather with central mandorla in filigree appliqué (once gold-painted) over area of blue pigment as well as tooled and gold-painted border and accents ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OAi), pendants and cornerpieces as well as tooled and gold-painted border ; design continues on fore edge flap ; edges of text block gold-painted ; now sewn in white thread, two stations, other sewing holes visible ; worked chevron endbands in green and gray, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; subtle repairs at board edges, hinges, etc. in dark red-brown leather ; fore edge flap may be a replacement.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (fairly indistinct) ; replacement leaves in a different (likely Persian or Indian) paper, medium cream in color, quite sturdy, crisp, well-sized and burnished to glossy ; some leaves guarded or repaired ; some pigment breakthrough at frames ; flyleaf in European laid paper, possibly recycled as it bears a leather burn pattern not corresponding to the present cover.Decoration: Splendid once double-page illumination at opening (pp.2-3, though opening leaf has been replaced with a complementary piece of different style and quality) originally consisting of large rectangular panels each divided to central rectangular panel carrying opening text set off by cloud-bands (in gold with floral accents), flanked by vertical rectangular panels with gold lozenges on a lapis lazuli ground overlaid with swirling arabesques in gold, red, lavender, white, light blue, etc. and set off by upper and lower rectangular panels with gold cartouches carrying the title (originally) and author ("شيخ مصلح اليدن عليه الرحمة والغفران") in white surrounded by similar swirling arabesques on fields of gold and lapis lazuli evoking book cover design with borders of gold interlace ; entire rectangular panel surrounded by a border of lozenges in lapis lazuli with floral vegetal decoration in white, gold, red, etc. and a series of scalloped domes in gold on a lapis lazuli ground overlaid with similar swirling arabesques with perpendicular stalks (tīgh) ; elsewhere throughout, written area surrounded by frame consisting of a series of gold, light blue, dark red, and turquoise bands with outermost blue fillet, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined with black fillets ; section headings set off in rectangular headpieces (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) carrying headings in blue.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand in a thin to medium line ; serifless with effect of inclination to the right, words descending to baseline, elongation and slight contrast in thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV-4+4 (8), 3 IV(32), 2 (34), II (38), 11 IV(126), III (132) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes opening flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.145-146).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تحريرا فى تاريخ غره شهر ذي القعدة الشريفه سنه ۹۴۲ تم"Explicit: "بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا ز عفوم مکن نا امید"Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین خداوند بخشنده ی دستگیر کریم خطا بخش پوزش پذیر عزیزی که هر کز درش سر بتافت..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 302Origin: As appears in colophon, copied by Sulṭān Ḥusayn ibn Jamshīd with transcription completed in Ramaḍān 953 [October-November 1546]. Mounting carried out much later ; paper with embossed mark suggests 19th century.Former shelfmark: "186 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Semi-limp boards faced in dull red leather with dark green leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (leather faced and edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in dull green-brown leather ; doublure hinges in same dark green leather ; upper and lower covers carry traces of stained blue border defining a central rectangular panel ; now sewn in cream thread over two cords (quite wide, not recessed, flexible sewing, apparent as ridges on spine), other sewing holes visible ; overall in fair condition with staining, abrasion, etc. ; framing may constitute a repair.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper ; written area later mounted in borders of tinted (in varying shades of blue, lavender, etc.) and gold-flecked wove paper with almond shaped embossed mark ("... SMYRNA [SMYRNA]" see fol.7, 9, etc. compare embossed mark in paper of Isl. Ms. 10, copied in Kharparūt [i.e. Harput, Kharberd / Kharpert, etc. now Elazığ] in 1853) ; some breakthrough at frames.Decoration: Exquisite double-page illumination at opening consisting of large rectangular panels each divided to central rectangular panel carrying opening text set off by cloud-bands (in gold with delicate floral motifs in blue), flanking vertical panels filled with delicate arabesques in red, black, gold, lavender, yellow, etc. on fields of blue set in lozenges defined by narrow white bands, and upper and lower rectangular panels with gold lozenges carrying verses ("خوشتر از كتاب در جهان يارى نيست در غمكده زمانه غمخوارى نيست هر لحظه از او بگوشه تنهائى صد راحتى است هرگز آزادى نيست") in white surrounded by rich, swirling arabesques with floral accents in gold, white, pink, lavender, etc. on fields of gold and blue set off by looping bands in white ; elswhere throughout, written area surrounded by a gold frame with outermost blue rule ; section headings set off in splendid rectangular headpieces (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) carrying headings in white.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand in a thin to medium line ; serifless with effect of inclination to the right, words descending to baseline, elongation and slight contrast in thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written mainly in 12 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: III (6), III-3 (9), III (15), 2 II(23) ; ternions and binions ; catchwords present.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "وقع الفارغ من كتابته فى شهر رمضان المبارك سنه ثلاث وخمسين وتسعمائة كتبه العبد سلطان حسين بن جمشيد "Explicit: "بضاعت نیاوردم الا امید خدایا ز عفوم مکن نا امید"Incipit: "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین خداوند بخشنده ی دستگیر کریم خطا بخش پوزش پذیر عزیزی که هر کز درش سر بتافت..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of selections from the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 276Origin: As appears in colophon on final panel, executed by Ömer Sırrı, one of the students of Mehmet Sadullah Efendi, known as Arabzade. Date of transcription not specified, but likely during Ömer Sırrı's training and thus before the death of Arabzade Mehmet Sadullah Efendi.Binding: Boards covered in red-brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings and lining of opening and closing panel in light blue coated and textured paper ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite tooled vegetal design (swirling leaves and flowers set off by small rosette stamps surrounding central almond-shaped form) in contrasting shades of gold, set in gold tooled borders (also in contrasting colors) in a series of s-shaped stamps and rosettes ; panels edged in red-brown leather with gold-painted rule borders and hinged together with dark pink silk ; overall in good condition ; repairs in Japanese paper (rebacked).Support: Written area on well-burnished paper (untinted or tinted blue, red, etc. or marbled), set in frames of embossed paper (with vegetal designs) tinted various shades (pale peach, olive green, orange, yellow, turquoise, light blue, red, dark green, etc.) with colors of facing panels matching.Decoration: Written area surrounded by frame of heavy gold and colored bands (mainly in blue and red) set off by white fillets ; each specimen (kıta) set in a frame bordered in gold rules ; two specimens chrysographed ; leaves and floral sprays in blue, lavender, pink, green and gold flank colophon at close.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; exquisite specimen Ottoman calligraphy.Layout: Written in four lines per page with logograph for "سعي" under each line.Collation: Twelve 'panels' (mounted leaves) hinged together mainly in dark pink silk ; 'pagination' in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals in upper outer corner of panel (frame).Colophon: "نوشته شد بقلم شكتسه سيد عمر سرى كيه دار ناظر ديوان دعاوى صانه الله تعالى عن النقايص والمساوى از شاكر دان حضرت استاد مكارم اعتياد صدر والاى روم ايلى مولانا محمد سعد الله افندى الشهير بعرب زاده همه كا مش بادآ آماده"Explicit: "اثر اميدى ايله عالمده ايلدم بو قطعاتي تحرير اوقور اخوان صفا تاريخن اولدى والا اثر عبد فقير ١١٥٦ "Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اعظم اسماء عليم حكيم محترمان حرم انس را تازه حديثست ز عهد قديم..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite calligraphic specimen employing Jāmī's qaṣīdah on the basmalah for mürekkebât meșki exercises, executed by one of the students of Arabzade Mehmet Sadullah Efendi (d.1843).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 279Origin: Date below vase with large floral spray 1281 [1864 or 5] ; other features also suggest 19th century. As appears in opening text, possibly executed for the Ottoman statesman Mehmet Fuat Paşa (d.1869).Former shelfmark: "598 [?]" inscribed in pencil on verso of 'front' flyleaf ; "123" inscribed in pencil on recto of 'back' flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark green leather (appearance of straight-grain leather but likely impressed straight grain or other artificial grain) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a streaked paper (in yellow, dark purple, etc. reminiscent of tree-marbling or stream marbling) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped central vegetal pendant, corner accents and vegetal border ; sewn in red thread, four stations, failed ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, etc.Support: Paper of written area embossed to carry text and figurative designs, set in surface-dyed frames of bright green and mounted on pasteboards.Decoration: Embossed borders (reminiscent of mountains) as well as vegetal and figurative designs with such animals as lions, dragons, stags, bulls, etc. accenting the calligraphy or filling a page.Script: Mainly nastaʻlīq with occasional thuluth ; exquisite calligraphic hand executed with the fingernail or stylus in the technique known as khaṭṭ-i nākhunī ( خط ناخنی / khaṭṭ-e nākhonī). Compare no. 1-85-154.63 at the Library of Congress and see description provided by Christiane Gruber in Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy (available online).Layout: Varies widely, pages carrying text with mainly 6-8 lines per page ; many pages carrying figurative or vegetal decoration only.Collation: Seven 'panels' (mounted leaves) hinged together with blue textile.Explicit: "ایا چرخ در پیش قدر تو واله ... تویی آنکه بر درگهت چرخ دربان كتبه ابو تراب افتاده"Incipit: "مديح سپهر رفعت بحر و قار و كدهي يكانه كوهر بحر كرم فؤاد پاشا ... "Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Superb album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ or murakkâ) employing verses of Anvari, etc. with interspersed figurative illustrations of lions, dragons, stags, bulls, etc. as well as vegetal motifs, all embossed in white paper likely with the fingernail, a technique known as khaṭṭ-i nākhunī ( خط ناخنی / khaṭṭ-e nākhonī). Contributions to the description from Ulrich Marzolph and Emily Neumeier.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 278Origin: Neither signed nor dated ; decoration, paper, etc. may suggest late 18th or 19th century, though possibly later.Former shelfmark: "107" inscribed in pencil at opening ; "563 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on lower pastedown.Binding: Boards (quite stiff) covered in tan and red brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns / doublures and flyleaves in block-printed faux marbled paper (evoking shell pattern in blue, green, yellow and orange) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition, compare Déroche OSd 8), pendants and cornerpieces, with tooled and gold-painted borders ; panels hinged together with brown leather ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper, written area well-burnished and surface-dyed shades of beige, pale yellow, etc., pieced and set in borders mainly of block-printed faux marbled paper (evoking shell pattern in blue, green, yellow and orange) and all mounted on dense boards ; border for opening panel in a true marbled paper.Decoration: Written area surrounded by 'gold'-painted frame defined by black fillets and mounted in borders mainly of block-printed faux marbled paper.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; large, exquisite calligraphic hand in a bold line.Layout: Written in 4 lines per page with logograph for "سعي" under each line ; frame-ruled.Collation: Three 'panels' (mounted leaves) hinged together with brown leather.Incipit: "ا ب ج د ر د ر س ش ص ط ع ف ق ك ك ل م ن و ه لا ى ي ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ / murakkaâ), namely pieces from a meşk murakkaa carrying alphabetic exercises (müfredat) through the letter sīn. Final piece incomplete with further excercises (mashq) on the reverse.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.4Origin: As appears in colophon on p.541, transcription completed Rajab 1070 [March-April 1660].Accompanying materials: a. Recycled card with note "Exchange - note of previous owner | College of Fort William (India)" -- b. Card with note describing contents "(MS) روضة الصفا | rowẓatt al-ṣafā | vol.4 | Date: 1070 AH (1651 ±)" -- c. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- d. Scrap with title and date in ink "Rawḍat al-Safā | vol. 4 AH 1075 ?"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.4Binding: Boards covered in light brown leather decorated in "marble calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 4" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over recessed cords ; Western style worked endbands, fair condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, curving) and chain lines only faintly visible, cloudy formation, somewhat thin though sturdy, beige to light brown in color, well-burnished ; some breakage and minor pest damage (with repairs).Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas, etc. (in red) ; occasional overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation and somewhat exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes or conjoined dots (for two and three dots).Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 33 IV(264), IV-2 (370), i ; exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangulare, reads "تمت المجلد الرابع بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على نبيه محمد واله اجمعين الطيبين الطاهرين تحريرا فى شهر رجب المرجب سنه ۱۰۷۰ هجرى"Incipit: "فهرست نسخه سعادات ابدی و دیباجه مجموعه کرامات سرمدی ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Fine copy of the fourth volume, addressing the dynasties contemporary with the ʻAbbāsids, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 860 v.2Origin: As appears in colophon on p.1156 (and in inscription on inner front flyleaf, p.1), latter section (p.679 to close) copied by Sayyid Mihr ʻAlī ʻAẓīmābādī with transcription completed 19 Shawwāl 1241 [ca. 27 May 1826]. Opening section likely copied around the same time.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes" -- b. Slip with note "12-29-65 Mr. Partington just brought in these 2 v. of MSS D" -- c. Scrap with note in black ink "Rawḍat al-Safā vol. 2 AH 1241"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 9 v.2Binding: Boards covered in light orange-brown leather decorated in "marbled calf" manner ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in a light-blue surface-dyed wove paper ; spine in dark green and brown leather, gold-stamped with decorative bands and title "ROOZUT OL SUFA 2" ; edges of text block red-flecked ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; worked Western style endbands in fair condition with tailband detaching ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and deterioration of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper of two main types ; opening type (carrying pp.9-678) with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and chain lines irregularly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, burnished, dark cream in color ; opening three leaves and leaves carrying p.679 to close mainly in a paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, curving) and no chain lines clearly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, sturdy, well-burnished, cream in color.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; overlining and occasional textual dividers in the form of three dots also in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; two main hands ; opening three leaves (pp.4-8) and final section (pp.679-1156) supplied in a fine hand in a medium line, serifless and compact with elements of shikastah, effect of words descending to baseline and tilt to the right, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots ; text of pp.9-678 in another much finer nastaʻlīq, serifless and spacious with horizontal strokes in a heavy line, somewhat exaggerated contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes, effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+2 (10), 56 IV(458), IV+2 (468), 13 IV(572), III (578), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf (through p.678) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "تم المجلد الثانی ... بتاریخ نوزدهم شهر شوال سنه ۱۲۴۱ یکهزار و دو صد و چهل و یک تحریر على ید المذنب المحتاج سید مهر علی عظیم آبادی غفر الله له وستر عیوبهم وسلم تسلیما ..."Incipit: "عنوان صحیفه مرادات و فهرست مجموعه حادثات ..."Title from inscription on inner flyleaf (p.1).Ms. composite codex.Fine copy of the second volume, addressing the Prophet and al-Khulafāʼ al-Rāshidūn, of the celebrated universal history Rawz̤at al-ṣafāʼ fī sīrat al-anbiyāʼ va al-mulūk va al-khulafāʼ by the Tīmūrid historian Muḥammad ibn Khvāndshāh Mīr Khvānd (d.1498).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 882Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Patronage note at close (p.526) may refer to composition of this recension or to execution of the copy, apparently on the order of Navvāb (Shāhzādah Baygum (Begam) Ṣāḥibah bint Pādishāh Jam Jāh Shāh ʻĀlam Bahādur Padishāh Ghāzī (نواب شاهزاده بيگم صاحبه بنت پادشاه جم جاه شاه عالم بهادر پادشاه غازى), i.e daughter of Bahādur Shāh I (Shāh ʻĀlam I), see descriptive note on added leaf (p.7). Paper, hand, etc. could be consistent with a late 17th century dating, though a later dating may be more likely.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.3-4).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 31Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in blue and burnt orange) with tan leather over spine and board corners (half-binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in seafoam green wove paper, hinges in dark purple textile ; spine stamped with title "KUSEYE ABOO MOSLEM" on piece of dark blue leather ; now sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; Western-style worked endbands in blue and red threads over a leather core ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and rare chain line visible, cloudy formation, quite sturdy though transluscent, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; staining and tide lines.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; bold, elegant hand ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in distinct or conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+1 (9), 13 IV(113), I (115), 5 IV(155), 2 II(163), IV+2 (173), 10 IV(253), III (259), I (261), ii (per mid-quire marks) ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower-outer corner of the right-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves and skips two pages each between pp.7-8 and 513-514).Explicit: "والله اعلم بالصواب تم تمام شد هذا الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب از قصه امیر امیران ... یعنی بنام خوش امیر عبد الرحمن بن اسد بن جنید بن آل عمران تمام شد دفتر سیویم قصه ابو مسلم مروزی بموجب فرمایش بیگمصاحبه محترمه معظمه فیاضه زمان ملكۀ دوران نواب شاهزاده بيگم صاحبه بنت بادشاه جم جاه شاه عالم بهادر پادشاه غازی تم تم تم"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمین والعاقبة للمتقین الصواه [الصلوة] والسلام على رسوله محمد واله اجمعین اول بنام آنکه مکیس منیت مشترک ان خالق خلاق و ان مالک ملک ... و حکیم ابو طاهر ترتوسی رحمة الله علیه ..."Title from inscription on p.7.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the epic tale relating the life and personality of Abū Muslim al-Khurāsānī (fl. 8th cent.) in the version attributed to Abū Ṭāhir Tartūsī (Ṭarsūsī, Tūsī, Ṭarṭūsī ; see opening matter on p.10).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 679Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.281b, copied by Nāʻil Ṣuḥufī [?]. Date transcription finished appears as a chronogram "غزلق" or 1137 [غ1000 + ز7 + ل30 + ق100 =1137, i.e. 1724 or 1725].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From spine label and inscription on fol.1a (p.1), "IL 132 a1" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings and interior of envelope flap in pink tinted laid paper ; interior of foreedge flap in light brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry central blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (elongated) and pendants with vegetal pattern (compare Déroche class. OSd 8) accented with gold and red paint, bordered by fillet with strokes and dots at apices and sprandels of scallops in gold paint ; frame of striated s-shaped stamps painted gold and bordered by two gold fillets also in gold paint ; at corners and midpoints of frame, dots and strokes in gold paint ; foreedge flap decorated with fillets and heavy vegetal pattern (vine) in gold paint ; in fair condition with significant wear and pest damage but intact and still well-attached to text block.Support: European laid paper, mainly with laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 11-12 laid lines per cm., single chain lines running horizontally spaced roughly 25-26 mm. apart, and watermark of three hats (tre cappeli) or caps (see p.38, 58, 230, 232, etc.), well-burnished, thin though quite sturdy; very few if any inclusions ; countermark of "V d" under trefoil appears in p.136.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) on fol.1b consists of a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) flanked by scalloped accents filled by a vegetal pattern in gold, blue, red, and black on fields of gold and blue ; dome and flanking pieces are outlined in a blue fillet and surmounted by vertical stalks (ṭīgh) in blue positioned at alternating spandrels ; entire piece is bordered by an elaborate frame consisting of a band of blue with minute cross or diamond shapes flanked by narrow gold bands outlined by fillets ; elaborate frames appear throughout, consisting of gold band (of at least three thicknesses) bordered by black fillets surround both the entire written area for each folio as well as the columns of text within ; text rubricated with titles, headings, etc. in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, point of final and free-standing nūn set at mouth of tall, wide, angled bowl, occasionally nearly assimilated with it, hāʻ mudghamah looking like two inverted commas, pointing (for two and three dots) often in conjoined dots or strokes.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page; written area consists of a broad single column most often divided into two columns and framed thusly, though this layout varies ; in certain sections a centered column of two hemistiches of verse alternates with verse laid in two columns, divided at each hemistich ; headings usually appear centered on the single column or across its width; frame-ruled.Collation: i,12 V (120), IV (128), I (130), 6 V (190), IV+1 (199), 3 V (229), V+1 (240), 2 I (244), i ; chiefly quinions; leaves falling between the various sections of poetry left partially blank (though without missing text) and leaves following close of text intially left blank but now carry additional matter including lines of poetry, lines on Ebussuud Efendi, etc. ; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "تمام شد ديوان نابى رحمه الله تعالى في تاريخ غزلق دست حقير نائل صحفى [؟] تم"Explicit: "طاغيلرسه كور رآنى نكران جمع اولور ايه اولور آب روان"Incipit: [rubric]" قصيده در توحيد باري جل شانه براى باعث ترتيب ديوان ابراهيم پاشا رح [text] تعالى الله زهى ديوانطراز صورت معنا كه جسم لفظله روح مآ لي ايلمش الما ..."Title from inscription below headpiece on fol.1b.Ms. codex.Collected poems (ghazalīyāt, qaṣāyid, rubāʻiyāt, etc.) of Nabi, followed by a few additional excerpts at close of codex.
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. 864Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or 19th century [as proposed by G. Meredith-Owens].Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 3. Persian | Dīvān of S̲anāʼī in two different hands (perhaps from two incomplete copies of the same work). Undated. XIXth century." -- b. Slip of paper with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Recycled card with note "binding by Menzies, London, 1914" -- d. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes."Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 13Binding: Boards covered in mauve paper (blotched design evoking marbling) with red-brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine gold-stamped with "PERSIAN MSS." and accents on raised bands ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in green, red and white stripes ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper of two types ; opening excerpt on a type with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream with a grayish tint ; latter excerpt on a type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and chain lines visible (see p.198, etc.), cloudy formation, sturdy though transluscent, grayish tint ; replacement leaves in European wove paper.Decoration: Diagram accompanying excerpt on p.227.Script: Nastaʻlīq and shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق) ; two main hands ; opening section (pp.25-180) in a large, elegant nastaʻlīq in a heavy line, serifless with elongation of horizontal strokes, descent of words to baseline, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots ; latter section (pp.197-208) mainly in a brisk shikastah-nastaʻlīq, serifless and more compact with sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes (p.197 in a different nastaʻlīq) ; glosses and excerpts at close (pp.225-227) in still different hands.Layout: Written in up to 15 lines per page, divided to two columns.Collation: ii, III (6), II (10), IV-2 (16), 10 IV(88), 2 II(96), IV-2 (102), 2 II(110), 2 (112), II (116), ii ; original gatherings exclusively quaternions (some anomalous) ; blank replacement leaves inserted where text lacks ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes, upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf, lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in now grey ink, Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Explicit: "... امر است تمام شد دیوان ثنائی"Title from close on p.208.Ms. composite codex.Composite copy of the Dīvān of S̲anāʼī (Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, d.1587?), acephalous and incomplete, possibly compiled from two incomplete copies with blank replacement leaves inserted where text was lacking.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 891Origin: As appears in colophon on p.258, transcription completed 16 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1240 [ca. 2 July 1825].Accompanying materials: a. Scrap with inscription in ink "Durr i Maknūn | A.H. 1264 [?] | Not in B.M. or India Office" (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Slip of ruled paper with inscription in ink "Durr | e | maknūn | – | MS. | 1204 | DURR | E | MAKNŪN | – | MS. | 1204 | Title on label. | Mended & furbished | Label removed & thrown away." (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 16 Durr-i maknūn | A ṣūfī poem, being an abridgement of of the Mas̲navī of Rūmī made by ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ Gujaratī. Copied in 1204 (?)" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, Jalāl al-Dīn, Rūmī | Durr i maknūn. An abridgment of the Masnavi Abd al-Fattah, Gujurātī. Written A.H. 1240 [in red pencil, '? 1204 ?'] = A.D. 1824. | n. f. anywhere | 118 ff. 236 pp." (paginated pp.7-8) -- e. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owen notes" (paginated pp.9-10) -- f. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.11-12).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 40Binding: Pasteboards (thin) covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures and hinges (trimmed in zig-zag pattern) also in dark red leather ; spine gold-stamped "PERSIAN | M. S." ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dark blue and cream (headband) and dark blue and red (tailband), in fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, shrinkage, etc. ; pieced repairs in red leather at head and tail of spine, damaged at tail exposing primaries.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with roughly 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical, faint and fairly indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, quite cloudy formation, dark cream in color, quite well-burnished (burnisher's marks visible) ; flyleaves in European laid paper with watermark of dagger [?] in circle visible in front flyleaves.Decoration: Simple headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.24, consisting of rectangular piece carrying the basmalah surmounted by scalloped dome (flanked by two other scalloped domes to evoke w-shaped piece) outlined in red and blue rules ; keywords and headings rubricated ; written area surrounded by triple rule-border in red and blue, divisions within defined by double rule-borders in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant, compact hand in a medium line ; serifless with marked descent of words to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: vi, 11 V(110), V-1 (119), iv (plus letter tipped in) ; exclusively quinions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes in upper outer corner of right-hand leaf and lower-outer corner of left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; lacuna on p.154 marked "صحيح البياض" ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت وبالخير قد عمت ١۶ ديقعده ۱۲۴ هجرى والحمد لله على ذلك والصلوه على حبيبه واله واصحابه تم"Incipit: "ابتدا کرد مولوی علیه الرحمه مثنوی را در بیان معنیت [؟] حق با خلق که خمرت طینت آدم بیدی اربعین صباحا ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.23).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a selection of excerpts from Rūmī's (d.1273) celebrated Mas̲navī compiled and elucidated by ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Gujarātī.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 313Origin: As appears in colophon on p.862, copied and illuminated (gilded) by Murshid al-Dīn ibn Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Mudhahhib [al-Muẕahhib] with transcription completed 23 Muḥarram 894 [ca. 27 December 1488].Former shelfmark: "164 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in deep red leather with large central mandorla in leather filigree appliqué over blue paper and green silk as well as gold-painted accents and tooled border ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition somewhat similar to Déroche class. OSd 2 on a gold ground) and cornerpieces, along with tooled border featuring rows of s-shaped stamps ; design continues on flap ; sewn in light pink and blue thread, two stations, failing, gatherings loose ; worked chevron endbands in light green-blue and light pink, damaged, tailband gone ; overall in fairly good condition with minor staining, abrasion, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chains only faintly visible (possibly in pairs), sturdy and fairly thick, deep cream in color, well-sized and burnished to glossy.Decoration: Superb illuminated frontispiece on 'title page' (p.3) consisting of a scalloped almond (mandorla) or diamond shaped medallion with gold cartouche (carrying "لصاحبه السعادة والسلامة" mainly effaced) surrounded by floral vegetal pattern in green, gold, red, yellow, white, and pink on a lapis lazuli ground, bordered in gold with blue tīgh accents ; exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening on p.4 consisting of large rectangular piece with central almond-shaped cartouche carrying title ( "ديوان امير خسرو دهلوى" ) in white over light blue arabesque and surrounded by swirling floral vegetal design (in gold, pink, white, yellow, turquoise, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold) and lozenge border reminiscent of book cover design, surmounted by a row of arabesque and floral motifs in gold, red, turquoise, pink, white, yellow, etc. on fields of gold and lapis lazuli, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold band defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule ; section headings and keywords chrysographed or in blue.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page with written area often divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV-1 (7), 52 IV(423), IV-1 (430) ; exclusively quaternions (first and last anomalous) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf)Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب من كلام افصح المتكلمين وقدوة الشاعرين امير خسرو دهلوى قدس الله روحه العزيز ورحمة الله عليه والحمد لله على اتمامه والصلوة والسلام على خير خلقه محمد واله واصحابه وازواجه ذرياته في يوم السبت ثالث عشرين محرم الحرام سنه اربع وتسعين وثمانمائة كتبه وذهبه العبد الراجي الى رحمة الله الملك الواهب مرشد الدين بن صدر الدين المذهب اللهم اغفر لصاحبه ولكاتبه ولقاريه ولجميع المؤمنين والمؤمنات"Explicit: "هر که علیکم نبگوید تمام به که سلامش نکنم و السلام"Incipit: "حمد رانم برزبان لله رب العالمین آنکه جان بخشید در قرآن هدی للمتقین ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.4.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 282Origin: As appears in colophon on p.373, copied by Ibn marḥūm Abū al-Khayr [?] Āshtiyānī al-Qummī Yaʻqūb with transcription completed in Āshtiyān in 22 Muḥarram 1252 [ca. 9 May 1836].Former shelfmark: "17/4" in ink on 'title page' (p.1) ; "103 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on final leaf (p.376).Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in quite dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork with paintings of a tall narcissus-like plant with leaves in shades of green and flowers and buds in yellow with pink accents at the head of a central stalk, flanked by smaller pink flowers, all on a red ground with border in black with gold accents (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on a deep golden-orange or bronze-colored background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, tulips, etc. with additional buds and floral forms filling the main panel all in shades of pink, light blue, lavender, and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative band of floral vegetal motifs on a deep golden-orange or bronze-colored ground framed in black borders with gold accents ; sewn in light red (opening nine and final six quires) and spring green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light red and spring green, fair condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, cracking and crazing of lacquer, minor delamination at board corners, breakage and losses at joints where spine leather meets boards, spine almost fully detached except where primaries are sewn through spine lining, etc. ; not flush with text block, slightly tall and wide ; housed in box for protection.Support: European machine laid paper mainly with chain lines 21 mm. apart and "laid lines" in a cross-hatch pattern, watermarks include "BENto PICARDO" (see p.4, 12, 358, etc.), scrollwork with motif resembling diamond flanked by C's and 1833 below (see p.364, etc. compare motif as appears in Heawood nos. 3728 and 3747), and six-pointed star with eFIGLI below (see p.352, 370) ; crisp, transluscent though sturdy, light cream with tinge of gray, well-burnished.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in black ("ديوان امير معزى") flanked by arabesque motifs in gold, red and blue, surmounted by a scalloped dome filled with swirling arabesque in gold with red and blue accents, all set in a well of gold and black bands framing red vegetal accents ; written area surrounded by a frame of gold bands defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, columns within also defined by gold bands.Script: Nastaʻlīq (with elements of shikastah-nastaʻlīq) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, freely ligatured.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page, written area mainly divided to two columns; frame-ruled.Collation: 6 IV(48), III+2 (56), 15 IV(176), 2 III(188) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink in the upper outer margin of the verso of the final leaf of each quire ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes back flyleaf).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "بتاريخ يوم دوشنبه بيست و دويم شهر محرم الحرام هزار و دويست و پنجاه و دو هجرى در قريه اشتيان صورت اتمام پديرفت حرره العبد اقل ابن مرحوم ابو الخير [؟] آشتيانى القمى يعقوب ..."Explicit: "بهر جشنى كه بنشينى سعادت همنشين بادت بهر راهى كه بخرامى سلامت راهبر بادت"Incipit: "ستاره سجده برد طلعت منير ترا زمانه بوسه دهد پايه سرير ترا ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Muʻizzī (Amīr Muʻizzī), Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Malik (d. between 1125-7).
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. 847Origin: As appears at close on p.143, transcription possibly completed in 1205 [1790 or 91] ; decoration, paper, etc. also suggest late 18th century.Former shelfmark: "۲۰۸" in black ink on front flyleaf (p.1).Binding: Boards covered in dark green leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in golden yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-painted floral cornerpieces and gold-tooled border in a series of striated s-shaped stamps ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dark blue and yellow, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with only minor abrasion.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional single chain lines visible, gray / off-white in tone, thin and transluscent though sturdy, quite glossy.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral designs in gold, red, orange, yellow, and light blue on a blue ground, surmounted by vertically elongated scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal design in gold, pink, light blue, green, orange, etc. on fields of gold and blue, all set in an elaborate well of heavy gold interlace and red bands with white scroll accents, defined by white and gold bands ; incipit and facing page (pp.4-5) carry splendid illuminated marginal decoration consisting of swirling floral vegetal designs with blossoms and saz leaves in gold with black outline and accents in shades of pink, orange, blue, and white ; written area of incipit and facing page accented by gold cloud-bands and vegetal decoration setting off the two columns within ; written area (as well as divisions within and margins) throughout surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, somewhat casually pointed, occasionally more freely ligatured as in shikastah.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page, with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV+1 (9), 4 IV(41), V (51), IV (59), IV+1 (68), IV (76) ; chiefly quaternions ; final four leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "ز نور قبه زرين آينه تمثال زمين تفته فرو پوشد آتشين سربال ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of a portion of the Dīvān of Ḥakīm Azraqī Haravī, Zayn al-Dīn Abū Bakr (d. before 1073).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 344Origin: As appears in colophon on p.172, copied by Ḥusayn ibn Shams al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī with transcription completed in haste ("ʻalá sabīl al-istiʻjāl...") Rabīʻ II 868 [November-December 1463].Former shelfmark: "447 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in brown leather with gold-painted central ornament (four-petalled flower), rule-border and accents, as well as border in blind rules ; upper and lower covers carry central blind-tooled scalloped mandorla having fleurons in the manner of a three-sepaled calyx at the upper and lower extremities and filled with interlace pattern (compare Weisweiler W 89-95) all defined in a simple gold-painted rule, as well as tooled border in a series of rules and s-shaped stamps ; sewn in light blue thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and staining, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, faint, somewhat indistinct) and grouped chain lines faintly visible (likely in pairs), sturdy and well-burnished, dark cream in color.Decoration: Headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 11-12 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: III (6), III+1 (13), III (19), II (23), IV (31), I (33), III (39), 3 IV(63), III (69), VIII+1 (86), I (88) ; miscellany of ternions, quaternions, etc. ; catchwords occasionally present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads "وقد وقع الفراغ من هذه الديوان على سبيل الاستعجال بيد اضعف عباد الله الغنى حسين بن شمس الحسينى الجرجانى تجاوز الله عن سيائه وذلك فى شهر ربيع الثانى لسنه ثمان وستين وثمانمائة هجرية"Explicit: "چون تو بر اسرار دیماهی [؟] علیم ختم شد استغفر الله العظیم"Incipit: [Dīvān-i Fattāḥī] "شراب عشق صافی گشت در خمخانه دلها الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها ..." ; [Muntakhab-i Shabistān-i khayāl] "بعد از لوازم توبه واستغفار ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.6. p.156-p.176 : [further verses opening "بنام آهنگ از خمهای افلاک شراب فیض فطرت ریخت بر خاک " and likely comprising Dīvān-i Khumārī mentioned on the title page].5. p.153-p.155 : [blank].4. p.65-p.152 : [further poems, likely comprising the Dīvān-i asrār mentioned on the title page].3. p.58-p.65 : [Muntakhab-i Shabistān-i khayāl] / Ḥakīm al-Dīn al-Asrārī.2. p.54-p.57 : [blank].1. p.2-p.53 : [Dīvān-i Fattāḥī] / Muḥammad Yaḥyá ibn Sībak.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Muḥammad Yaḥyá ibn Sībak (d. 1448 or 9), known mainly as Fattāḥī, as well as Tuffāḥī, Asrārī or Khumārī, accompanied by other excerpts.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 339Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 18th or early 19th century. Flyleaves likely early 19th century.Accompanying materials: Blank scrap of paper paginated pp.287-288.Former shelfmark: "115 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" on upper board lining.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in yellow-tinted laid paper, flyleaves in lavender surface-dyed, gold-flecked laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with recessed onlays, now gone to green and white) four-lobed central ornament evoking two intersecting lozenges or lozenge with two domes radiating from it (filled with vegetal composition having large floral motifs) and pendants, as well as tooled border in blind rules and a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in blue-green thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion and staining, lifting of leather, minor delamination of boards, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in similar red leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional pairs of chain lines visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; endpapers in European laid paper ; minor staining and tide lines ; added flyleaves in European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 25-26 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of "ALMASSO" and scrollwork with eagle above horse "GAM" below.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.8, consisting of narrow rectangular piece carrying the basmalah flanked by floral accents, surmounted by a larger rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in red ink ("ديوان كليم عليه الرحمة") flanked by floral motifs mainly in white and gold with red and blue accents on fields of gold, blue and red, itself surmounted by a scalloped w-shaped piece (central dome flanked by two partially visible domes) filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in green, white, pink, yellow, orange, blue and red on fields of gold and blue, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and set in a well of blue and red bands with white accents ; another fine doublue-page illumination (headpiece along with cloudbands in written areas) at opening on pp.158-159 ; written area (central panel, columns within, and ruled margins) of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame and red rule-border with text set off by gold cloud-bands, elsewhere only gold frame appears ; keywords and section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 43 'lines' per page, 17 in the central written area and as many as 26 on the diagonal in the margins ; central written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, 22 IV(176), II-1 (179), iii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of ٢ at a slight angle in the outer margin of the lefthand leaf ; catchwords present ; page between sections (p.157) left blank ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and blank insert).Incipit: "شوق هر کس را که در راه طلب سر میدهد گر در آرد اول از پا آخرش پر میدهد .."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.8.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Kalīm Abū Ṭālib (d. 1651).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 340Origin: According to colophon on p.503, supposedly copied by Muḥammad Masīḥ Shīrāzī with transcription completed 17 Muḥarram "٨٠۴" [ca. 27 August 1401], which seems impossible given Kalīm's dates ; 17 Muḥarram 1084 [i.e. ca. 4 May 1673] may have been intended. Ownership statement on 'title page' (p.1) provides a terminus ante quem of 1684.Former shelfmark: "121 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather seemingly covered with lacquer ; Type II binding (with flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in dark red leather gold-tooled with oval central ornament, crosses above and below, corner accents and border (all built up of small annular stamp) defined by gold rules ; upper and lower covers carry stamped central lozenge, pendants and cornerpieces (central lozenge and cornerpieces filled with composition of vegetal designs surrounding bird) painted red and bronze-gold and layered with lacquer, as well as border in gold-painted vegetal designs defined by gold fillets ; sewn in golden yellow and blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in golden yellow and blue thread ; overall in somewhat poor condition with envelope flap almost fully detached from fore edge flap (losses at joint), some lifting and losses of lacquer and leather, abrasion, losses and delamination of boards at edges, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and irregular chain lines visible, dense and sturdy though thin, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper ; extensive pest damage in final seven leaves ; flyleaves in European laid paper.Decoration: Superb illuminated double-page opening on p.2-3 with headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by gold pendants surrounded by delicate floral vegetal decoration in orange, yellow, lavender, white, and red on a lapis and gold ground, surmounted by elongated scalloped dome filled with chi cloud and floral motifs in gold, orange, light blue, white, lavender, etc. surrounding pink pendants, all set in a well of now dark brownish blue with white accents flanked by narrow blue and gold bands ; marginal decoration of gold-painted plants and animals (lion, fox, rabbit, phoenix, antelope, etc.) completes the double-page illumination ; another exquisite illuminated headpiece at opening of ghazals on p.250 ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with blue outermost rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands ; text of written area of double page opening set off by gold cloud-bands, elsewhere flecked with gold ; gold-painted vegetal and animal decoration at close of some sections (see pp.249 and 491).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line, compactly filling the line ; characteristically serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in conjoined dots, point of final nūn set down in wide, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area often divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 9 IV(72), III (78), 9 IV(150), III (156), 6 IV(204), III+1 (211), 2 IV(227), IV+1 (236), 2 IV(252), i ; chiefly quaternions ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "بتاریخ هفدهم شهر محرم الحرام سنه ٨٠۴ سمت تحریر یافت علی ید الاحقر بل اللاشی محمد مسیح شیرازی م م م"Explicit: " آرایش روزگار امروز ازوست بر روی زمانه زلف پر پیچ و خمیست"Incipit: "شوق هر کس را که در راه طلب سر میدهد گر در آرد اول از پا آخرش پرمیهد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems of Kalīm Abū Ṭālib (d. 1651). Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 343Origin: As appears in colophon on p.307, copied in Qazvīn in 905 [1499 or 1500].Former shelfmark: "486 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "١٣٥" on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards now fully covered in spring-green silk faced / backed with paper (covered boards faced and lined, i.e. silk fully wraps apparently already leather-faced boards as with an overcover / slipcover, compare Isl. Ms. 341) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; flyleaves in yellow surface-dyed and gold-flecked European laid paper (scrollwork with tower at center and "CENEDA" below in back flyleaf [?]) ; upper and lower covers bear traces of stamped mandorlas beneath the textile ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some staining, abrasion, lifting and losses of cloth and paper, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, quite thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; endleaves in European laid paper ; some staining and tide lines.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche and flanking pieces overlaid and surrounded with swirling arabesques and floral motifs in shades of gold, red, orange, and pink on fields of lapis lazuli, surrounded by border of turquoise interlace and surmounted by another rectangular piece carrying a row of intertwining arabesque and chī clouds with floral motifs (all in green, lavender, orange, and pink) on a gold ground, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area surrounded by gold frame with defining black fillets and outermost blue rule, columns within also defined by gold rules ; written area gold-flecked ; interlinear glosses rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 15 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV-1 (7), 18 IV(151), I+1 (154), ii ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly in Arabic, reads "تم الكتاب بدار الموحدين قزوين سنه خمس وتسعمايه م"Incipit: "اقتتاح سخن آن به که کندن اهل کمال بثنای ملک الملک خدای متعال ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection of the collected poems of Kamāl Khujandī (d.1400 or 1).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 291Origin: Date, copyist and place of transcription are not specified in colophon of fol.360a (p.720 ; paper and hand would suggest a dating of 16th to early-mid 17th century.Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather (pebbled quality of shagreen) with edges/turn-ins and spine in tan leather (sheep) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in red leather (sheep) with filigree in gold leather over red and blue paper and green silk ; upper and lower covers bear central scalloped mandorla with floral vegetal pattern (compare Déroche class. OAi2 7), pendants and corner pieces (in complementary floral vegetal pattern) along with tooled border consisting of a series of s-shaped stamps framed by scored fillets ; doublures bear scalloped mandorla, pendants and corner pieces with vegetal pattern in elaborate gold leather filigree applique over red and blue paper and green silk along with gold painted accents and rule border ; fine chevron endbands in blue-green and purple ; sewing mainly in same blue-green or blue (middle quires) with two sewing stations ; a few early quires sewn in white with two stations ; primaries in same blue-green ; in quite fair condition with some abrasion and edge wear, staining, minor pest damage, some lifting and losses of leather and paper (covers and filigree of doublures), and loose quires.Support: non-European (Persian, 16th or early 17th century - prior to 1650 [?]) laid paper with fairly distinct laid lines running horizontally spaced roughly 8-9 laid lines per cm., some curving/sagging ; virtually no chain lines visible, though sporadically a single chain line is visible ; some undissolved fibers; thick ; crisp ; highly burnished with some burnisher's marks ; some pigment breakthrough along central frame of fol.1 ; some page repairs in same paper as flyleaves (apparently added later as evidenced by the traces of the doublure filigree design on fol.1a and fol.360b ; burn on fore edge of textblock ; some accretions, soiling, staining, etc.Decoration: Superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) appears at the opening of each main section (see fol.1b/p.2, fol.183b/p.366, fol.280b/p.560, and fol.325b/p.650), each includes a cartouch bearing the work or section title ; elaborate frame consisting of bands of green, red, light blue, gold, blue and red with black fillets appears throughout ; incipit and facing page (as well as opening and facing page for each of other main sections) bear additional blue band with white crosses around written area and dividing the columns of the written area a band in lapis lazuli with floral pattern in gold ; written area throughout is gold-flecked ; cloud bands with floral vegetal pattern in green, blue and red appear on incipit and facing page (as well as on opening and facing page for each of the other main sections) ; margins (even inner margin) of incipit and facing page bear elaborate design of flowers, vines and birds in gold (as does opening and facing page for third main section - see p.560-561) ; opening and facing pages for second main section (see p.366-367) bears essentially the same design but with what appears to be faces of lions rather than birds ; opening and facing pages for final main section bear similar design with large blossoms rather than animal motifs ; text rubricated with section headings, etc. in red.Script: Nastaliq ; fine Persian hand ; sans serif with characteristic sloping of words to baseline, final words or letters of each line superscript, closed counters, and characteristic letterforms.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV+1 (9), 34 V (349), IV (357), I+1 (360), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present, though occasionally lost to trimming ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, chiefly in Arabic, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب تمام شد كليات افصح المتكلمين كمال الدين اسمعيل اصفهانى عليه الرحمه تم تم تم"Explicit: "جوياى كمالند بجان اهل هنر انگاه بجان كمال جوينده ست"Incipit: "اى صفات تو بيانهار ازبان انداخته عزت ذاتت يقين را در كمان انداخته"Title from cartouche in ʻunwān on fol.1b (p.2).Ms. codex.4. fol.325b-360a : رباعيات خلاق المعانى كمال الدين اصفهانى غفر الله ذنوبه3. fol.280b-325a : غزليات كمال الدين اسماعيل2. fol.183b-fol.280a : مقطعات خلاق المعانى كمال الدين اسماعيل1. fol.1b-fol.183a : القصايد والمراثى من كلام افصح الفصحا كمال الدين اسمعيل اصفهانىExquisite copy of the collected poems of the noted panegyrist, Kamāl al-Dīn Ismāʻīl known as Khallāq al-Maʻānī, including qaṣāʼid, marās̲ī, muqaṭṭaʻāt, ghazalīyāt and rubāʻīyāt.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 319Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, etc. suggest late 16th or early 17th century.Former shelfmark: "82 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on upper board lining.Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather (pebbled quality of shagreen) ; Type III binding (without flap), possibly two-piece; board linings (pastedowns) in light pink-tinted laid paper, flyleaves in gold-flecked pink-tinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition surrounding two seated gazelles, recessed inlay) with pendants and gold-painted accents and borders ; sewn in light yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pale yellow and pale pink [?], tailband almost gone, headband damaged ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, delamination of boards, lifting and losses of leather (inlay of upper mandorla), etc. ; edging (repair) in quite dark brown to black leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and no chain lines visible, sturdy though thin and transluscent, well-burnished ; repair to opening leaf / 'title page' in European laid paper with coat of arms watermark (consisting of cross flanked by lions above two circles).Decoration: Splendidly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in white ( "ديوان خواجه حافظ شيرازى" ) surrounded by swirling arabesque with floral accents in red, yellow, white, pink, light blue, red-orange, etc. on fields of blue (lapis lazuli) and gold (approaching lapis lazuli) with red border, surmounted by tall (vertically elongated) scalloped w-shaped piece filled with same manner of swirling arabesque with floral accents (carnation, etc.) in green, yellow, white, light pink, light blue, and red-orange on fields of blue (lapis lazuli) and gold, itself set into a well of red ; incipit and facing page carry finely executed illuminated marginal decoration in the form of swirling vegetal composition with large serrated sāz leaves and floral motifs in gold with blue and red accents ; written area throughout surrounded by a frame of gold bands defined by black fillets and outer blue and red rules ; text of incipit and facing page set off with gold cloud-bands ; occasional floral accents in green, red, white, light pink, gold etc. appear occasionally between sections of text.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, somewhat exaggerated contrast in thickness of horizontal and vertical strokes.Layout: Written in 16 lines per page ; written area often divided to two columns to set-off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III+3 (9), 10 IV(89), 2 III(101), 4 IV(133), III (139), IV (147), III (153), III-2 (157), I (159), i ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present (though often cut off) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.5-6).Explicit: "گفتی که تو را شوم مدار اندیشه دل خوش کن و بر صبر گمار اندیشه کو صبر و چه دل انچه دلش میخوانی یك قطره خونست و هزار اندیشه تمت الکتاب"Incipit: "الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 407Origin: As appears in colophon on p.584, transcription of Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān completed 3 Ramaḍān 823 [ca. 11 September 1420], apparently by one Furṣat Gharīb. All other texts seemingly transcribed by the same copyist. As appears in colophon in margin on p.221, transcription of Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ completed 20 Ramaḍān 823 [ca. 28 September 1420].Former shelfmark: "97 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "٢٢٧" on tail edge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards faced in fine silk textile (in red with green stripes defining rectangular panels containing floral motifs) with dark red leather over spine, fore edge, and edges / turn-ins (silk faced and leather edged framed binding) ; accompanied by slipcase faced in black coated and textured paper (embosed with scroll / interlace pattern) and edged in dark maroon leather, lined in printed marbled paper and fitted with yellow woven pull cord ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in bright red coated and textured paper (embossed with a scroll / interlace pattern virtually identical to that on the slipcase) ; decorative border on leather of upper and lower covers consisting of tooled and gold-painted band in chain pattern and gold and white-painted dome and stroke accents ; fore edge and envelope flaps are similarly decorated ; flap of slipcase carries contents ("اسامى ديوانچها كه در اين مجموعه ديوان سلمان حاشو ديوان حافظ ديوان كمال ديوان عصمت") with the four titles set among vegetal decoration (painted in gold, slate blue and white) ; gold-painted vegetal pattern on edges of text block ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink, in fair condition though tail band is detaching due to damage to primaries ; overall in fairly good condition with pest damage at spine, minor abrasion to fore edge flap, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines visible, cloudy formation, quite crisp, thin and trasluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; staining and tidelines.Decoration: Superb double-page illuminated at opening (pp.2-3) consisting of four rectangular pieces carrying verses in gold tawqīʻ and ornamented with delicate floral motifs and a border of lozenges mainly in blue, gold and white above and below the central written area (also bordered in lozenges with delicate vegetal designs in gold) ; further illuminated cartouches carrying headings (in particular at openings of dīvāns of Ḥāfiẓ, Kamāl, and ʻIsmat on pp.2, 222, and 474) appear in the margin ; additional illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of ghazals on p.380, consisting of rectangular piece with cartouche carrying heading in gold "غزليات مولانا جمال الدين سلمان" surrounded by delicate floral vegetal motifs in shades of blue, pink, white, gold, red, etc. on grounds of blue, black, etc. ; written area, margins and divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined by black fillets ; keywords and headings chrysographed ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes ; illuminated arabesques accent margins.Script: Naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq ; compact hand in a medium line ; virtually serifless and fairly vertical with elongation of horizontal strokes, some sweeping descenders, rāʼ somewhat elongated and slightly reversed, many closed counters, pointing mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots, occasionally kāf is written as vertical stroke with miniature kāf seated above (effect of the whole being resemblance to hamzah seated on alif), interesting form of dāl-rāʼ (در) in which rāʼ is nested in dāl and 'horizontal' stroke of dāl is angled and parallel to stroke of rāʼ ; most headings in an elegant, highly ligatured tawqīʻ.Layout: Varies ; at opening of codex written with mainly 21 lines per page (divided into two columns) in the central written area and as many as 40 lines on the diagonal ; at close of codex written mainly in 14 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV-1 (7), 6 IV(55), III (61), 29 IV(293), ii ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes back flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.545-546).Colophon: [Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ] "Scribal," reads "تم ديوان ملك الشعرا املح الكلام واوضح اللسان شمس الملة والدين محمد الحافظ الشيرازى طيب الله مضجعه ورحم الله له ولكاتبه ولناظره ولمن قال امين برحمتك يا ارحم الراحمين في عشرين من شهر رمضان المبارك لسنة ثلاث وعشرين وثمانمائة الهجرية م" ; [Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تم الديوان على يد الفقير الحقير اقل عباد الله المجيب فرصت غريب فى الثالث من رمضان المبارك لسنه ثلاث وعشرين وثمانمائه الهجرية ٨٢٣"Incipit: [Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān] "هر دل که در هوای جمالش مجال یافت عنقای همتش دو جهان زیر بال یافت ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from collation statement at close on p.584.Ms. codex.4. p.474-p.549 : Dīvān-i Khvājah ʻIsmat / Khvājah ʻNaṣīr al-Dīn ʻIṣmat Samarqandī.3. p.222-p.473 : Dīvān-i Shaykh Kamāl al-Khujandī / Kamāl Khujandī.2. p.2-p.221 : Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ / Ḥāfiẓ.1. p.2- p.584 : Dīvān-i Khvājah-i Salmān / Jamāl al-Dīn Salmān Sāvājī.Elegant majmūʻah containing an early copy of the Dīvān or collected poems of Jamāl al-Dīn Salmān Sāvājī (d.1376), the renowned panegyrist of the Jalāyirids, along with excerpts from the dīvāns of Ḥāfiẓ, Kamāl, and ʻIsmat on the ruled margins.
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).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 869Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 17th century. Chronogram at close of dīvān on p.375 "اتمام يافت" may suggest date of composition of 973 [1565-6].Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" -- b. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Mushfiqī, Bukhārī | Dīvān | BMC. Cat. Pers. MS. Suppl. has a Mushfiqī, Bagdadī in a Tazkirah of ancient & modern Persian poets. No Bukhārī found. Apparently we do not have | 190 ff. 379 pp." -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Tag with "#10"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 18Binding: Boards faced in blue-green cloth with dark green leather over spine (straight grain) and board corners (approaching half-binding) ; Western style-binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in brown, blue and pink) ; leather extending on upper and lower covers gold-stamped with toothed borders ; spine gold-stamped with decorative bands and title and author "DIWAN | I | MUSHFIKI | I | BUKHARI" ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords (visible at spine) ; overall in somewhat poor condition with severe spine slant (cocked), spine leather detaching, abrasion, staining, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with roughly 6-7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished ; some pest damage, staining and tide lines ; extensive repairs.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in red, yellow, green, etc. on grounds of blue and gold, surmounted by a set of scalloped domes (nearly evoking w-shaped piece) filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in shades of pink, red, blue, orange, yellow, white, etc. on grounds of gold and blue, all set in a well of yellow, gold and orange bands with red accents and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area (and divisions within) surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule ; occasional section headings rubricated (mainly toward the close of the codex).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless with gentle effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, marked elongation and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes (contrasting with thin vertical strokes), pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: Heavily repaired with original gatherings difficult to discern though middle of the quire marks appear for some gatherings (black stroke in the lower outer corner of the right-hand leaf) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords only rarely visible (typically cut off) ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (center of upper margin of the recto of each leaf) ; pagination in heavy pencil, Western numerals (upper outer corner of the verso of every other leaf) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves and skips two pages between pp.5-6).Explicit: "که با شد بآ کاهی انجام من"Incipit: "این نامه که روی در سیاهی دارد بیهوده خلل نامتناهی دارد ... نموده می شود که راقم این سواد مشفقی المروی ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the Tajik poet Mushfiqī (ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, d.1588) with qaṣāʼid, ghazalīyāt, muqaṭṭaʻāt, rubaʻīyāt, etc. as well as his brief mas̲navī Sāqī-nāmah (pp.375-381).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 337Origin: As appears in closing matter (colophon including patronage statement) on pp.676-7, executed for Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār (1769-1834, r.1797-1834) ("ḥasaba al-amr amīr bī-naẓīr... Fatḥ ʻAlī Khān, al-shahīr bi-Bābā Khān, Qājār Quvānlū ... sawwadahu wa-nammaqahu..."), apparently before his ascension to the throne, by Ibn Muḥammad Taqī al-Sāravī Muḥammad (author of Tārīkh-i Muḥammadī, still living in 1802) with transcription completed 23 Jumādá I 1203 [ca. 19 February 1789]. Statement dated Rabīʻ I 1232 [January-February 1817] on 'title page' (p.3) names the copyist and indicates that the manuscript was presented to the Imperial Library.Former shelfmark: "432 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and "١۷" inscribed in pencil on opening leaf (p.1, serves as flyleaf) ; possible inventory inscription on fore edge of text block.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork with spine in dark gray leather ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; upper and lower doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of a central medallion evoking a four-petalled flower and pendants of vegetal design in gold on a red ground, framed in gold ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical composition with entire panel virtually filled with swirling vines in yellow / gold, leaves of green and grapes of dark red on a pale orange ground, surrounded by vegetal borders in gold on dark red and green grounds ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red, cream and [?] (now gray), good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of several types ; opening type with 13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 19-22 mm. apart (vertical) and watermarks of "FC" under scalloped crown (see p.8, etc.) and shield with lion rampant, "F" below and scalloped crown above (see p.10, 14, 16, etc.) ; next type with 11-13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of smiling lion passant guardant with "F" below (see p.12, 20, 22, etc.) and "FC" only (see p.26, 28, etc.) ; next (and majority) type with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 19-21 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of "FL" under scalloped crown (see p.98, 120, 360, 680, etc.) and three hats (see p.100, 154, 184, 340, 488, etc.) ; all highly sized and burnished, thin and crisp though quite sturdy.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular panel with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs and swirling vegetal design in gold, red, blue, and white on fields of blue and red, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal design and floral motifs in green, lavender, orange, red, pink, and yellow on a blue and gold ground with outline and accents in white and black, all set in a well of blue with white accents ; rich illuminated marginal decoration (including inner margin) on incipit and facing page (pp.4-5) consisting of elaborate swirling floral vegetal design in green, orange, yellow, pink, lavender, and light blue on a gold ground, on incipit page (p.4) surrounding a domed medallion in gold carrying the name of Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār ("السلطان فتحعلي شاه قاجار"), possibly added later upon his ascent to throne ; additional exquisite double illuminations at openings on pp.342-343 and 344-345, including headpieces and marginal decoration (on pp.344-345, marginal decoration includes birds in pink, blue and orange) ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame of red with gold accents, gold cloud-bands setting off the text, and vertical bands of blue and red arabesque framing the columns ; written area elsewhere surrounded by frame of gold bands defined by black fillets (columns and divisions within written area also defined by gold bands and black fillets) ; keywords and section heading rubricated ; occasional textual dividers in the form of three or four red discs.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant Persian hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in roughly 19 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV (8), 34 IV(280), V+3 (293), 2 III(305), III+1 (312), 3 IV(336), II (340) ; Chiefly quaternions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf).Colophon: "Scribal," including patronage statement, in Persian and Arabic, reads "حسب الامر امیر بی نظیر زیبنده تاج و سریر ... فتحعلی خان الشهیر ببابا خان قاجار قوانلو خلد الله سلطانته باتمام این کلیات واختتام این ابیات معجز آیات پرداخت ... سوده ونمقه العبد المحتاج الى الله الصمد ابن محمد تقى الساروى محمد في يوم الاربعا ثالث عشرون شهر جميدى الاول من شهور سنه ۱۲۰۳"Explicit: "اگر که گاه بودی محتشم را نکته آموزی"Incipit: "نفیر مرغ سحر خوان چو شد بلند صدا پرید زاغ شب از روی بیضه بیضا ..."Title from statement on 'title page' (p.3).Ms. codex.Splendid copy of the Dīvān of Muḥtasham-i Kāshānī (d.1587 or 9) executed by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Taqī Sāravī for Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh Qājār (1769-1834, r.1797-1834) before his accession to the throne.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 366Origin: As appears in colophon at close, copied by ("nammaqahu [?]...") one ʻAbd al-Rashīd ...[?] with transcription completed in Ramaḍān 1240 [?] [April-May 1825, or April-May 1140, 1725 ?].Accompanying materials: Folded slip of paper with notes in blue ink in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "366 A Dīvān, probably that of Amīr Khusraw of Delhi (but I should need rapid copies of some folios to verify this). 19th century - the paper suggests India."Former shelfmark: "426 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Red-brown (see turn-ins) coarse-grained leather lined in untinted laid paper (limp binding) ; Type III binding (without flap), two piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; upper and lower covers carry blind-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in lime green thread, two stations ; endbands virtually gone, though core of headband remains ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, moisture damage, staining, spine curved and fore edge protruding, etc.Support: non-European laid (likely Indian or Persian) paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, quite distinct) and no chain lines clearly visible, well-burnished, sturdy, and fairly transluscent though stained a dark brown.Decoration: Keywords (mainly in margins at end of each line) and section headings rubricated ; races of once "gold" (now gone to green) cloud-bands on opening leaf (facing now lost incipit page) ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of "gold" band defined by black fillets with outermost light blue fillet, columns within and margin defined by narrow "gold" bands outlined by black fillets.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant 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: VI-1 (7), 7 IV(63), III (69), 4 IV(101), III (107) ; almost exclusively quaternions with two ternions ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present.Colophon: "Scribal," reads "نمقه الاقل [؟] العبد عبد الرشيد ... في شهر رمضان المبارك سنه ۱۲۴۰ [?] ..."Incipit: "بسوی مصر نیامد نسیمی از کنعان که دامنی نزند آتش زلیخا را ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Worn, acephalous copy of a selection of poetry, possibly from the Dīvān of Zakī Hamadānī (see Āghā Buzurg al-Ṭihrānī, no.2352). Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1037Origin: As appears in colophon at close of ghazalīyāt on p.241, transcription completed Rajab 1244 [January 1829]. Close of muqaṭṭaʻāt on p.257 also dated 1244 [1828 or 9].Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 186Binding: Dark brown (to black) leather (limp binding, without boards) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; now stab sewn in white thread, five stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink, good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, losses of leather, minor pest damage, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in brown leather.Support: European laid paper, mainly a type (perhaps machine laid) with chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), "laid lines" in a mesh / cross-hatch pattern, and watermark of "NICCOLO BRUZZO" under scrollwork with tower and star (see p.6, 8, 12, 14, 251, etc.) ; another type with 10-11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of "F. PAPINI" under arms or scrollwork (see p.2, 232, etc.) ; all transluscent, sturdy, quite well-sized and burnished.Decoration: Headings and keywords rubricated.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, sweeping descenders and elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, final nūn occasionally recurved (reversed), yāʼ often uncurved, etc.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: Composition difficult to examine, originally bifolia may now be split ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.29-30).Colophon: [ghazalīyāt] "تمت الغزليات بتاريخ شهر رجب المرجب من شهور سنه ١٢۴۴ م م م " ; [muqaṭṭaʻāt] "فى سنه ١٢۴۴ م م م"Title from rubricated heading at opening on p.4.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the collected poems (mainly ghazalīyāt and muqaṭṭaʻāt) of one Harātī [?].
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 296Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Executed for (bi-rasm) one Ahmet Paşa ( احمد پاشا ), likely grand vizier (possibly Kara Ahmet Paşa, Hafız Ahmet Paşa, etc.). Decoration, etc. would suggest 16th or 17th century.Former shelfmark: "185 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover ; traces of numeral inscribed on tail edge.Binding: Pasteboards covered in quite dark brown (nearly black) leather (spine and fore edge flap now in dark red leather) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns / flyleaves now in untinted European laid paper with name watermark partially visible (over yellow laid paper) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSh 9), pendants and cornerpieces with gold-painted accents and tooled border ; sewn in pale yellow and dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. ; has been rebacked (spine repair in dark red brown leather) and fore edge flap has been repaired as well.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical and horizontal, indistinct), cloudy formation, heavily sized and burnished, glossy and crisp, medium cream in color ; much foxing.Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece (roundel) on 'title page' (p.5) carrying patronage statement / ex libris of Ahmet Paşa ( احمد پاشا ) in white on a gold ground at center and bordered by delicate arabesque with floral motifs in gold, orange, pink, red, yellow and black on a field of lapis lazuli ; elegant illuminated headpiece at opening on p.6 consisting of rectangular piece with central cartouche (more mandorla shape) carrying title ("ديوان سلطان العارفين جلال الدين مولانا الرومى") in white on a gold ground surrounded by a rich arabesque in gold with floral accents in pink, orange, red, yellow, lavender and white on a lapis lazuli ground, surmounted by a narrower rectangle continuing the arabesque composition and itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area (and columns within) surrounded by gold frame ; keywords and headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V-3 (7), 2 V(27), IV (35), 3 V(65), IV (73), 15 V(223), IV (271), IV-2 (277) ; quinions and quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.485-486).Incipit: "ای طایران قدس را عشقت فزوده بالها ..."Title from headpiece at opening on p.6.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, commonly called Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīz given the poet's taking the name of his spiritual guide and mystic lover Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Tabrīzī as his takhalluṣ.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 845Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest late 16th or early 17th century.Binding: Boards covered in light brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry border in blind rules ; five raised bands on spine ; sewn in cream thread, four stations, over cords ; green silk bookmark (register) attached to spine at head ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of spine leather (split), etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines (horizontal) seemingly grouped in threes with 14-15 mm. between chains and 53 mm. between groups, most leaves tinted salmon (ornage-pink), sturdy and well-burnished ; flyleaves in European laid paper with fleur de lis in shield / arms with crown above ; staining and minor pest damage.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.8 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title "ديوان عشقى" in white flanked by floral accents in gold, turquoise, white, etc. on a lapis lazuli ground, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesques and floral motifs in gold, turquoise, white, etc. on grounds of black and lapis lazuli, entire piece set in a well of gold, turquoise and lapis bands and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; margins of incipit and facing page filled with floral designs in gold ; similar though somewhat smaller illuminated headpiece with heading "غزليات" in white and marginal designs at opening of ghazalīyāt on p.104 ; written area throughout surrounded by a frame consisting of a gold band defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords and headings chrysographed.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless, with dramatic effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv (i is pastedown), 2 III(12), 4 IV(44), 2 III(56), IV (64), 2 II(72), 7 IV(128), III (134), III-2 (138), iv (iv is pastedown) ; chiefly quaternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black ink in opposite outer corners ; p.103 between qaṣāʼid (close on p.102) and ghazalīyāt (opening p.104) left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Incipit: "ای دل هرزه گرد هرجایی زین تکاپو چه شد که باز ایی ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.8).Ms. codex.Exquisite copy of a Persian Dīvān with qaṣāʼid and ghazalīyāt of uncertain authorship, possibly of Aşkî (fl.1571) translator of ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadānī's "Kanz al-ḥaqʼāq" (per the translator's preface) and Farīd al-Dīn ʻAttār's Mukhtārnāmah (see p.205 in Türk dili ve edebiyatı ansiklopedisi (1977), v.1 ; p.18 in Osmanlı müellifleri (1972), v.2 and p.248 in Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-Turkīyah al-ʻUthmānīyah allatī iqtanatʹhā Dār al-Kutub al-Qawmīyah mundhu ʻām 1870 ḥattá nihāyat 1980, v.1).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 338Origin: As appears in inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and in colophons on p.201 and 331, copied by one ʻAbd al-Ghanī Bakrī [?]. As appears in colophon on p.201, transcription of qaṣāyid completed in Dhū Qaʻdah 1028 [October-November 1619]. As appears in colophon on p.331, transcription of later section completed Ṣafar 1029 [February 1620]. Transcription of other sections likely completed around the same time.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather with tan leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (possibly inverted recylcled cover with doublures now out) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in pink-tinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry central mandorla and pendants in gold-painted leather filigree appliqué over blue and green paper ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and spring green, fairly good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, staining, minor pest damage, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional pairs of chain lines faintly visible, somewhat cloudy formation, thin though sturdy, beige in color, well-sized and burnished ; some leaves tinted dull yellow or pale peach ; many leaves split and repaired (e.g. written area with headpiece and catchword of incipit page have been trimmed and mounted onto another leaf, etc.).Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of dībāchah on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title for the opening section (preface) in white ("ديباچه ديوان عرفي") flanked by elegant floral vegetal motifs in red, white, yellow, pink, lavender, and turquoise on fields of lapis lazuli and black, surmounted by a large (vertically elongated) w-shaped piece filled with superbly executed swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red, pink, lavender, yellow, turquoise, white, and light blue on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, entire piece set into an elaborate well of red, blue, gold, white, and turquoise bands ; another exquisite illuminated headpiece at the opening of the dīvān proper (begins with the qaṣīdahs) on p.22 similar in composition to the first but with vertically elongated scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) surmounting rectangular piece, more generous use of white and turquoise, well of heavy gold interlace with turquoise and lavender accents, and vertical stalks (tīgh) in tact ; written area of dībāchah incipit and facing page surrounded by a frame consisting of a series of red, gold, black and blue fillets, with text set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area elsewhere gold-flecked and surrounded by frame in gold with outermost blue rule ; additional illuminated headpieces appear at openings of sections on p.202, 230, 334, 368.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV (8), I (10), 4 IV(42), III (48), 2 IV(64), III (70), 4 IV(102), 2 III(114), IV (122), III (128), IV (136), III (142), IV (122), III (128), IV (136), III (142), 3 IV(166), III (172), IV (180), I+1 (183), 4 IV(215), III (221), IV (229), II (233), III (239), 6 IV(287), III (293), 3 IV(317), V+1 (328) ; leaves between dībāchah and opening of dīvān left blank (pp.20-21) as well as between later sections (see pp.228-229, 332-333, 366-367) ; pp.295, 209, 351 left partially blank (perhaps for illustration never realized) ;catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "تمت القصايد العرفيه تحريرا بتاريخ شهر ذى قعده سنه ١٠٢٨ كتبه الداعى عبد الغنى بكرى [؟] اللهم اغفر [له] ولوالديه" ; "تمت فى تاريخ شهر صفر سنه ١٠٢٩ كتبه الداعى عبد الغنى"Incipit: [dībāchah] " حمدی که از نهایت شایستگی منزه از شایبه معین و تخصیص آمده اجمال آن ..." ; [dīvān, opening in the qaṣīdahs] "ای متاع درد در بازار جان انداخته ای متاع ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Exquisite (though damaged) copy of the Dīvān of ʻUrfī Shīrāzī (d.1590 or 91).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 285Origin: As appears in colophon on p.543, copied by Aḥmad Jaʻfar [?] with transcription completed Rabīʻ I 1232 [January-February 1817] in Iṣfahān.Former shelfmark: "199 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1) ; "25 /10 " inscribed in ink on 'title page' (p.3).Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork, spine in dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding with overlapping flanges plainly visible at spine (spine leather detaching with second layer of leather visible looking on spine from lower cover) ; doublures in fine painted lacquerwork of swirling floral vegetal composition in gold on a dark green ground surrounded by vegetal border in green and gold on a dark red ground with flanking gold fillets (composition of upper doublure mirrors that of lower doublure) ; upper and lower covers bear paintings of nearly identical floral composition in mirror image to one another on a dark red background, namely a central cluster of peonies, poppies, tulips, etc. with iris, roses, poppies, and other floral forms all in shades of pink, light blue, lavender, and white with leaves in various shades of green, and surrounded by decorative band of floral vegetal motifs on a dark green ground framed in gold-painted borders ; sewn in lime green thread, two stations, sewing failing, many gatherings loose ; worked chevron endbands in lime green and pink, fairly good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and losses to lacquerwork and pasteboard, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines only faintly visible roughly 20 mm. apart (vertical), gray in color, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, quite well-burnished ; many bifolia split ; minor pest and moisture damage.Decoration: Elaborate illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the basmalah in blue flanked by floral vegetal designs (in gold, red-orange, blue, white, etc.) on fields of blue (approaching lapis lazuli), red and gold, surmounted by large w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesque and floral motifs in gold, red-orange, pink, white, blue, etc. on grounds of gold, red, and blue (approaching lapis lazuli), w-shaped piece bordered in a row of lozenges with similar floral vegetal design, entire piece set into a heavy well of gold interlace bordered in red bands with white accents ; illuminated marginal decoration of incipit and facing page consisting of swirling vegetal composition with large sāz leaves and floral forms in gold with black outline ; written area throughout set off with gold cloud-bands ; vegetal composition in gold fills band dividing two columns of written area or flanking centered text ; written area (and margin) framed by gold bands outlined in black fillets.Script: Shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق ) ; elegant hand ; serifless with sweeping elongated horizontal strokes, free assimilation of letters, misplaced (or distant, or unexpectedly combined) pointing, uncurved final yāʼ, etc.Layout: Written in 16 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: 34 IV(272) ; exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "... شهر ربيع الاول ١٢٣٢ در دار [؟] السلطنه اصفهان ... اين كتاب مستطاب ... بخط احمد [؟] جعفر ..."Explicit: "طاقش بی رواق چشم خوبان آمد این روی که ر نشین عالم آمد ..."Incipit: "زهی مثالی که چون جمالت نبسته نقشی زمانه زیبا بخنده شیرین ببذله شکر بغمزه لیلی بعشوه سلمی ...."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of Āqā Muḥammad ʻĀshiq Iṣfahānī (d.1768 or 9) opening with the ghazals.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 872Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; depending on what it represents of involvement with the production of the manuscript, seal impression at close provides only a very rough terminus ante quem of 1837 (as seal could have been made years before use here). Paper, etc. consistent with early to mid 19th century dating.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muḥammad Ḥāfiz̤, Shīrāzī | Dīvān. | U. of M. has 6 MSS. of the Dīvān of Hafiz" -- b. Recycled card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith [according to R. Dougherty] "speckled paper | fine binding | some borders near front complete, others not – shows something about how books made" -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- d. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) Husselman notes" -- e. Slip with description in pencil "Ḥāfeẓ (MS) | Divān | Date : | Place: Lucknow"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 21Binding: Boards covered in brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in dark red-brown paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central rectangular panel with triangles of vegetal composition accenting an inner diamond design and elaborate border in a scrolling vegetal pattern with gold-tooled accents ; spine gold-stamped with title "DIVAN | E | HAFIZ | - | MS" (likely has been rebacked) ; edges of text block gilt ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in green, white, and red stripes ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and occasional chain lines faintly visible, cloudy formation, sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished ; 'written area' into margins silver-flecked, margins flecked in blue with small rectangle left for catchwords ; flyleaves and added leaves in European wove paper ; some staining and tide lines ; gilt edges.Decoration: Written area of opening leaves of text surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost red rule, divisions within defined by red rules ; 'written area' into margins silver-flecked, margins flecked in blue ; gilt edges.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant Indian [?] hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, superscripting of final words and letters (end of each line), pointing in distinct or conjoined dots, some elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 3 (3), 18 IV(147), III (153), IV (161), III (167), 3 IV(191), III (197), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; several leaves preceding and following the text flecked but left blank ; catchwords present.Explicit: "فحبک راحت فی کل حین وذکرک مونسی فی کل حال"Incipit: "الا یا ایها الساقی ادر کاسا و ناولها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 316Origin: As appears in a different hand following colophon on p.341, transcription possibly completed 920 [?] [1514 or 15 ?] ; decoration, paper, etc. appear to confirm dating of early 16th century or even late 15th century.Former shelfmark: "193 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures (and flyleaves) in magenta-tinted laid paper with gold-painted and gold-flecked central rectangular panel and gold-painted border ; upper and lower covers carry recessed, stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition with chī clouds, compare Déroche class. NSd) with pendants and cornerpieces as well as tooled border ; edges of text block gilt ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in purple and golden yellow, in poor condition with headband damaged and tailband gone ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, pest damage, lifting of leather, boards detaching, spine leather and lining detached, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, quite indistinct) and no chain lines apparent, sturdy and well-burnished ; some staining and pest damage.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of preface on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with now empty gold cartouche flanked by four-lobed pendants and all surrounded by floral vegetal motifs in gold, blue, white, red, yellow, red and lavender on a field of blue (approaching lapis lazuli) with white, green, gold and blue borders, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal design in gold, blue, white, red, yellow, red and lavender on fields of blue (approaching lapis lazuli) and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold chī cloud accents ; illuminated marginal decoration in the form of swirling vegetal composition with large floral motifs all in gold with red accents, varying double page after double page ; additional exquisite illuminated headpieces at opening of dīvān on p.10 and at section opening on p.26 ; written area throughout surrounded by a frame in gold and turquoise bands defined by black fillets and outer blue and red rules ; text of incipit and facing page set off with gold cloud-bands ; keywords chrysographed ; occasional floral accents in gold, red and blue appear between divided columns of text or to the side ; illuminated tailpiece following colophon on p.341 consisting of an inverted triangular shaped piece heavy gold vegetal composition on a dark red ground with flanking swirling floral accents in gold and red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with characteristic effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page ; written area often divided to two columns to set-off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, II (4), I (6), 9 IV(78), 2 III(90), V (100), II (104), 8 IV(168), I+1 (171), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, mainly in Arabic, reads "قد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذه الديوان الموسوم بلسان الغيب من كلام افصح الفصحاء واملح البلغاء حافظ شمس الدين محمد الشيرازى غفر الله له سنه ٩٢٠ [?]"Explicit: "فروغ نور ازآن فرخنده مرقد"Incipit: "حمد بیحد و ثناى بیعد و سپاس بیقیاس حضرت خداوند یرا که جمیع دیوان حافظان ارزاق ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 318Origin: As appears in colophon on p.358, copied by Niẓām ibn Mīr ʻAlī with transcription completed in Rabīʻ I 1035 [December 1625].Former shelfmark: "126 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in glossy, surfaced-dyed blue wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted guillioché roll (series of s-shaped stamps) and flanking rules ; sewn in dark brown or gray thread, two stations, tightly bound ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; housed in sturdy slipcase covered in dark purple / blue leather with tooled and gold-painted borders and rosette accents, lined with yellow paper and fitted with peach / orange woven pull cord ; overall in fairly good condition ; one narrow side of slipcase detaching.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional single chain lines visible, dense and sturdy though transluscent, medium cream in color, well-burnished ; some creasing, tears and cockling due to tight binding ; repairs in European laid paper and wove paper.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpieces at opening of preface on p.2 and at opening of dīvān proper (with ghazals) on p.9, each consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by rectangular piece filled with scalloped domes in gold and lapis all overlaid with swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, yellow, green, light blue, etc., set in a rich well of heavy gold interlace and turquoise, dark red / brown, and gold bands, and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; text of incipit and facing page at opening of preface and opening of dīvān set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area surrounded by gold frame of medium gold band and outermost gold and blue fillets, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; keywords and headings chrysographed ; some overlining in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; spacious, elegant hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle descent of words to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set down in somewhat narrow, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 22 IV (176), II-1 (179), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; cathwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت بعون الله الملک الغنی فی ید العبد المذنب نظام ابن میر علی غفر ذنوبه فی تاریخ شهر ربیع الاول سنه خمس وثلثین والف من الهجرت النبویهExplicit: "گفتم سخن تو گفت حافظ گفتا شادی همه لطیفه گویان صلوات"Incipit: "حمد بیحد و ثناى بیعد خداوندی را که جمیع دیوان حافظان ارزاق بپروانه ..."Title from inscriptions on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 342Origin: As appears in colophon on p.421, copied by Maqṣūd ʻAlī Shīrāzī with transcription completed in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1106 [July-August 1695].Former shelfmark: "123 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather (pebbled, in style of shagreen) with red-brown leather over edges / spine (possibly repairs or at least added later) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in dark red brown leather with central mandorla in gold-painted filigree appliqué (composition with two birds) over blue paper as well as pendants and gold-painted border ; outermost flyleaves in marbled paper (mainly blue and green) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with recessed onlays) and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition having crane-like bird at center) and pendants, as well as tooled and gold-painted borders ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, quite good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper cover fully detached at joint, lower cover almost fully detached at joint, much abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather (filigree, etc.) ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and no chain lines clearly visible, cloudy formation, well-burnished, thin and transluscent, crisp though sturdy ; in latter quires, another type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, more distinct, curved) and irregular chain lines in pairs (see p.222, etc.).Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of qaṣāyid on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying title in white ("قصاید صایب سلمه الله تعالى") surrounded by elegant vegetal composition in gold, orange-red, yellow, lavender, white, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli, red, and turquoise with white and black accents, surmounted by w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal composition in gold, orange-red, yellow, white, lavender, turquoise, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, all set in a well of blue, red and white ; incipit and facing page carry fine illuminated marginal decoration consisting of swirling vegetal compositionwith sāz leaves and floral motifs mainly in gold with lapis lazuli, red and turquoise accents ; text of incipit and facing page set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area (including columns within) throughout surrounded by gold frame defined by black and outermost blue fillets ; another splendid illuminated headpiece at opening of ghazalīyāt on p.16 (with written area, mounted in replacement leaf).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV-1 (7, opening leaf pasted down), 16 IV(135), III (141), 8 IV(205), IV-1 (212), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between p.215-216).Colophon: "Scribal," mainly in Arabic, reads "تمت الغزليات قدوة المتأخرين حضرت صايب الملقب به مستعد خان سلمه الله تعالى بتاريخ شهر ذي حجه الحرام سنه ۱۰۶ كتبه الفقير مقصود على شيرازى تم"Incipit: "تا نگردیدست خورشید قیامت آشکار مشت آبی زن بروی خود ز چشم اشکبار..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the collected poems (mainly qaṣīdahs and ghazals) of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d.1676?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 341Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 18th century. Dated ownership statements on 'title page' (p.1) supply terminus ante quem of 1758.Former shelfmark: "443 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "٨٥" inscribed on tail of text block.Binding: Pasteboards now fully covered in spring-green silk faced / backed with lavender paper (covered boards faced and lined, i.e. silk fully wraps apparently already leather-faced boards as with an overcover / slipcover, compare Isl. Ms. 343) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; flyleaves in dark lavender surface-dyed and gold-flecked laid paper (10 laid lines per cm. / horizontal, chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart / vertical, and watermark of three crescents / 95 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) ; upper and lower covers bear traces of stamped mandorlas beneath the textile and paper (likely in leather facing, which is also visible under the textile and paper) ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with some staining, abrasion, lifting and losses of cloth and paper, etc. ; somewhat ill-fitting (small), particularly fore edge flap and upper cover.Support: European laid paper of several types ; one type with 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-26 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of grapes (raisin) with crown above (see p.67, etc.) ; another type with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of grapes (raisin) under crown and "PF" (see p.28, 35, 72) ; all well-sized and burnished, sturdy, thin and transluscent ; some leaves tinted bright yellow, pale green, pale pink, lavender, etc.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling vegetal design and floral motifs in pink, red, white, blue, and turquoise on fields of gold and blue, set in a well of dark turquoise and gold and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in pink, blue and red ; vegetal motifs in gold accent written area of incipit and facing page (pp.2-3) ; written area surrounded by heavy gold frame, columns within and occasionally margins also outlined in gold rules ; margins in opening quire gold-flecked ; some abbreviation symbols rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine though initially somewhat careless Ottoman hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes ; highly ligatured ; possibly a different hand supplying the latter portion of the codex.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (occasionally margins also ruled).Collation: i, 6 V(60), I (62), V-1 (69), 16 V(229), VI (241), 20 V(441), IV (449), 5 V(499), IV+1 (508), i ; chiefly quinions ; several sections (pp.119-120, 128-138, 441-460, 572-582, 890-899, 918-919) and final leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; poems numbered in Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages each between pp.10-11, 67-68).Incipit: "دل نگردید شب وصل تهی از گلها [گله ها] طی شد این وادی و هموار از نشد آبلها [آبله ها] ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the voluminous collected poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 364Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with descriptive notes in pen in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "364 | Dīvān of Ṣāʼib | Probably late 18th century | Contemporary binding | Copied probably in Turkey" (not paginated) -- b. Numerous inserts carrying excerpts and glosses (paginated pp.5-6, 9-10, 15-16, 19-20, 25-26, 29-30, 33-34, 39-40, 45-46, 51-52, 55-56, 63-64, 77-78, 91-92, 97-98, 151-152, 163-164, 169-170, 173-174, 179-180, 183-184, 187-188, 189-190, 193-194, 205-206, 209-210, 213-214, 217-218, 221-222, 225-226, 235-236, 241-242, 247-248, 253-254, 257-258, 363-366, 493-494, etc.).Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now detached) ; doublures in red-brown leather with central lozenge and pendants outlined in gold and flecked with silver, as well as gold-tooled border and rosette and stroke accents ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped (with gold-painted red leather recessed onlays) central lozenge and pendants (filled with symmetrical vegetal design incorporating cloud bands, red-painted, compare Déroche class. NSd), along with gold-tooled accents and a heavy guilloché roll border in gold ; design continues on flap ; edges of text block gold-painted with vegetal designs ; sewn in pink thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, damaged with core of headband exposed ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached, lifting and losses of spine leather and lining, minor pest damage at spine, spine split through toward center of text block, minor abrasion, staining, etc. ; repair to upper joint in mauve textile ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of perhaps a few types ; mainly with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 20-22 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes (raisin) below cartouche and crown (see p.84, 104, 122, 124, 198, 199, etc.) ; another type with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of lion statant guardant (see p.280-281, 384-385, etc.) ; another type with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of a lion [?] passant with curled tail ; all thin and crisp though sturdy, well-sized and burnished to glossy, mainly light cream in color with a few leaves tinted pink, yellow, etc.Decoration: Superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche (oriented vertically) set in a scalloped dome overlaid with exquisite swirling floral vegetal motifs in shades of pink, blue, red-orange, yellow, white and gold on grounds of black, gold and slate blue with turquoise accents, all set in a well of narrow gold bands flanking a heavy light blue band with dark blue crosses and surmounted by a row of vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; second illuminated headpiece at opening of final section on p.534 (opens "نه احتیاج که ساقی ویرا شراب سنکا ..."), consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by scalloped dome overlaid with elegant floral vegetal motifs in gold with white, turquoise, and red accents on a gold ground, all set in a well of narrow gold bands flanking a heavy light blue band with dark blue crosses and surmounted by a row of vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with narrow gold bands defining divisions within ; red rule border defines margin ; headings, keywords and some marginalia rubricated ; occasional textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) with some element of shikastah (شكسته نستعليق) ; elegant, compact Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless, with marked effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, final nūn often reversed or recurved.Layout: Written mainly in 23 lines per page with written area divided to two columns, headings centered in written area and a variable number of lines glossing the margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, V-1 (9), 5 V(59), V+2 (71), 14 V(211), IV+2 (221), IV (229), III-1 (234), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Incipit: "عمر من در سایه آن قامت دلجو گذشت از چنان حیرت فرا سروی چسان این جو گذشت ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a selection from the collected poems of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʻAlī Ṣāʼib Tabrīzī (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8).