Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 433Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely 19th century as suggested by paper, cover, date in seal impression, etc.Binding: Pasteboards covered in painted lacquerwork with spine in black leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in painted lacquerwork ; doublure hinges in black leather ; upper and lower covers in painted lacquerwork of nearly identical composition consisting of swirling floral vegetal pattern of carnations, poppies, etc. in bronze on a field of olive green bordered in a floral vegetal pattern in gold on a wide band of black, flanked by bands of bronze ; upper and lower doublures in painted work of nearly identical composition consisting of floral vegetal pattern in green, pink, and yellow, outlined in gold on a field of red ; entire panel is bordered in a series of gold bands ; sewn in lime green, yellow, and dark blue (or black) thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light green and yellow ; in fair condition with some cracking, crazing, and loss of laquer ; upper board split and delaminating ; doublure hinges cracked and split ; abrasion.Support: non-European laid paper (likely Persian) ; quite transluscent, crisp and grey in tone ; no chain lines visible ; laid lines quite distinct, mainly oriented horizontally but occasionally vertically, spaced roughly 11-12 laid lines per cm. ; flyleaves in European laid paper, watermark eagle with "E A F" ; one of back flyleaves in wove paper ; many loose quires and dog-eared pages with some blocking due to moisture damage and tacky ink.Decoration: Textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas ; gold cloud-bands and other accents surrounded basmalah and between two columns on incipit and facing page ; frame consisting of a gold band outlined in black fillets and outermost blue fillet surrounds the written area ; thin gold bands outlined in black fillets demarcate the columns within the written area and border the margin ; text partially rubricated with some section headings, portions of the gloss, textual dividers, etc. in red.Script: Naskh ; large clear Persianate hand ; mainly serifless with occasional left-sloping head serifs appearing on alif and lam of definite article ; mainly closed counters ; strong vertical character (somewhat elongated in vertical) ; occasional superscripting of letters and words ; some swooping tails ; fully vocalized in same ink ; gloss in a entirely different hand ; script more of a shikastah-nastaʻlīq with characteristic descent of words to baseline, elongated horizontal strokes, and characteristic long final yāʼ, etc.Layout: Written in roughly 14 lines per page plus lines of the gloss which vary widely ; single column divided to two column to set off poetry ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).Collation: i, IV+2 (10), II (14), 2 IV(30), 2+IV (40), 11 IV(128), 2+II (134), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; several blanks left between verses, likely for rubricated headings ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil Western numerals supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "كانما لبست او البست فنكا فقلصت من حواشيه عن السوق قد تم"Incipit: "لو كنت من مازن لم تستبح البى بنو اللقيطة من ذهل بن شيبانا اذا لقام بنصرى معشر خشن عند الحفيظة ان ذولوثة لانا"Title supplied by cataloguer from opening on fol.1b.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the famous anthology of poetry collected by Abū Tammām with a partial gloss in Persian.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 887Origin: As appears in colophon on p.653 (partially obscured), transcription completed 6 Shawwāl 1113 [?] [ca. 6 March 1702 ?]. As appears in opening matter on p.16, composition apparently dated to 991 [1583].Accompanying materials: a. Scrap with inscription in black ink "Fatḥ-nāma fī ʻilm al-Lughat | Not found in any cat of mss. or in any list of dicts." (paginated pp.1-2) -- b. Recycled card with notes in hand of Emilie Savage-Smith [?] "grammar/dictionary | one lang. is Persian" (paginated pp.3-4) -- c. Slip with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" (paginated pp.5-6) -- d. Slip with note "Persian Manuscripts (Heyworth-Dunne?) No Husselman or Meredith-Owens notes" (paginated pp.7-8).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 36Binding: Boards covered in shell 'marbled' paper (mainly in blue and orange) with dark blue cloth over spine and board corners (nearly half binding) ; Type III binding (without flap), though with rounded spine and not flush with text block ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; sewn over five recessed cords ; overall in fair condition with some lifting of paper and cloth, deformation of boards, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and chain lines occasionally faintly visible (see p.24, etc.), quite cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, beige to light brown in color.Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; clear, compact hand in a medium line ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline and inclining to the right, pointing for three dots often in strokes, many closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, bar (shaqq) of kāf typically sweeping dramatically, partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: iii, 38 IV (304), V (314), IV-2 (320), iii (per mid-quire marks) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; lacuna on p.207 marked with "بيض" ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes in the upper-outer corner of the right-hand leaf and the lower-outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, centered above the written area on the recto of each leaf (apart from that carrying the incipit page) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Colophon: "Scribal," "سنه ۱۱۱۳ هجرى قد فرغت عن كتابة هذه النسخة المسماة بالفتحنامه فى علم اللغة فى يوم السادس من شهر الشوال ... الحمد لله الحمد لله على توفيقه ..."Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى علم القرآن خلق الانسان علمه البيان وجعل علم اللغات مفاتيح الاذهان ومصابيح الاكنان ... قال الفقير العاصى ابو الخير بن سعد الانصارى تلميذونى من تلاميذ عالم العلم عارف ربانى الياس بن اسرائيل الحسينى ... فافتحتت [فافتحت ؟] كتابا يكون مجموعا بلغات العربى والعجمى فى عمل فتخان ... ضمته [؟] فيه بتوفيق الله عالم الغيب والشهادة فى الحادى تسعين وتسعمائة وجمعته على عدد الحروف بالابواب واوردت فصلين كل باب وسميته فتح الكتاب وحليت ووسمت كل لغة عربية مداولة وفسرت العجمى بالعربى كما فسرت بالعجمى ..."Title from inscription 'title page' (p.15).Ms. codex.Careful copy of an Arabic-Persian dictionary by Abū al-Khayr ibn Saʻd al-Anṣārī (fl. 1583).
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. 269Origin: Lacks dated colophon, but likely mid 19th century as suggested by paper. Opening matter on fol.2b (p.4) indicates that composition of main work was finished in 1207 [1792-1793].Accompanying materials: a. envelope in blue wove paper printed in French, Ottoman Turkish, Greek and Armenian with the mark of a pharmacy in "مقری کوی" [Makrıköy, Istanbul] accompanied by inscription in ink, ruqʻah script with name, etc. "عزتلو اسمائل بك افندى ..." -- b. between fol.119-120 (p.238-239) a slip inscribed with names, etc. in black ink, Ottoman hand.Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in red orange leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in blue-tinted, gold-flecked paper ; flyleaves in untinted (cream to dark cream) wove paper ; upper and lower covers bear simple tooled (with s-shaped stamp) and gold-painted outer border with inner rulings of gold-painted fillets ; sewn in pink-cream thread, two stations ; finely worked chevron endbands in yellow (soiled and faded to cream) and maroon ; in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, edge wear, gashes, etc. ; endbands in excellent condition ; cover still very well-attached to textblock despite the book's heft.Support: European laid paper of at least two types [1] in opening quire, final quire, etc. vertical chain lines very evenly spaced at 25 mm. apart, any laid lines are too fine to be visible, dark cream, burnished ; watermarks include "PICARDO" with six petaled flower above, alternating with lion in scrollwork in other leaves (as in Heawood 3737, c.1825 Lisbon) and [2] in final folio, etc. chain lines vertical evenly spaced 29 mm. apart, laid lines horizontal spaced roughly 11 laid lines per cm., quite even and distinct, well-burnished, dark cream color ; watermarks include latin cross in minor scrollwork shield, initials "G B" below (final folio) ; in second to final folio "BELLANDO" ; in fourth to final folio "GRILLO" with figure on ball/pedestal (very similar to Heawood 1364-1365) above ; some burnishers marks ; pigment burn (especially blue in illuminated headpieces).Decoration: Well-executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.2) consists of narrow rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and flanking accents in gold, blue, red, and pink surmounted by tall scalloped semi-circular (dome) approaching w-shaped piece with intricate swirling floral vegetal pattern in black, blue, pink, red, green, yellow, orange, white, and gold on fields of blue and gold ; similar illuminated headpiece appears on fol.312b (p.624) ; on fol.314b (p.628) and fol.316b (p.632) small illuminated headpieces, mainly gold resembling elongated cartouche with flanking accent pieces in white, blue, pink, yellow and red ; on fol.339a (p.677) an illuminated headpiece consisting of narrow rectangular piece carrying the basmalah surmounted by a piece giving the effect of an inverted w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal pattern similar to that appearing in the first headpieces ; throughout, text is surrounded by a frame consisting of a heavy gold band outlined by black fillets, an inner gold band and an outer blue fillet and then at some distance a second frame consisting of a thin gold band outlined by black fillets ; various columns and other areas of the written area are delineated by a thin gold band outlined by black fillets ; on incipit and facing page, margin filled with a swirling floral vegetal pattern in black, gold, red, and green ; text rubricated with keywords, section headings, overlining, etc. in red ; decorative tables of contents appear in main work ; a few diagrams appear in main work and several in appended works, see for example diagrams in treatise on prosody (divided concentric circles fol.318b-320a/p.636-639 and tree-like forms fol.320b/p.640) and in historical work (figure of fol.352b/p.704 showing the planets through Saturn in their orbits around the sun and figure of fol.359b/p.718 showing the circle of the Earth divided to its inhabited and uninhabited quarters).Script: Nastaʻlīq ; small, fine Persianate hand ; sans serif ; characteristic descent of words to baseline, superscript of final words/letters, letterforms, etc. ; tables of contents in the main work provided in an unpointed script (resembling siyāq / siyāqat), freely ligatured and with dramatic swooping tails.Layout: Written in roughly 27 lines per page (though varies where tables of contents, figures, diagrams, etc. appear) ; mainly large single column, often divided to four columns where poetry appears but varies to accommodate tables of contents and figures ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board quite evident).Collation: i, 38 IV (304), III+1 (311), IV+1 (320), 4 IV (352), I (354), III (360), 5 IV (400), I (402), i ; chiefly quaternions ; a few gaps in the text on fol.349b (p.698) where rubrics appear to be lacking ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "يعقوب شاه بن يوسف شاه است كه در سنه نهصد و نود و پنج برد ست اكبرى عاجز شده بهند آمد ودر سلك امرا منتظم كشت ازان باز كشمير سلاطين دهلى تعلق داشت حالا در تصرف شاه ابدالى است الحمد لله رب العالمين كه اين رساله جامع صفت اختتام يافت"Incipit: "لالى منشور سپاس و ستايش باستحقاق نثار دامن كبرياي [؟] ناظمى تواند بود كه بمحض قدرت كامله گوهر پمانند سخن و معاني در عقد الفاظ ولسان نسائي [؟] كشيد و جواهر ... اما بعد ابجد خوان دبستان يحمداني [؟] ابو طالب ابن مغفور حاجى محمد تبريزى الاصفهانى بعرض اهوش و كوش سالكان مسالك سخداني مير ساند ... "Title supplied by cataloguer from opening matter (preface) on fol.2b (p.4).Ms. codex.7. fol.402a-402b : [blank].6. fol. 339a-401b : لب السير و جهان نما.5. fol. 321b-339a : رساله در مختصر قنون طب.4. fol. 316b-321b : رساله در علم عروض و قافيه.3. fol. 314b-316a : در مصطلحات مسيقى.2. fol. 312b-314b : رساله در علم اخلاق.1. fol. 1a-312a : خلاصة الافكار.Fine copy of Abū Ṭālib Khān Tabrīzī Iṣfahānī's Khulāṣat al-afkār, a taz̲kirah with notices for Persian poets and extracts from their works, followed by his treatises on moral behavior, music, prosody, and medicine as well as his universal history, Lubb al-siyar va jahānʹnumā.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 890Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; date of composition and dedication (executed for Naṣīr al-Dawlah Fāris al-Mulk Navvāb Muḥammad ʻAlīʹkhān Bahādur Sipahdār Jang / نصير الدوله فارس الملك نواب محمد عليخان بهادر سپهدار جنگ ) appear in authorial colophon on p.300, Rabīʻ II 1226 [1811] ; date in octagonal seal impression provides only a very approximate terminus ante quem of 1864 ; paper, etc. suggest 19th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with note "Counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- b. Slip with note "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Husselman and Meredith-Owen notes" -- c. Scrap with description in black ink "Muḥammad Ṣādiḳ Khān called Akhhan ? | Hadīḳat al Irshād. A treatise on the art of composition. AH. 1226 = A.D. 1811" -- d. Slip with description (in hand of E. Husselman ?) "Muẖammad Ṣādiḳ Khan, called Akhbar | Hadiḳat al-Irshād | n.f. in BMCat. Pers. bks or MSS | Not in U. of M. MSS. | 148 ff. | 295 pp." -- e. Slip with description in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 20 Ḥadīqat al-irshād by Muḥammad Ṣādiq Khān called Akhbār (?). A treatise on the art of composition" -- f. Slip or tag with "#3" in red pencil -- g. Page torn from Luzac & Co. catalog, 1908, 'Books on Modern Persian Literature,' with description of this manuscript "237 MOHAMMAD SĀDIK KHAN, called AKHBAR. Hadikat al Irshād. A treatise on the Art of Composition. Persian MS. Roy. 8vo. 8s. 6d. Dated 1811"Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 39Binding: Boards covered in orange-red cloth with dark brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; leather blind-tooled with toothed border ; spine gold-stamped with title "HADIQAT | UL | IRSHAD" and rules defining raised bands ; edges of text block flecked with red ; sewn over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in red and yellow ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and deterioration of spine leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper with roughly 11 laid lines per cm. (mainly horizontal, somewhat indistinct, curving) and occasional chain lines, cloudy formation, inclusions and fibers visible, thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, burnished ; some pest damage and repairs (fills) ; blocking between pp.244-245.Decoration: Keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas ; overlining in red ; overlining with two-teeth stroke in red ; a table (جدول) on p.283 and a few other diagrams.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant, spacious, Indian [?] hand ; serifless with dramatic effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing (two and three dots) mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots, some free assimilation of letters.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: iv, 12 IV(96), III (102), 5 IV(142), III (148), i ; amost exclusively quaternions except for two ternions ; middle of the quire marks in the form of short black strokes in the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower-outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; several leaves at opening left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and mistakenly repeats p.242 two additional times).Colophon: "Authorial," rectangular, reads "الحمد لله و المنة که بقدر یافت و استعدادی ... در ماه ربیع الثانی سنه ۱۲۲۶ هزار و دو صد بیست و شش هجرى قدسی بموجب ارشاد کرامت ... نصیر الدوله فارس الملک نواب محمد علیخان بهادر سپهدار جنگ ... تمت تمام شد"Explicit: "ر اتمامي حاصل آید بخیر دیگر حاجت مند شود"Incipit: "بانشای سپاس بدیع نگاری رگ ابر قلم تردست ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.9).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a treatise on the art of composition by Muḥammad Ṣādiq Khān, known as Akhtar (d.1858?).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 447Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, paper, etc. would suggest 16th century.Former shelfmark: "576 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "123" inscribed in pencil on 'title page’ (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards faced in blue cut velvet with red leather over spine and edges / turn-ins (velvet faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in dark yellow surface-dyed gold-flecked laid paper ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and lifting of leather, text block fully detached from cover.Support: non-European (likely Persianate) laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat distinct) and occasional pairs of chain lines (see p.6), sturdy, well-burnished (burnisher's marks visible), dark cream to beige in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper with watermarks "GHIGLIOTTI" (outer front flyleaf), shield with crown above and likely lion rampant within (front inner flyleaf), and eagle with wings spread (back inner flyleaf).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening (p.2) of rectangular piece with cartouche in gold carrying title in white ترجمۀ چهل حديث accented by swirling vegetal pattern reminiscent of arabesque in pink, light blue, gold, red, orange, and white on fields of blue and gold ; surmounting the rectangular piece, a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) set against another rectangular piece (both filled with similar vegetal pattern to that seen in lower piece) is itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area of incipit page surrounded by frame consisting of gold and green bands with outermost blue fillet ; elsewhere writen area surrounded by frame consisting of a narrow gold bank outlined in black with outermost blue fillet ; preface and text of elucidation/paraphrase chrysographed ; ḥadīth text in blue.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 Chagatai elucidation with two of these divided to hemistiches and arranged on the diagonal ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+1 (9), ii ; a composed anomalous quaternion formed of two joined single leaves, two whole bifolia, and a single leaf joined to a whole bifolium.Explicit: "تمت ترجمه هذه الاربعين اى كه شخصينگى خالق فتاح ... كه بو نوع ايكى اربعين موجود بولسه شايد كه تاپقاسين مقصود يتسه مقصود مدعا بيرلا منى ياد ايتكاسين دعا بيرلا كه نواييغه اول دعا يتكاى بلبل روحىغه نواييتكاى"Incipit: "صحیح ترین حدیثی که راویان مجالس دین ... این چهل کلمه است ازان کلمات فهم و حفظ را بر نظم ترکی ترجمه گر ده می آید امید ... لا يؤمن احدكم حتى يحب لاخيه ما يحب لنفسه مؤمن اير ماستور وركه ايماندين روزگاريده يوز صفا كورگاى..."Title from headpiece at opening (fol.1b).Ms. codex.Fine copy of Mir Ali Şîr Nevâî's [Navāʼī] Chagatai Turkish verse paraphrase of Jāmī's rendering of forty ḥadīth, with Persian preface, Arabic ḥadīth text, and Chagatai elucidation.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 314Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. may suggest 16th century.Former shelfmark: "209 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in bright pink textured and coated paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-painted (in two different shades) spray of flowers and leaves at the center of a rectangular panel with cornerpieces and surrounding border in heavy gold bands and rules ; edges of text block gilt ; now sewn in white thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in red and blue-green, excellent condition ; overall in good condition with only minor abrasion and staining.Support: non-European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and no chain lines clearly visible, sturdy, though fairly transluscent, well-burnished, beige in color ; written area gold-flecked.Decoration: Sublime illuminated headpiece ( ʻunwān / sarlawḥ ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surrounded by swirling arabesque with floral accents in gold, red, white, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold (evoking book cover design) with border in white and lapis lazuli bands outlining heavy gold interlace, surmounted by band of black with arabesque and floral motifs in white, red, gold, etc. and scalloped triangular piece or hasp continuing the floral vegetal design on fields of gold and lapis lazuli, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by frame consisting of gold band defined by black fillets and outermost blue rule ; keywords and headings in blue.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written mainly in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 10 IV(80), I+1 (83), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "بو که ز نزهتگه [نزهتگاه] دار السلام بوی علیكی رسدم و السلام"Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم خطبۀ قدست بملك قدیم ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Maṭlaʻ al-anvār, a moral and religious poem opening the Khamsah of Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325), written in imitation of the opening mas̲navī of Niẓāmī's Khamsah, Makhzan al-asrār.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 312Origin: As appears in colophon on p.59, copied by Jamāl Shāh Maḥmūd with transcription completed Ṣafar 984 [May 1576].Former shelfmark: "462 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover.Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap, but not flush with text block) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry tooled border (blind rules) ; sewn in dark purple thread, two stations ; overall in fair condition with some staining and minor abrasion.Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and any chain lines not clearly visible, transluscent, sturdy, quite well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves in wove paper (indistinct embossed mark in front flyleaf).Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title ( "كتاب قران سعدين" ) and swirling vegetal design in white with floral motifs in pink, yellow, and red, flanked by floral vegetal design in gold on fields of blue, entire piece surrounded by bands of red, gold and blue and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of a narrow gold band defined by black fillets and red and blue rules, narrow gold bands separate the four columns within as well ; headings and keywords rubricated.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area divided into four columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, III (6), V (16), II (20), i ; ternion, quinion and binion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب بتاريخ شهر صفر سنه ۹۸۴ كاتبه جمال شاه محمود م م م"Explicit: "بر در شه خدمت من و السلام"Incipit: "حمد گویم که توفیق خداوند حنان ... نام این نسخۀ و الاست قران سعدین ... حمد خداوند سرایم نخست تا شود این نامه بنامش درست ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.2).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the mas̲navī on the meeting of Sulṭān Muʻizz al-Dīn Kayqubād and his father Nāṣir al-Dīn Bughrā Khān by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī (d.1325).
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. 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. 283Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.227a (p.453), copied (حرره) by Muḥammad Taqī in the village of Ashtān [?] (در قصبه اشتان). Transcription finished 7th Ramaḍān 1265 [ca. 27 July 1849].Accompanying materials: Slip of laid paper with writing ; on one side in black ink, what appears to be a list of books, works ; on the other side in red and black ink, notes on grammar.Binding: Pasteboards faced in red leather with spine, edges / turn-ins, doublures and doublure hinges in rich, green-blue (teal) leather (leather faced and edged framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) though not flush with this text block ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; upper and lower covers bear central scalloped mandorla and pendants, blind-stamped with recessed onlays in green (reminiscent of oxidized "gold" paint) and traces of gold paint on floral design within ; border composed of a series of s-shaped stamps, gold painted and flanked by gold fillets ; sewn in green thread, two stations ; fine chevron endbands in purple and green ; in good condition with some minor abrasion, wear at corners, staining, etc.Support: Machine wove paper of a few different types, all fairly thick, well-burnished ; watermarks / countermarks include Cyrillic "Г г С" (large letters in script, see p.8, 16, 24, 122, etc.), possible Cyrillic "К Я" (in p.158 etc.), Cyrillic "A Б" (p.202, 402, 404, 432, 442, etc. and cf. example in Klepikov p.38 dated 1851), and possible numerals 1 8 (p.424 etc.) 4 6 (p.400, 420 etc.) suggesting year 1846 ; embossed mark in p.233, 247, 322, 447, etc. (oval with only trace of border inscription, etc.) ; some staining, moisture damage, ink smudges ; tacky ink has resulted in blocking in some places.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.2) consisting of narrow rectangular panel with cartouche bearing the basmalah surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece with swirling floral vegetal design in light blue, pink, orange, red, pistachio and white, on a field of gold with lapis lazuli accents ; above the piece stand vertical stalks (tigh) in blue ; the piece is framed in a well consisting of a heavy red band with scalloped decoration in white, flanked by bands of pistachio and gold ; text throughout is ruled in a simple frame consisting of a narrow gold band outlined in black fillets with an outermost blue fillet and at some distance in the margin a second blue fillet ; text rubricated with section headings, overlinings, etc. in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq ; small, elegant Persianate hand in medium line ; sans serif with characteristic descent of words to baseline, superscripting of final letters and words, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page ; single column divided to two columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 26 IV (216), III+1 (223), II (227), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, in Arabic and Persian, reads: "تمت الکتاب بعون الله الملک الوهاب بتاریخ یوم هفتم شهر رمضان المبارک سنه ۱۲۶٥ هزار و دویست و شصت و پنج هجری در قصبه اشتان حرره محمد تقی" followed by scribal verses.Explicit: "منم از قاضیان مشار الیه وان دگر کیر ماست عز علیه"Incipit: "مقدری نه بالت بقدرت مطلق کند ز شکل بخاری چو کنبد ازرق ..."Title from fore-edge.Ms. codex.Fine copy of collected poems (mainly his qaṣāyid and muqaṭṭaʻāt without systematic arrangement) of Awḥad al-Dīn Anvarī (d.1189 or 90).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 670Origin: As appears in colophon on p.753, copied by ʻImād ibn Muḥamad ʻImād. Date of transcription not specified. Paper, decoration, etc. suggests 16th or early 17th century. Ownership statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1629.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From upper board lining and spine label, "IL 9" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, now fully detached) ; currently two piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine, may represent repair / reback) ; board linings in peach laid paper, hinges in yellow paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (and once gold-painted) scalloped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 7) set off by gold-painted strokes, tooled rosettes and chain border ; design continues on flap ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations, sewing failing ; worked endbands in golden yellow and metallic threads, only primaries and core with a few threads of headband remain, primaries sewn through textile spine lining ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached from lower cover, cover almost fully detached from text block at spine except for intact primaries at headband, extensive abrasion, some lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; extensive repairs (also damaged) in brown leather including edging (which has been tooled in a series of s-shaped stamps) on upper and lower covers as well as head and tail of fore edge flap and likely reback ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct, fairly straight) and chain lines (possibly grouped in pairs) occasionally visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; back flyleaf in European laid paper with anchor in circle watermark.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.30 consisting of rectangular piece with almond-shaped gold cartouche carrying title and flanking pieces all evoking bookcover design, set in field of dark blue with delicate vegital motifs in gold, green, red, white, light blue and yellow, bordered in band of dark blue with white crosses and dots flanked by two narrow gold bands ; written area and ruled margins surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue rule, narrower gold band defines central written area and triangular accents on margins within (occasionally filled with floral motifs) ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three dots in redScript: Nastaʻlīq ; small compact Persianate hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dotsLayout: Written in 51 lines per page, 17 lines in central written area and 34 lines of gloss on the diagonal in the ruled margins ; frame-ruled.Collation: IV-2 (6), 21 IV (174), IV+1 (183), III (189), III+1 (196), 2 III (202), 5 IV (248), III + 1 (255), 14 IV (372), III-1 (376), i ; leaves between opening contents listing and opening of text originally left blank (pp.21-29) ; middle of the quire marks in the form of ه (numeral khamsah or letter hāʼ) in black ink in the upper outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals from pp.353-377 and in black ink from pp.379-753, beginning with Arabic numeral 38 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," mainly Arabic, reads "تمت الكتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب والحمد لله اولا واخرا وظاهرا وباطنا وصلى الله على محمد واله الطيبين وعترته الطاهرين اجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا كثيرا على يد الفقير الحقير تراب اقدام الفضلا عماد بن محمد عماد ... گر بهم برزده بینی خط من عیب مکن که مرا محنت ایام بهم برزده است"Incipit: [matn] "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم رب سهل و تمم بالخیر الحمد لمن وفقنا امداد حمد بی عد و اعداد سپاس بی قیاس مبدعی را که آثار ابداع او بر هر ورقی از اوراق و شجری از اشجار سمت ..." ; [ḥashiyah] "و به نستعين حمد و سپاس عتاری را جل جلاله و عم نواله و عظم شانه ..."Title from rubricated inscription on 'title page' (p.29).Ms. codex.Fine copy of a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4) with extensive gloss on the margins. Opens with acephalous contents listing (p.1-21). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.