Author
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, 1208 or 1283-9 or 4. Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad.
Author Original
قزويني، زكريا بن محمد
Subject
Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Science > Islamic Empire > History > Sources. Geography, Arab > Early works to 1800. Cosmography > Early works to 1800.
Type
belge
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
97 leaves : paper ; 290 x 175 (218 x 103) mm.
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
ht006814099
Library Location
Online
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 822 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely of Northern Indian production, perhaps 18th century. Binding: Unbound gatherings once sewn in yellow thread, two stations (now mostly gone) ; scrap from a Turkish newspaper apparently once wrapped around spine ; in somewhat poor condition with tears and staining, lifting and losses of paper, etc. ; housed in wrapper and envelope for protection. Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, varies, curving and sagging) and no obvious chain lines visible ; quite thin, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream in color, well-burnished ; losses, tears, staining, etc. Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular band of swirling vegetal decoration with floral motifs in lavender, red and green on a gold ground, surmounted by rectangular piece with cartouches carrying the basmalah, etc. ("بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب يسر وتمم بالخير"), all surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with floral vegetal decorations in white, green, red, pink, etc. on grounds of dark blue and gold ; written area of incipit and facing page set off by interlinear gold bands (reminiscent of cloud-bands) and surrounded by frame in gold, red, blue and black rules ; elsewhere triple rule-border in red and blue with outermost blue rule defining margins ; keywords and headings rubricated, others overlined in red ; roughly 16 diagrams (see pp.18, 20-22, 134-135, 137-138, 142, 158-161) mainly executed in black and red or yellow ink ; roughly 25 illustrations or miniatures, none full-page (see pp.21-22, 46-48, 50-51, 58, 125-130, 164-168, 178) ; in p.78 lacuna left for illustration never supplied. Script: Nastaʻlīq ; careful Indian hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless, with marked effect of words descending to baseline, some elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes. Layout: Written mainly in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: IV+1 (9), IV-2 (15), IV (23), V (33), III (39), IV-1 (46), 4 IV(78), IV+1 (87), V (97) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Incipit: "العظمة لك والكبرياى جلالك اللهم يا قايم الذات ومفيض الخيرات واجب الوجود وواهب العقول ... اما بعد هميگويد اصغر العباد زكريا محمد بن محمود الكموي القزوينى ... که چون بحکم الهی مفارقت اهل و وطن اتفاق افتاد ..." Title supplied by cataloguer. Ms. codex. Acquired in 1933-1934 by University of Michigan professor L. C. Karpinski with funds provided by the McGregor Fund of Detroit.
Sample Text
Fine though incomplete copy of a Persian rendering of al-Qazwīnī's (d.1283) famous cosmography ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt, illustrated with roughly 25 miniatures and 16 diagrams.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Meyerhof, Max, 1874-1945, former owner.
İçinde
Tracy W. McGregor Collection of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Mathematical and Astronomical Manuscripts.
Köken
Two oval seal impressions (only partially legible) on 'title page' (p.1), one apparently in name of a Muḥammad Ṣādiq (محمد صادق) ; a few notabilia and marginal corrections, some appearing to pertain to the rubrics (see pp.165, 166, etc.) ; text to be entered in red ink provided in margins (cut off in several places but occasionally visible).
Kaynaklar
Islamic art from Michigan collections. Carol G. Fisher and Alan Fisher, Eds. (East Lansing, MI, 1982), no.59, pp.102-3 University of Michigan Library. Manuscripts & papyri : an exhibition arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13-19, 1967. (Ann Arbor, MI [?], 1967), no.48, p.13 Rührdanz, Karin, "Illustrated Persian ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt manuscripts and their function in early modern times," In Society and culture in the early modern Middle East: studies on Iran in the Safavid period. Ed. Andrew J.Newman (Leiden, 2003): 33-47. Moor, Bilha and E. A. Rezvan, "Al-Qazwīnī's ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt: Manuscrit D 370," Manuscripta Orientalia, 8, no. iv (2002), pp. 38-68 Badiee, J. A., An Islamic cosmography: the illustrations of the Sarre al-Qazwīnī. PhD dissertation, University of Michigan, 1978. Storey, II / 1, 125-126 Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 481 ; S I 882
Tekdüzen Başlık
ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt. Persian عجائب المخلوقات. Persian.
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194685636
