Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 943Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; each work copied separately ; paper, hand, etc. would suggest late 17th or early 18th century.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 92Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (salmon, pink, orange, blue) with light brown leather over spine and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; boardlinings in pink-tinted laid paper ; serving more as a wrapper for the unsewn leaves (only a few bifolia still intact) ; overall in poor condition with much abrasion, staining, moisture damage, losses of leather and paper, foreedge flap detaching, opening leaves detached and split, etc.Support: European laid paper of two types ; opening type with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-23 mm. apart (horizontal), three crescents watermark (parallel to chain lines, see pp.4, 8-9) and "PR" countermark, creamy, sturdy, burnished to glossy ; second work on a different type (trimmed to a different size) with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (horizontal), three crescents watermark (perpendicular to chains, 84 mm. long, see pp.50,55) and "Vd" countermark (see p.53).Decoration: Keywords, assages of text being commented upon, occasional vocalization, and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.Script: Naskh ; two main hands ; opening work in a clear Egyptian hand in a medium line, partially but irregularly seriffed with small right-sloping head-serifs on occasional lām, etc., effect of tilt to the left, open and closed counters, pointing mainly in distinct dots, alif maqṣūrah pointed as yāʼ, kāf mashkūlah (mashqūqah) preferred ; second work in a clear Egyptian or Syrian hand in a thin line, partially but irregularly seriffed with dramatic inclination to the right, slight effect of words descending to baseline, marked elongation of vertical strokes, curvilinear descenders, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, freely ligatured.Layout: Written in 11 and 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: VI-1 (9), V (19), I (21), V-1 (30) ; catchwords present ; final quire trimmed to a different size ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: [Sharḥ al-Risālah al-Samarqandīyah] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تم الشرح المبارك بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه على يد افقر العباد واحوجهم الى ربه العلي الفقير علي الواحي المالكي غفر الله له وللمسلمين تم"Explicit: [Sharḥ al-Risālah al-Samarqandīyah] "في مقام شدة الاهتمام بالايضاح والحمد لله على تمام الاصباح بعد الظلام المحوج الى المصباح ونرجو الانتظام به في سلك دعاء الطلبة في الصباح والروح والله اعلم" ; [Nubdhah fī al-alghāz] "قلب اسمه ظهر وفي معاقيه [؟] اتسهر وهذا اخر الكلام"Incipit: [Sharḥ al-Risālah al-Samarqandīyah] "يقول العبد المفتقر الى الطاف ربه الخفية عصام الدين بن محمد ... ان احسن ما تزاد به النعم الوفية وتدفع به البلية في البكرة والعشية الحمد لله الواهب العطية اي كل عطية والعطية المعهودة التي نزلت فيها السورة ..." ; [Nubdhah fī al-alghāz] "الحمد لله وكفى وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى وبعد فهذه بعض الغاز تشرح الخاطر ويقطع بها الطريق المسافر فاقول ومن الله القبول وعليه التكلان وبه المستعان ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. composite codex.5. p.60 : [excerpts of other riddles (alghāz) in verse].4. p.59 : [mainly blank].3. p.43-p.58 : Hādhihi Nubdhah fī al-alghāz / ʻAbd Allāh Abū al-Mawāhib al-Ṣiddīqī Sibṭ al-Ḥasan.2. p.42 : [blank].1. p.1-p.41 : Kitāb ʻIṣām al-Dīn Sharḥ al-Risālah al-Samarqandīyah / ‘Isām al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻArab Shāh al-Isfarāyīnī.Fine copy of the commentary by ‘Isām al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻArab Shāh al-Isfarā’inī (al-Isfarāyinī) (d.1537) upon al-Risālah al-Samarqandīyah, a work on metaphor (istiʻārah) by Abū al-Qāsim ibn Abī Bakr al- Samarqandī (ca. 1483), followed by a a brief selection of alghāz (riddles) in verse by ʻAbd Allāh Abū al-Mawāhib al-Ṣiddīqī al-Bakrī Sibṭ al-Ḥasan (fl. 1643).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 657Origin: As appears in opening statement on p.9 and in colophons on p.111 and p.203, bulk of majmūʻah copied for himself by ʻUthmān ibn Muṣṭafá Karāmah [?]. As appears in colophon on p.111, transcription of Bard al-akbād and Nubdhah mukhtaṣarah min Rawḍ al-akhyār completed during the first part of Rabīʻ II 1155 [June 1742]. As appears in colophon on p.203, transcription of Kitāb al-Mudhhab fī al-ḥulá completed in Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1155 [January-February 1743]. Transcription of other works likely completed around the same time. What appears to be date of composition for Takhmīs Bānat Suʻād supplied by fractions on p.239, likely 113-? [1718-1727?].Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Three inventory cataloguing slips (and two scraps) in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From inscription on inner front cover and spine label, "IL 31b" (likely supplied by Yahuda).Binding: Pasteboards covered in now dull beige laid paper with dark red-brown leather over spine and edges/turn-ins (likely fore edge flap as well, though now lost, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap, now lost) ; board linings in yellow laid paper ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition with significant abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather and paper, etc.Support: European laid paper ; opening type with 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-25 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of grapes (raisin) with name and crown (see p.12, 18, 19, 25, etc.), "P FABRE" (p.16, 21, etc.) and "LANGUEDOC" (p.14, 23, etc.) ; another type with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 23-24 mm. apart (vertical), and crown above name watermark (see p.208, 221, etc.) ; well-burnished to glossy, thin though sturdy, medium cream in color.Decoration: Keywords, section headings and occasional abbrevation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke over certain words) rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas.Script: Naskh ; small, clear Turkish or 'Syrian' hand ; mainly serifless with effect of tilt to the right, mainly curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, some elongation of horizontal strokes, kāf mashkūlah (mashqūqah) preferred.Layout: Written in 15-21 lines per page ; written area divided to two columns to set off verses.Collation: II (4), 5 V(54), VI (66), V (76), III (82), 3 V(112), VI (124) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (prior to collation, thus due to an initially misplaced bifolium pagination skips from p.222 to p.227, then from p.238 to pp.223-226, then to p.239, foliation is correct).Colophon: [Bard al-akbād] and [Nubdhah mukhtaṣarah min Rawḍ al-akhyār] "Scribal," rectangular, reads "حرر في القسطنطنية في اوائل شهر ربيع الثاني من شهور سنة ۱۱٥٥ على يد الفقير عثمان كرامه" ; [Kitāb al-Mudhhab fī al-ḥulá] "Scribal," rectangular, reads "تم كتابه على يد كاتبها لنفسه ولمن شاء الله من بعده عثمان بن مصطفى كرامه ... وذلك في الديار الرومية حماها رب البرية [؟] في ذي الحجة سنة ۱۱٥٥"Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.16. p.247-p.248 : [blank].15. p.241-p.246 : Qaṣīdat ʻAbd Allāh Afandī ibn Ḥijāzī / ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Ibn Qaḍīb al-Bān.14. p.240 : [blank].13. p.213-p.239 : Takhmīs Bānat Suʻād / Muḥammad Asaʻd [Mehmet Esat Efendi b. Şeyhülislam Ismail Efendi ?].12. p.206-p.212 : [taqrīẓāt for the following takhmīs].11. p.205 : [blank].10. p.203-204 : [assorted excerpts].9. p.133-p.203 : Kitāb al-Mudhhab fī al-ḥulá / Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá ibn Muḥammad ibn Aṣbagh ibn al-Munāṣif al-Azdī.8. p.120-p.132 : [blank].7. p.112-p.119 : [assorted excerpts].6. p.89-p.111 : Nubdhah mukhtaṣarah min Rawḍ al-akhyār al-muntakhab min Rabīʻ al-abrār / Khaṭībʻzādah Muḥammad ibn Qāsim al-Amāsī.5. p.88 : [blank].4. p.86-p.87 : [assorted excerpts].3. p.9-p.86 : Bard al-akbād fī al-aʻdād /ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad al-Thaʻālibī.2. p.4-p.8 : [blank].1. p.1-p.3 : [assorted excerpts and contents listing].Fine collection (majmūʻah) of mainly "belles-lettres" (adab / ādāb) works in prose and verse. Contents listing on added leaf at opening (p.2).
Written in one column, 17 lines per page, in black with punctuation in red.According to the colophon (f. 113v), copy completed on 3 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1044 AH [May 20, 1635 AD].With an introductory section which includes: Sharḥ lughat al-Burdah / by Badr al-Dīn al-Khashshāb al-Qurashī al-Makhzūmī.Ownership statement on f. 1r signed ʻAbd al-Bāqī ibn Mughayzil.MS Arab 177. Houghton Library, Harvard University.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 256Origin: As appears in colophon on p.271, Wasāʼil al-sāʼil copied from an exemplar in the hand of the author with transcription completed ("wa-kāna al-farāgh min raqmih...") 22 Muḥarram 1132 [ca. 5 December 1719]. As appears in colophon on p.301, transcription of Nubdhah min inshāʼ al-shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī completed 28 Muḥarram 1132 [ca. 11 December 1719].Former shelfmark: "252 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) ; "126" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.5).Binding: Pasteboards (thin, semi-limp) faced in dark red leather with dark brown leather now over spine and edges / turn-ins (possibly a repair) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in bright magenta coated paper ; upper and lower covers carry central blind-stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) and flanking rosettes (typically seen on envelope flap compositions), along with constellations of tooled rosette accents and border in a series of s-shaped stamps and outermost gold fillets (over edging) ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in golden yellow and red, good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion and staining.Support: European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (horizontal) and no watermarks visible though perhaps cut off or otherwise obscured ; creamy and well-burnished ; some ink burn to breakthrough ; repairs in European wove paper.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening of Wasāʼil al-sāʼil on p.6, partially damaged and restored, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling vegetal decoration, mainly in red and gold ; Section headings and keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame consisting of gold band with red and black rules ; written area in bulk of text surrounded by red-rule border.Script: Naskh ; clear Egyptian, 'Syrian,' or Turkish hand ; extensively but somewhat inconsistently seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on ascenders of alif (even freestanding), lām, ṭāʼ and ẓāʼ ; some elongation of horizontal strokes ; pointing for two and three dots in lines, with three dots represented by a curved mark resembling the letter dāl ; mainly curvilinear descenders ; freely ligatured.Layout: Written mainly in 23 lines per page with written area often divided to two columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 4 V(40), IV (48), II (52), 2 IV(68), 3 V(98), III (104), V (114), 3 IV(138), V+1 (149), ii ; quinions and quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).Colophon: [Wasāʼil al-sāʼil] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "وهذا اخر ما وجدناه مكتتبا من كلام هذا الامام روح الله سبحانه وتعالى روحه وجعل من الرحيق المختوم غبوقه وصبوحه بمنه وكرمه وكان الفراغ من رقمه وقت العصر من يوم الاثنين المبارك ثاني عشري محرم الحرام افتتاح عام اثنين وثلاثين بعد مائة والف احسن الله سبحانه وتعالى ختامها آمين ونقل جميعه من خط الناظم رحمه الله تعالى وصلى الله على خير خلقه محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم" ; [Nubdhah min inshāʼ al-Shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "وهذا اخر ما يسر الله كتابته من كلام هذا الامام عليه رحمة الملك العلام وكان الفراغ من كتابته في اليوم الثامن والعشرين من شهر محرم الحرام افتتاح عام اثنين وثلاثين بعد مائة والف خلت من الهجرة النبوية على مشرفها افضل الصلاة وازكى التحية وعلى آله وصحبه ذوي الرتب العلية"Incipit: [Wasāʼil al-sāʼil] "حمدا لمن اطلع ثمار الادب على افنان الالسنة العربية ... وبعد فان مما يشفي القريحة الجريحة ... اعمال البدائية في انواع المحاضرات ... الاستاذ الاعظم والملاذ المعظم المولى محمد زين العابدين ... امرني وله الفضل ان اجمع له من ذلك ما هو حسب الامكان من الوجدان فاجبته قائما على قدم الطاعة ... سميتها وسائل السائل ورتبها على حروف المعجم وعلى الله القبول ..." ; [Nubdhah min inshāʼ al-Shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī] "الحمد لله الذي فضل صناعة الكتابة وزاد اهلها شرفا وزينا ... وبعد فاعلم الكتابة علم شريف وفن لطيف لا يألفها الا صاحب ذوق سليم ولا يأنفه الا طبع غير مستقيمTitle supplied by cataloguer from 'title page' (p.5).Ms. codex.4. p.302-p.306 : [blank].3. p.272-p.301 : Nubdhah min inshāʼ al-shaykh al-imām al-ʻallāmah Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī.2. p.5-p.271 : Wasāʼil al-sāʼil / Badr al-Dīn al-Dhahabī [?].1. p.1-p.4 : [blank].Fine copy of Wasāʼil al-sāʼil a collection of poems and prose attributed to Badr al-Dīn al-Dhahabī [?], compiled on the order of al-Mawlá Muḥammad Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn. Followed by a selection of essays by Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Nawājī (d.1455) for which he obtained an ijāzah in ʻilm al-kitābah from Zayn al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ṣāʼigh al-Mukattib (d.1441 or 2) (see statement at opening on p.302).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 660Origin: As appears in colophon on p.91, opening work [al-Jawhar al-maḥbūk] copied by Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī al-Zardanāwī with transcription completed 2 Rajab 1141 [ca. 1 February 1729]. As appears in colophon on p.167, second work executed by the same copyist with transcription completed 1 Rajab 1141 [ca. 31 January 1729]. As appears in colophon on p.253, transcription of following work [al-Alfīyah] executed by the same copyist with transcription completed Jumādá II 1141 [January 1729]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon on p.253, composition completed in Cairo seemingly in the year 1131 [1718 or 19] as represented in the numerical value of the phrase "انسالها فن من البكرية".Accompanying materials: Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label, "IL 79" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in block-printed paper (mainly in pink and dark lavender with repeating 7-pointed sun or star motif overlaid with orange-red dots) with light brown leather over spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins (framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; sewn in grey thread, two stations ; overall in somewhat poor condition with upper board cracked, significant abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather (particularly on upper board and spine), cover detaching at spine, etc.Support: European laid paper with 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 20-21 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes (raisin) with name and crown above (see p.10, 11, etc.), thin though sturdy, well-burnished ; ink burn.Decoration: Section headings rubricated ; text of written area (and divided columns) surrounded by red rule-border ; red pigment on edges of text block.Script: Naskh ; clear, medium Egyptian [?] hand ; irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on many ascenders (even occasional free-standing alif), marked effect of tilt to the left, adhering fairly closely to the baseline, pointing (two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed, mainly curvilinear descenders ; fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page (with written area divided to two columns to set off verses) ; frame-ruled.Collation: 4 V(40), III (46), 3 V(76), IV (84), 3 V(114), VI (126), I (128) ; chiefly quinions ; final leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: [Kitāb al-Jawhar al-maḥbūk] "Scribal," triangular, reads "تم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب وكان الفراغ منه يوم الاثنين ثاني يوم من شهر رجب المبارك سنة ١١٤١ على يد محمد بن علي الزردناوي اللهم اغفر له ولوالديه ولمشايخه ولاخوانه في الله تعالى ولكافة المسلمين اجمعين امين امين امين" ; [Minhāj al-ʻārif al-muttaqī ] "Scribal," triangular, reads "وكان الفراغ منها في غرة رجب الحر المبارك من شهور سنة ١١۴۱ على يد كاتبها محمد بن علي الزردناوي اللهم اغفر له ولوالديه ولمشايخه ولاخوانه في الله تعالى احياء وامواتا ولكل المسلمين امين امين امين" ; [Alfīyat al-taṣawwuf] "Scribal," triangular, reads "وكان الفراغ منها يوم الاحد على يد كاتبها محمد بن علي الزردناوي اللهم اغفر له ولوالديه ولمشايخه ولمؤلفها ولكل المسلمين اجمعين امين امين امين في جماد الثاني سنة ١١۴۱"Explicit: [Kitāb al-Jawhar al-maḥbūk] "ولا تخيب جميل الظن فيك ولا تقطع عوائدك الحسنى في النعم" ; [Minhāj al-ʻārif al-muttaqī ] "ولي ولخلق الله اجمع ابتقي من الله رضوانا وعونا موفقا" ; [Alfīyat al-taṣawwuf] "الخاتمة وحق ان اختم ذي الالفية فقد غدت كافية وفيه والحمد للموصوف بالمفاخر في اول وواسط واخر ... وعدة الابيات روض زاهر ۱۲۱۹ من حل فيه فهو طاهر وقد اتت تاريخها بكرية انسالها فن من البكرية واسأل الله بنون والقلم يغفر لي ما قد طغا به القلم .. واغفر لكل مسلم ومسلمة ما نفس صب للقضاء مسلمه وما صباح بالضياء معلم وما نهي معلما ومعلم تم بياضها بمصر القاهرة لا برحت لمن يشين قاهرة"Incipit: [Kitāb al-Jawhar al-maḥbūk] "قال الفقير الى مولاه ذي الكرم علوان ذو الذنب والعصيان والحرم بسم الله اتى فتحي ومختتمي والحمد لله ربي بارئ النسم ..." ; [Minhāj al-ʻārif al-muttaqī ] "اما بعد فان الاسباب التي يتقرب بها الى الله تعالى ثلاثة اعتقاد وعلم وعمل ... نظمت هذه القصيدة ليهتدي بها السالك في طريقه ... وقد سميتها منهاج العارف المتقي ومعراج السالك المرتقي ... وهذه القصيدة عدتها الف بيت وسبعة ابيات رقى بي مقاما من فنائي الى البقا فما لي قصد في نعيم ولا شقا ..." ; [Kitāb al-Alfīyah fī ʻilm al-taṣawwuf] "قال الفقير للغني مصطفى نجل ابي بكر وسبط المصطفى الحمد لله العلي الشان ما شان اهل الحب يوما شاني حمدا به نفوز بالاحسان ونرتقي منابر الاحسان ... وبعد فاعلم ايها المريد حباك من افضاله المريد ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.7. p.254-p.256 : [originally left blank, now carry a few assorted excerpts].6. p.170-p.253 : Kitāb al-Alfīyah fī ʻilm al-taṣawwuf / Muṣṭafá ibn Kamāl al-Dīn al-Bakrī al-Khalwatī.5. p.169 : [contents listing].4. p.168 : [blank].3. p.94-p.167 : Minhāj al-ʻārif [al-ʻābid] al-muttaqī wa-miʻrāj al-sālik al-murtaqī / ʻAlwān ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻAṭīyah al-Haytī al-Ḥamawī.2. p.92-p.93 : [blank].1. p.1-p.91: Kitāb al-Jawhar al-maḥbūk bi-al-ḥallī al-masbūk fī ṭarīqat al-sulūk / ʻAlwān ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻAṭīyah al-Haytī al-Ḥamawī.Fine copy of two Ṣūfī poems on moral corruption and proper conduct, al-Jawhar al-maḥbūk bi-al-ḥaly al-masbūk fī ṭarīqat al-sulūk and Minhāj al-ʻārif [al-ʻābid] al-muttaqī wa-miʻrāj al-sālik al-murtaqī, by ʻAlwān ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻAṭīyah al-Haytī al-Ḥamawī (d.1530) followed by Muṣṭafá ibn Kamāl al-Dīn al-Bakrī al-Khalwatī's (d.1749) Alfīyah, a rajaz poem in 1219 verses on Ṣūfī principles.