Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-nabī al-mukhtār
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāh ʻalá al-nabī al-mukhtār
دلائل الخيرات وشوارق الانوار فى ذكر الصلوة على النبى المختار - Alternative title:
- قرآن كريم
دلائل الخيرات - Creator:
- Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān
جزولي، محمد بن سليمن - Date:
- [1850-1899?].
- Description:
- Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1013Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. would suggest late 19th century.Accompanying materials: "a. Slip of paper with notes in Jameson’s handwriting: 'Sections from the Koran / Collection of prayers / Sulaymān purchase / 10-20-70' -- b. Slip of paper with notes in Jameson’s handwriting: '?Section of the Koran? / Bought on Mr. Sulaymān’s trip. All on one order no. / Brought to RBR on 10-27-70 by Mr. Eilts. Purchased by Mr. Sulaymān from Librarie Tunisienne in 1967. Letter & invoice in MSS file' " - from handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993, no longer in volume.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 162Binding: Boards covered in red cloth ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; spine gold-stamped with 'title' ("قرآن كريم") and decorative bands ; now sewn in white thread (rarely visible, see p.44) ; stuck-on endbands in mint green ; overall in quite good condition ; certainly not original (impression of a flap visible in many leaves).Support: Light brown machine wove paper with embossed mark ("imitation watermark") "BATH" under crown (see p.49-50, 53-54, 57-58, and 59-60, 267-268, etc.) ; pigment burn to breakthrough at inner border of frame surrounding written area in many leaves and minor pest damage.Decoration: Fine illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of empty rectangular piece bordered in salmon (orange) and gold, surmounted a scalloped dome carrying title for opening section "دلائل الخيرات مقدمۀ" surrounded by floral vegetal decoration in gold, lavender, green, salmon, and blue, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in light blue ; written area surrounded by gold frame consisting of heavy gold band defined by black fillets with outermost red rule ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated roundels / rosettes with red and blue accents ; simple illuminated headpieces appear at other section headings throughout text.Script: Naskh ; exquisite, bold Ottoman hand ; partially seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs mainly on lām (initial, final and isolated) and other ascenders apart from alif, slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly open counters, pointing in conjoined dots ; fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 9 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: Too tightly bound to discern gatherings ; pp.26-29 left blank, likely intended for a depiction of the rawḍah and minbar or Mecca and Medina but never executed ; catchwords present (partially lost to trimming) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد خاتم النبيين وامام المرسلين وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم تسليما والحمد لله رب العالمين وهو حسبنا ونعم الوكيل تمت الدلائل"Incipit: "صلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم الحمد لله الذى هدانا للايمان والاسلام والصلوة على محمد نبيه ... وبعد هذا فالغرض فى هذا الكتاب ذكر الصلوة على النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم وفضائلها نذكرها محذوفة الاسانيد ليسهل حفظها على القارئ وهي من اهم المهمات لمن يريد القرب من رب الارباب وسميته بكتاب دلائل الخيرات وشوارق الانوار في ذكر الصلوة على النبى المختار ابتغاء لمرضات الله تعالى ومحبة فى رسوله الكريم ..."Title from opening matter on p.3.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of al-Jazūlī’s (d.869/1465) celebrated collection of prayers for the Prophet, description of his tomb, his names, etc. followed by closing prayers (دعاء ختم سهليه and صلوات الصفا).
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic
Sufism Prayers and devotions Early works to 1800.
Islam Prayers and devotions Early works to 1800. - Extent:
- 134 leaves : paper ; 261 x 185 (193 x 116) mm. bound to 268 x 193 mm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
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