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Khulāṣat al-Khamsah, [955, i.e. 1548]. Summary of the Five, [955 AH, 1548 AD].
( خلاصة الخمسه ه م)

Title	Khulāṣat al-Khamsah, [955, i.e. 1548]. Summary of the Five, [955 AH, 1548 AD].
Title Original	خلاصة الخمسه ه م
Author	Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203.
Author Original	نظامي گنجوي
Publication Date:	1548
Subject	Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Persian poetry > 747-1500. Epic poetry, Persian > Early works to 1800.
Type	Document
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	46 leaves : paper ; 190 x 115 (125 x 55) mm.
Library:	Columbia University Libraries
Record ID	ht006806324
Library Location	Online
Date	1548
Notes	Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 289 Origin: According to colophon on fol.45a, copying finished in Shawwāl 955 [November-December 1548]. Copyist is not named. Accompanying materials: Binding: Pasteboard covered in red-brown leather and marbled paper; Type III binding (without flap); doublures covered in yellow laid paper (chain lines 22 mm apart; 16 laid lines per 20 mm); not original to codex; in good condition. Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally at roughly 9 laid lines per cm., chain lines not visible. Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece (fol.1b-2a) features vegetal designs, executed in lapis lazuli and gold, which are nearly mirror-images of each other; consist of three, linked, vertically-oriented, circular patterns of vines emerging from a large, seven-pointed leaf at the center of the central circular figure; the workmanship is of the highest caliber; illuminated headpiece on incipit page (fol.2b) consists of a single lapis-lazuli arched semi-circular piece dominated by two cartouches in gold; the lower carries the title of the work, the upper one carries a small, light-blue and gold flower, which serves as the anchor-point for a gold, circular pattern of vines that rotate out from that figure and surround the cartouche beneath it; vines are ornamented with tiny golden leaves and pink, red, green, and black flowers; upward slopes of the arch are mirrored by two thick bands of gold at the bottom of the headpiece, which serve to further frame the cartouche; entire headpiece is framed by a thick band containing a golden braid, adorned with small figures in light-blue, green, red, pink, and brown that recall precious stones; a thinner frame in lapis-lazuli embellished with tiny white stars surrounds the headpiece and entire opening of fol.2b-3a; text of opening (dībāchah) is decorated with golden cloud-bands that are further enhanced with tiny red, green, blue, and pink flowers; throught, text is bordered by frame in lapis-lazuli and gold band; chapter headings and titles are framed with a single gold band; hemistiches are separated by two fine golden bands, spaced 4 mm apart. Script: Nasta'līq; single hand. Layout: Written in 14 lines per page; single column of text with panel for each hemistich. Collation: i, IV-1 (7), IV (15), V (25), III (31), IV (39), III+1 (46); catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals. Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "تمت الکتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في تاريخ شهر شوال سنه خمس و خمسين و تسعمايه الهجريه غريق رحمت يزدان کسى ام که کاتب را باحمدی کند شاد" Explicit: "با هستگی کار عالم بساز که در کار کرمى نيايد بكار" Incipit: "بعد از حمد باری تعالى عز اسمه و در دو بهترين کاينات محمد مصطفى صلى الله عليه و آله و سلم بر اصحاب دين و دولت و ارباب ملك و مكنت" Title from headpiece on fol.2b. Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.
Sample Text	Excerpts from the five masnavis of Niẓāmī known as the Khamsah. compiler is not known. The work is divided into 37 chapters (باب) each addressing a subject relating to piety, ethics, or etiquette and containing verses from one or more of the five masnavis illustrating that chapter's topic. Table of contents of fol.3b-4a outlines the list of chapter topics. For a similar abridgement of Khamsah-i Niẓāmī, see Isl. Ms. 288. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında	İbrahim Ethem, flourished 1808, former owner. ابراهيم ادهم، مالك سابق.
İçinde	Abdul Hamid Collection.
Köken	On fol.1a, a single, circular seal-impression dated 1224 (or 1223 [1808 or 9]) with extremely tiny 6-pointed star and simple, vegetal design above inscription in nastaʻlīq, reads "السيد ابراهيم ادهم" in name of al-Sayyid Ibrāhīm Adʹham (İbrahim Ethem).
Tekdüzen Başlık	Khamsah. Selections خمسه
WorldCat	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194683727

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Khulāṣat al-Khamsah, [955, i.e. 1548]. Summary of the Five, [955 AH, 1548 AD].

( خلاصة الخمسه ه م)

Author Niẓāmī Ganjavī, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203.

Author Original نظامي گنجوي

Publication Date 1548

Subject Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Persian poetry > 747-1500. Epic poetry, Persian > Early works to 1800.

Type Document

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 46 leaves : paper ; 190 x 115 (125 x 55) mm.

Library Columbia University Libraries

Record ID ht006806324

Library Location Online

Date 1548

Notes Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 289 Origin: According to colophon on fol.45a, copying finished in Shawwāl 955 [November-December 1548]. Copyist is not named. Accompanying materials: Binding: Pasteboard covered in red-brown leather and marbled paper; Type III binding (without flap); doublures covered in yellow laid paper (chain lines 22 mm apart; 16 laid lines per 20 mm); not original to codex; in good condition. Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with laid lines running horizontally at roughly 9 laid lines per cm., chain lines not visible. Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece (fol.1b-2a) features vegetal designs, executed in lapis lazuli and gold, which are nearly mirror-images of each other; consist of three, linked, vertically-oriented, circular patterns of vines emerging from a large, seven-pointed leaf at the center of the central circular figure; the workmanship is of the highest caliber; illuminated headpiece on incipit page (fol.2b) consists of a single lapis-lazuli arched semi-circular piece dominated by two cartouches in gold; the lower carries the title of the work, the upper one carries a small, light-blue and gold flower, which serves as the anchor-point for a gold, circular pattern of vines that rotate out from that figure and surround the cartouche beneath it; vines are ornamented with tiny golden leaves and pink, red, green, and black flowers; upward slopes of the arch are mirrored by two thick bands of gold at the bottom of the headpiece, which serve to further frame the cartouche; entire headpiece is framed by a thick band containing a golden braid, adorned with small figures in light-blue, green, red, pink, and brown that recall precious stones; a thinner frame in lapis-lazuli embellished with tiny white stars surrounds the headpiece and entire opening of fol.2b-3a; text of opening (dībāchah) is decorated with golden cloud-bands that are further enhanced with tiny red, green, blue, and pink flowers; throught, text is bordered by frame in lapis-lazuli and gold band; chapter headings and titles are framed with a single gold band; hemistiches are separated by two fine golden bands, spaced 4 mm apart. Script: Nasta'līq; single hand. Layout: Written in 14 lines per page; single column of text with panel for each hemistich. Collation: i, IV-1 (7), IV (15), V (25), III (31), IV (39), III+1 (46); catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals. Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "تمت الکتاب بعون الله الملك الوهاب في تاريخ شهر شوال سنه خمس و خمسين و تسعمايه الهجريه غريق رحمت يزدان کسى ام که کاتب را باحمدی کند شاد" Explicit: "با هستگی کار عالم بساز که در کار کرمى نيايد بكار" Incipit: "بعد از حمد باری تعالى عز اسمه و در دو بهترين کاينات محمد مصطفى صلى الله عليه و آله و سلم بر اصحاب دين و دولت و ارباب ملك و مكنت" Title from headpiece on fol.2b. Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.

Sample Text Excerpts from the five masnavis of Niẓāmī known as the Khamsah. compiler is not known. The work is divided into 37 chapters (باب) each addressing a subject relating to piety, ethics, or etiquette and containing verses from one or more of the five masnavis illustrating that chapter's topic. Table of contents of fol.3b-4a outlines the list of chapter topics. For a similar abridgement of Khamsah-i Niẓāmī, see Isl. Ms. 288. Description provided by Derek Mancini-Lander.

Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında İbrahim Ethem, flourished 1808, former owner. ابراهيم ادهم، مالك سابق.

İçinde Abdul Hamid Collection.

Köken On fol.1a, a single, circular seal-impression dated 1224 (or 1223 [1808 or 9]) with extremely tiny 6-pointed star and simple, vegetal design above inscription in nastaʻlīq, reads "السيد ابراهيم ادهم" in name of al-Sayyid Ibrāhīm Adʹham (İbrahim Ethem).

Tekdüzen Başlık Khamsah. Selections خمسه

WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194683727