Şemail-i şerif
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- Şemail-i şerif
شمائل شريف - Creator:
- Ayn-ı Ekber Mehmet Efendi
عين اكبر محمد افندى - Contributor:
- Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
Şehri Emin Efendizade Mehmet Reşat, former owner
شهرى امين افندى زاده محمد رشاد, مالك سابق - Date:
- [1700-1747?].
- Description:
- Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 411Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; statement on 'title page' identifying work and author appears to be dated 1160 [1747] and provides a rough terminus ante quem ; paper, decoration, etc. also certainly suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "478 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in maroon leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in pink surface-dyed, textured wove paper (embossed in vegetal pattern of large leaves, flowers and vines) ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted border and outline of central panel ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in magenta and dark blue, good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes (raisin) under crown (see p.18, 28, etc.), transluscent and crisp though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of gold rectangular piece surmounted by scalloped dome filled with floral vegetal decoration in white, pink, light blue, and lavender with red accents on a gold ground, entire piece set in a well of red with white accents and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area (and divisions within) surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; section headings chrysographed.Script: Naskh ; elegant Ottoman hand ; seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on most ascenders (even occasional free-standing alif), effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly open counters, pointing in conjoined dots, fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 5 V(50), IV (58), ii ; quinions followed by a quaternion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "سهو وعصيانه افندم بقمه فرقتك آتش ايله يقمه"Incipit: "حمد اول خالقه كه يكتادر حكمنده عقلا شيدادر ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Ayn-ı Ekber Mehmet Efendi's (d.1722) versified Turkish work on the characteristics of the Prophet.
- Language:
- Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 Biography Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Turkish
Hadith Criticism, interpretation, etc. Early works to 1800. - Extent:
- 58 leaves : paper ; 195 x 125 (117 x 70) mm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print - Same as:
- https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/006822644