al-Shāṭibīyah
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- al-Shāṭibīyah
الشاطبية - Alternative title:
- Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī
حرز الاماني ووجه التهاني - Creator:
- Shāṭibī, al-Qāsim ibn Fīrruh
شاطبي، القاسم بن فيره - Date:
- [16--?].
- Description:
- Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 470Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper and hand may suggest 16th century.Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas. (pp.1-2)-- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda. (pp.3-4).Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label, "IL 169" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (in shades of pink and blue) with red leather over spine, fore edge flap and fore edge of upper board ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in European laid paper ; sewn in grey thread, two stations ; overall in good condition with only minor abrasion, lifting and losses of leather.Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper with roughly 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines grouped in threes (horizontal) with roughly 8-11 mm. between chains and 36-39 mm. between groups ; well-burnished and quite smooth ; firm and fairly crisp.Decoration: Section headings, keywords, and abbreviations (abbreviation symbols) rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Naskh ; fine Turkish hand ; mainly sans serif though left sloping head-serif appears occasionally on alif of lām-alif ligature ; effect of tilt to the left ; many open counters ; pointing in distinct dots, with two dots occasionally oriented vertically ; fully vocalized ; section headings in larger curvilinear script approaching thuluth.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 6 V (60) ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords inconsistently present ; quire signatures (numbering) in the form of full words in the top left corner of the recto of the first leaf of each quite ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Explicit: "واخر دعوانا بتوفيق ربنا ان الحمد لله الذي وحده علا وبعد صلاة الله ثم سلامه على سيد الخلق الرضي متنخلا محمد المختار للمجد كعبة صلوة تباري الريح مسكا ومندلا وتبدي على اصحابه نفحاتها بغير ثناه زرنبا وقرنفلا كملت بحمد الله وعونه وحسن تأييده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد و اله وسلم تسليما"Incipit: "قال الشيخ الاجل الامام المقرئ ابو القاسم بن فيره بن خلف بن احمد الرعيني ثم الشاطبي رضي الله وارضاه بدأت ببسم الله في النظم اولا تبارك رحمانا رحيما وموئلا وثنيت صلى الله ربي على الرضى محمد المهدى الى الناس مرسلا"Title from inscriptions on interior of upper cover and 'title page' (p.7).Ms. codex.Fine copy of al-Shāṭibī's versification (ṭawīl, in 1173 verses) of al-Dānī's compendium of the seven readings, al-Taysīr, intended as a didactic poem which eases the task of memorization via a clever mnemonic device in the form of carefully introduced sigla. A table with these sigla and abbreviation symbols appears on the recto of the opening leaf of the codex (p.5). Table of contents on 'title page' (p.7) would indicate that this work was once part of a collection of texts from which it has been since separated. Description provided by Maxim Romanov.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Dānī, ʻUthmān ibn Saʻīd, 981 or 2-1053. Taysīr fī al-qirāʼāt al-sabʻ.
Qurʼan Readings Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Arabic - Extent:
- 60 leaves : paper ; 175 x 130 (135 x 85) mm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print - Same as:
- https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/006806236