Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 369Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "۱٦٨" from label affixed to upper cover ; "341 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in quite dark brown (to black) leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in yellow-tinted silver-flecked paper, flyleaves in untinted silver-flecked paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (with orange recessed onlays, gold-painted) scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7), pendants and cornerpieces, with tooled rosette and gold-painted accents as well as tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps evoking guilloché roll ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in blue-green thread, two stations ; overall in poor condition with upper cover fully detached, spine split through in several places, endbands virtually gone (only small section of core and primaries remains at tail), abrasion and losses of media, lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper mainly with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of grapes (raisin) under crown (see p.4, 8, 10, 30, 250, etc.) and "DE IZERON" (see p.6, 16, etc.), crisp and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; flyleaves in another European laid paper with 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-23 mm. apart (horizontal), and three crescents watermark ; some staining.Decoration: Keywords, headings and some abbreviation symbols (mainly signes de renvoi), marginalia and vocalization rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs ; occasional overlining in red ; written area surrounded by a heavy copper colored frame defined by black fillets and outermost red rule.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; clear Turkish hand ; serifless with slight inclination to the left, elongation of horizontal strokes, many closed counters, pointing in conjoined dots ; opening (p.2) and pp.19-20 supplied in another nastaʻlīq (talik), serifless, with inclination to the right and slight effect of words descending to baseline, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 15 V(150), II (154), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "طلب دعاء اجابت قرين وجناب ستار العيوبدن در يوزۀ بهرۀ واجعل لى لسان صدق في الاخرين در رباعيه ... در عيب نظر مكن كه بى عيب خداست تمت م م م"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذى نزل احسن الحديث ومن اصدق من الله حديثا ... اما بعد وقتا كه نظم بو ضعيف ومقصر ومكتر اوقجى زاده محمد افقر ... و بعد توفيق الاتمام بو مجموعه براعت اتسام احسن الحديث اسمى ايله وسم اولنمق ..."Title from opening matter on p.6.Ms. codex.Fine copy of the elegant versification with prose commentary of forty ḥadīth by Okçuzade Mehmet Şahî Bey (d.1629).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 422Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest latter 18th century.Former shelfmark: "479 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in shell marbled paper (mainly in red and blue) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped scrollwork designs with central lozenge, corner motifs and vegetal border, gold-stamped designs continue on spine ; now sewn in white thread over two recessed cords, four stations ; stuck-on endbands in green ; register in sheer silk ribbon ; edges of text block gold-flecked ; overall in fair condition with damage to upper board corner, minor abrasion, some negative draw in covers, etc.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 18-21 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of scrollwork with three stylized hats in shield and "F C" below (see fol.5, 6, 15, 16, etc.), sturdy and quite well-burnished to glossy, alternating bifolia tinted yellow.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of "منشآت" on fol.1b, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in light green, pink, light blue, white, red, and gold on grounds of gold and dark blue, bordered in white, black, gold, red and blue bands, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red and set in a well of pink with red accents ; other fine illuminated headpieces at opening of "صلحيه نمچه" on fol.49b, opening of "تقريضات" on fol.69b, opening of "قصائد" on fol.71b, opening of "تخميسات" on fol.79b, and opening of ghazals on fol.84b ; written area surrounded by gold frame, with divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords rubricated ; overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; fine, compact hand in a heavy line ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 12 V(120), V-1 (129), i ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present.Incipit: "حركت كردن از شتائيه بطرف صيفيه وبعد ازين نقل كردن بجنات محبوبيه جناب برارنده نه طباق افلاك جل ذاته عن درك الادراك ..."Title from inscription on 'title page'.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Dīvān (collected verse and prose) of the Ottoman Grand Vizier and littérateur, Koca Mehmet Ragıp Paşa (d.1763), opening with münşeat. Contribution to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 683Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggests 18th century.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From verso of front flyleaf "IL 362" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Boards covered in dark purple cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in paper printed with floral / landscape design in shades of blue, tan, olive green, and white ; upper and lower covers carry embossed central ornament (oval scrollwork design) ; raised bands on spine, accented with stamped (turquoise-colored onlays) bands and floral motifs ; sewn in white thread, five stations, stab sewn as well ; stuck-on endbands in black and yellow ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion and staining.Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of crown above grapes (see p.20, 24, etc.) alternating with "P S" (see p.22, 26, etc.), thin though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; some foxing, staining and tide lines.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by lavender floral motifs surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal motifs in lavender, pink, salmon, white, etc. on a gold ground, entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red and set in a well of pink with red accents ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by gold frame, elsewhere written area (including margin) surrounded by red rule-border ; keywords, section headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke over keywords) rubricated ; grid of table of contents outlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs on incipit and facing page ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; two elegant Turkish hands ; opening two works in an elegant nastaʻlīq (talik), characteristically serifless with effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, letterforms characteristic of nastaʻlīq (talik) ; final work in another nastaʻlīq (talik) similar to the first hand but with greater effect of words descending to baseline, thicker line and exaggerated thickness of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, IV (8), V (18), V+1 (29), 23 V(259), i ; chiefly quinions ; fol.110-111 and 112-113 bound in reverse order ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves).Incipit: [Fetava-yi Ali Efendi] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله كتاب الطيبين الطاهرين الطهارة [الطيبين الطاهرين كتاب الطهارة] زيد جنب ايكن ذكر وتسبيح والصلوة على النبى ايتمك جائز اولورمى الجواب اولور ..." ; [Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt] ; "الحمد لله عظيم البرهان وعميم الاحسان ... فان افقر عباد الله السبحان عبد السيد الرحمن بن سليمان الشهير بخصالى بين الاجناب والاخوان قد اختصر هذا الرسالة بحسب الامكان في الكتب المعتبرة البيان ..." ; [Maruzat-ı Ebussuud] "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا خاتم النبيين وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين اما بعد سعادتلى وفضيلتلى ومروتلى سلطانم حضرتلرينه عرض داعى منشالرى بو در كه بوندن اقدم مرحوم سيخ الاسلام ... حضرت ابو السعود ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.7. p.519-520 : [assorted excerpts].6. p.504-p.518 : [Maruzat-ı Ebussuud] / Ebussuud Efendi.5. p.482-p.503 : Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt / ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sulaymān, al-shahīr bi-Khilāṣī.4. p.478-p.481 : [blank].3. p.10-p.477 : Fetava-yi Ali Efendi / Ali Efendi Çatalcalı.2. p.8-p.9 : [blank].1. p.3-p.7 : [added contents listing and table of contents].Fine copy of the collection of legal decisions (fetvas) by Ali Efendi (d.1692), followed by Tarjīḥ al-bayānāt, a work of fiqh in Arabic by Hisâlî Abdurrahman Çelebî bin Süleyman bin Eyüp Sârûhânî (d.1676) and Maruzat-ı Ebussuud, a collection of legal decisions (fetvas) issued by Abū al-Suʻūd al-ʻImādī (Ebussuud Efendi, d.1574) and sanctioned by Sultan Süleyman I (r.1520-1566).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 384Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest 18th century. Statement in red ink accompanied by dated seal impression on 'title page' (p.3) provides a terminus ante quem of 1846 (i.e. 12 Jumādá II 1262 = ca. 8 May 1846).Former shelfmark: "584 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), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges barely visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in an elegant marbled paper (mainly in red and dark blue or green) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as a tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps evoking guilloché roll in gold ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in deep pink and pale yellow (or cream), good condition ; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached, some staining, minor abrasion, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: non-European (likely Persian) and European laid paper of several types ; first half of codex mainly in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional chain lines visible, quite thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; second half of the codex in several European laid papers, mainly with raisin watermarks including paper with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (mainly horizontal), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (mainly vertical) and watermarks of grapes under name and crown (see p.546, 552, etc.) and names (see p.542, 550, etc.) and paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes under crown (see p.714, etc.) ; flyleaves in European laid paper (watermark of lion guardant visible in front flyleaf, p.2) ; significant breakthrough at frames (border at inner margin toward gutter in practically every leaf in the first four gatherings) ; leaf carrying p.471-472 delaminating.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece with central gold cartouche (carrying the title in white "هذا شرح وصاف") surrounded by swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink, light blue, white, orange, red, etc. on a pale gold ground, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue with gold accents, entire piece set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, white with dark blue accents, and heavy gold interlace with red and white accents ; other similar illuminated headpieces at the openings of other sections on p.262 and 444 ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy "gold" frame defined by black fillets, elsewhere written area surrounded by narrower gold frame black fillets ; keywords rubricated ; passages being commented upon (matn of Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf) overlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 27 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 34 V(340), IV (348), VI (360), IV+1 (369), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; page between first and second volume left blank (p.261) ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, recto of opening leaf of each from the second ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner front flyleaf and skips two pages each between pp.83-84, 103-104, 353-354).Explicit: "العباد شايان اولدوغى كبى ومثل هذا التسهيل قد سهل الله سبحانه وتعالى علينا ما رمناه من المقاصد الغالية والحمد كل الحمد لربنا رب المبدعات من العشرة العالية ... ونستغفره ونتوب اليه ونسأله العفو والعاقبة انه هو البر الرحيم تم"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي رفع سبع طباق الخضراء بغير عمد ترونها واوحى بمقتضى حكمته في كل سماء امرها ... وبعد دل ارباب ذوى اللب والالباب ... كه بوندن اقدم شهرت يافتۀ اشتهار آفتاب عالمتاب اولان تاريخ وصاف عبارات مشكله وفقرات معضله ولغات عربيۀ مختلفه يعنى عربيه وفارسيه وچاغتالى ومغلى وخوارزمى ومصطلحات علوم صرف ونحو وعروض ومسيقى وايقاع وهندسه وحساب ومنطق وحكمت وكلام وساير مصطلح غريب اوزرينه ..."Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the commentary by Bagdatlı Nazmizade Hüseyin Murtaza Efendi (d.1721 or 2?) on Vaṣṣāf’s Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār or Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf, a history of the Īlkhāns intended as a continuation of ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik Juvaynī’s (d.1283) Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā (Jahān-gushāy) and renowned for its form and style. Several volumes in one. Contributions to the cataloguing from Eren Miyasoğlu and Hossein Mottaghi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 406Origin: As appears in colophon on p.17, copied by Mehmet bin Mahmut (Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd), a student of Süleyman Efendi of Üsküdar (سليمان افندى الاسكدارى), with date transcription completed not specified ; decoration, paper, etc. suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "361 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards faced in quite dark brown (to black) leather and now edged in dark maroon leather (likely repair) ; now Type III binding (without flap) but not flush with text block ; pastedowns and flyleaves in bright spring green surface-dyed wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry heavily recessed stamped and gold-painted scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal decoration, compare Déroche class. NSd 9) and pendants, with gold-painted accents and tooled border ; sewn in heavy yellow thread, four stations ; overall in good condition with only minor abrasion (mainly at spine and board edges), etc. ; evidence of envelope flap on opening leaf indicates that this cover once had a flap or text block was once covered in a different binding (with a flap).Support: non-European laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines visible, crisp, well-burnished, sturdy, beige / buff in color.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in white (هذا مولود شريف) surrounded by swirling floral vegetal decoration and chi clouds in gold, lavender, red, white, and turquoise (light blue-green) on fields of dark cream with gold accents and lapis lazuli, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with similar floral vegetal and chi cloud motifs, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh), entire piece surrounded by border or well in red with white accents ; illuminated floral motifs set off headings and colophon ; written area surrounded by heavy gold frame outlined by black fillets with outermost blue rule ; section headings and musical annotations in margins rubricated.Script: Naskh ; elegant Ottoman hand ; partially seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on lām, ṭāʼ, ẓāʼ but not alif, effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders (some sweeping, final nūn, etc.), rightward descenders tapered, mainly open counters, pointing in distinct dots ; fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; divided to two columns to set off poetry ; section headings centered ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, IV+2 (10), ii ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing (skips opening leaf).Colophon: "Scribal," reads "الحمد لله الذي وقفني لكتابة مولود شريف ويسرني بفضله اتمام تنميقه كتبه الحقير المحتاج الى رحمة ربه المعبود محمد بن محمود من تلاميذ سليمان افندى الاسكدارى حامدا الله تعالى ومصليا على نبيه محمد واله اجمعين الطاهرين"Explicit: "كرديلر سز بوله سز اوتدن نجات عشقله درديله ايدك الصلوة ... امتك اولدوغمز دولت يتر خدمتك قلديغمز عزت يتر ... امتدن راضى اولسون اول معين رحمت الله عليهم اجمعين"Incipit: "الله ادين ذكر ايده لم اولا واجب اولدر جمله اشده هر قولا ..."Title from headpiece at opening (p.2) and colophon (p.17).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the famous poem in praise of the Prophet by Süleyman Çelebi of Bursa (d.1422?). Contributions to the cataloguing by Mehmet Uğur Ekinci.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 373Origin: As appears in colophon on p.247, copied by ʻAbd al-Ghanī ibn Khaḍir [Khiḍr] (Abdulganî bin Hazır [Hızır] / عبد الغنى بن خضر) ; date of transcription not specified, though author's dates, decoration, etc. would suggest mide to late 18th century.Former shelfmark: "410 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) ; "٢٧٧" on tail edge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards faced in dark brown leather with red leather over spine, fore edge flap and edges/turn-ins (leather framed and edged binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in marbled laid paper (in shades of blue, pink, red, yellow, green, bright orange, etc.) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, somewhat similar to Déroche class. OAi2 1) and pendants with gold-painted accents and tooled rosettes, as well as guilloché roll border in gold ; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and pale green, fair condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting of leather, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, curved and somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines visible, cloudy formation, crisp and fairly transluscent though sturdy, quite well-burnished, buff in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal), and large watermark of scrollwork with crown above.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.8, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in gold with red, white, orange and light blue accents, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling vegetal decoration with floral motifs in shades of pink, blue, red and white, on fields of gold and dark blue, all set in an elaborate well consting of bands of blue, pink and gold interlace and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and red ; written area throughout surrounded by heavy gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost red rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords, section headings, and excerpts (mainly Qurʼānic with vocalization) rubricated ; occasional overlining in red.Script: Naskh ; elegant Ottoman hand ; partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on occasional lām, effect of tilt to the left, closed and open counters, curvilinear descenders, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, I (2), 12 V(122), II (126), i ; almost exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf and skips two pages each between pp.101-102 and 159-160).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "قد وقع الختام عن تنميق هذه النسخة الجليلة المنقولة مصليا على نبيه محمد واله واصحابه الكرام البرره على يد اضعف الفقير عبد الغنى بن خضر غفر الله له وستر عيوبه تمت م"Explicit: "دخى ممنوعلر اولوب حد مقدارلرنجه حركت ايتمليلردر"Incipit: "حمد نامحدود وثناى نامعدود ايكى عالمدن مقصود اول معبود بالحق اولان واجب الوجود در كاهنه اولسونكه دين اسلامى هر حالده عالى ... وبعد بو عبد فقير نا ازاده يعنى محمد سالم ميرزا زاده بى ارتياب هنكام صبا وعالم شبابدن ... وشيرازه بند ختام ايدوب بو مسوده يى نيل الرشاد في امر الجهاد ناميله تسميه ..."Title from opening matter on p.15.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the work on jihād by Mehmet Salim Mirzazade (d.1743) ; contents listing at opening of codex (p.6).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 377Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated inscription on recto of second front flyleaf provides a rough terminus ante quem of 1796 ; paper, decoration, etc. also suggest late 18th century.Former shelfmark: "464 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "٤٥٠" also on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in gold-flecked yellow-tinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped (with gold-painted orange recessed onlays) mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition incorporating chī clouds, compare Déroche class. NSd), pendants and cornerpieces with tooled and gold-painted accents (rosettes, strokes, etc.) as well as elaborate guilloché roll borders built up from a series of s-shaped stamps and defined by gold fillets ; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dark pink and thread and with gold sheed, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, etc. ; subtle repair to fore edge flap.Support: non-European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, curved, fairly distinct) and irregular chain lines occasionally visible, some inclusions, beige in color, crisp and transluscent though quite sturdy, highly burnished ; added table of contents mainly on European wove paper, well-burnished (burnisher's marks visible) ; partial offset of upper portion of headpiece in margin of incipit facing page (p.21) ; flyleaves in European laid paper.Decoration: Brilliant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of Siyer-i Veysî on p.20, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in pink, orange, red and yellow on fields of gold, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pale green, pink, yellow, red, etc. on a gold ground, itself surmounted by elaborate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold and red accents, entire piece set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, pink with red accents, and gold interlace ; another illuminated headpiece at opening of second part of Siyer-i Veysî on p.178 ; still another superb illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of Zeyl-i Nabi on p.320, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in gold and pink, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pale green, pink, orange, etc. on a gold ground, itself surmounted by elaborate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold and red accents, entire piece set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, pink with red accents, and heavy gold interlace ; written area surrounded by heavy gold frame defined by black fillets, divisions within (poetic passages, etc.) defined by narrow faint gold bands outlined by black fillets ; section headings, key words and passages, and occasional vocalization rubricated or overlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish hand ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in conjoined dots ; partially vocalized.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 34 V(340), ii ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: [Siyer-i Veysî] "جناب پيغمبرى اولمديغنه دليل جليل لا ينتطح فيه عنزان نابفه سيله [؟] تسليت بخش خاطر عمير اولدقلريدر والله تعالى اعلم بحقايق الامور" ; [Zeyl-i Nabi] "اشتماليله اعلاى درجات امتيازده جلو كر قلنمق شيوۀ خفيۀ تقديردن مستبعد دكلدر والله تعالى اعلم"Incipit: [Siyer-i Veysî] "كنون وقتست كزكلك سخن كوى بسوى ذكر پيغمبر نهم روى" ; [Zeyl-i Nabi] "يا رب سحاب فيضى باران ايله اول فيضله كشت كامى ريان ايله ..."Title from opening of added table of contents (p.2).Ms. codex.7. p.320-p.677 : [Zeyl-i Nabi] / Nabi.6. p.318-p.219 : [blank].5. p.178-p.317 : [Siyer-i Veysî, part 2] / Veysî.4. p.177 : [blank].3. p.20-p.176 : [Siyer-i Veysî, part 1] / Veysî.2. p.12-p.19 : [blank].1. p.2-p.11 : [table of contents].Elegant copy of Veysî's (d.1628) work on the sīrah of the Prophet through the battle of Badr in two parts, followed by the continuation (dhayl / zeyl) composed by Nâbî (d.1712). Table of contents on added leaves at opening (pp.2-11). Contribution to the cataloguing from H. Mottaghi.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 381Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest 18th century.Former shelfmark: "177 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather with dark red leather over spine and fore edge flap ; Type II binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in silver-flecked orange paper, hinge and pastedown once covered with pink wove paper ; upper and lower covers block-stamped with gold-painted vegetal design and central mandorla of blue paper, red paper, and green silk covered by gilded leather filigree and surrounded by pendants and cornerpieces as well as tooled border and block-stamped, gilded rectangles above and below, band of red paper, blue paper, and green silk lozenges covered with gilded leather filigree, flanked by tooled borders in gold, and surrounded by tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps in gold ; sewn in red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in light green, dark blue, and pink thread ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, pest damage, loss areas, and corner damage, large losses in upper pastedown.Support: European laid paper of at least two types ; first type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) spaced roughly 22 mm. apart, burnished, thin and crisp with watermark of grapes surmounted by a cartouche inscribed with "I R" and a crown motif (see p.184, etc., compare 2384 in Heawood lf. 94, Raison no. 22, p.28, 385 in Velkov, Les Filigranes dans les documents Ottomans, appearing in a ms. transcribed in Istanbul, 1727) ; second type with roughly 13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, burnished, thin and crisp with watermark of grapes surmounted by a cartouche inscribed with "GAILLIARDON [?]" and a crown motif (see p.200, etc., compare Raisin no.30 A, pp.28-29, 52, 387 in Velkov, appearing in a ms. transcribed in Istanbul, 1749).Decoration: Superb illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of a rectanglular piece with empty gold cartouche surrounded by vegetal designs in pink, red, white, and gold on a blue field surmounted by a w-shaped piece filled with vegetal designs in pink, red, white, and gold on a blue field with delicate vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue above, all set in a well of red bands with white crosses, a thick band of geometric interlace, and a thin blue band with white crosses ; additional illuminated headpieces on pages 451, 609, and 932 less elaborate than the initial headpiece and each with scalloped semi-circular piece surmounting similar rectangular piece ; text of written area surrounded by frame consisting of a thick gold band defined by black fillets, divisions within defined by thin gold bands outlined by black fillets ; keywords and headings mainly rubricated but also supplied in blue ink (p.154-159), in orange ink (p.438-450), and chrysographed (after p.1218) in certain sections ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas mainly in dark red but supplied in blue ink p.154-159, in orange ink p.438-450, and chrysographed after p.1218).Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, and pointing mainly in conjoined dots.Layout: Written in 25 lines per page, occasionally divided to two or three columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 63 V (630), IV+1 (639), i ; chiefly quinions ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Explicit: "وبارك لنا فيهم و جعلنا في لاآخرة من مجاوريهم "Incipit: "ابتدى بسم ربى المتعال مالك الملك واهب الامال ..."Title from inscription on added 'title page' (front flyleaf).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of Tacüʻt-tevarih, the celebrated history of the Ottomans from their beginnings to the death of Selim I (r.1512-1520) carefully composed by the well-known Ottoman şeyhülislam, statesman and historian, Hoca Sadeddin Efendi (d.1599). Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 395Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, paper, etc. suggest 18th century. According to date provided in a chronogram at the close ("بو تحفۀ حرمينم قبول [ايده] مولى") composition completed in 1093 [1682 or 3]. Date inscribed on 'title page' may provide a rough terminus ante quem of 1795.Former shelfmark: "510 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards faced in red cut velvet (or flocked cloth or felt, low nap, see envelope flap) with dark red brown leather over spine, fore edge flap and edges / turn-ins (textile faced, leather edged framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in olive green European laid paper (fleur de lis watermark visible in lower board lining) ; upper and lower covers carry tooled borders in gold ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink [?], damaged with losses to headband ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. ; subtle repairs to fore edge flap, etc. ; rehinged (paper).Support: non-European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct, some curving) and no chain lines visible, medium cream in color, quite thin and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished ; front flyleaf in European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 29-30 mm. apart (vertical) and watermark of cross with initials below.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in white with red and orange accents on a ground of gold and blue (cobalt), surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with similar floral vegetal decoration in white with orange and red accents on fields of gold and cobalt, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with red accents, entire piece set in well of blue and red bands with white accents ; floral accents in gold flanking the basmalah at opening on p.2 ; written area surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets, divisions within defined by narrower gold bands outlined by black fillets ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted discs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; bold, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 3 V(30), IV (38), VI (50), 4 V(90) ; chiefly quinions with a quaternion and a senion ; final two leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "ديدم تمامنه نابى بو نسخه نك تاريخ بو تحفۀ حرمينم قبول ايله [ايده] مولى"Incipit: "اى بيت حرامى صف غفرانه مقام وى باب سلامى مدخل دار سلام ..."Title from front flyleaf.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of the Ottoman poet Nabi's account of his pilgrimage (ḥajj) to Mecca and Medina.