Author
Kalīm, Abū Ṭālib, -1651?. Kalim, Abu Talib.
Author Original
كليم ابو طالب
Publication Date
1673
Subject
Manuscripts, Persian > Michigan > Ann Arbor. Persian poetry > 1500-1796.
Type
belge
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
252 leaves : paper ; 240 x 130 (145 x 60) mm.
Library
Columbia University Libraries
Record ID
ht006816050
Library Location
Online
Date
1673
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 340 Origin: According to colophon on p.503, supposedly copied by Muḥammad Masīḥ Shīrāzī with transcription completed 17 Muḥarram "٨٠۴" [ca. 27 August 1401], which seems impossible given Kalīm's dates ; 17 Muḥarram 1084 [i.e. ca. 4 May 1673] may have been intended. Ownership statement on 'title page' (p.1) provides a terminus ante quem of 1684. Former shelfmark: "121 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf. Binding: Pasteboards covered in black leather seemingly covered with lacquer ; Type II binding (with flap) ; two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in dark red leather gold-tooled with oval central ornament, crosses above and below, corner accents and border (all built up of small annular stamp) defined by gold rules ; upper and lower covers carry stamped central lozenge, pendants and cornerpieces (central lozenge and cornerpieces filled with composition of vegetal designs surrounding bird) painted red and bronze-gold and layered with lacquer, as well as border in gold-painted vegetal designs defined by gold fillets ; sewn in golden yellow and blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in golden yellow and blue thread ; overall in somewhat poor condition with envelope flap almost fully detached from fore edge flap (losses at joint), some lifting and losses of lacquer and leather, abrasion, losses and delamination of boards at edges, etc. Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and irregular chain lines visible, dense and sturdy though thin, well-burnished, dark cream in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper ; extensive pest damage in final seven leaves ; flyleaves in European laid paper. Decoration: Superb illuminated double-page opening on p.2-3 with headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by gold pendants surrounded by delicate floral vegetal decoration in orange, yellow, lavender, white, and red on a lapis and gold ground, surmounted by elongated scalloped dome filled with chi cloud and floral motifs in gold, orange, light blue, white, lavender, etc. surrounding pink pendants, all set in a well of now dark brownish blue with white accents flanked by narrow blue and gold bands ; marginal decoration of gold-painted plants and animals (lion, fox, rabbit, phoenix, antelope, etc.) completes the double-page illumination ; another exquisite illuminated headpiece at opening of ghazals on p.250 ; written area throughout surrounded by gold frame with blue outermost rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands ; text of written area of double page opening set off by gold cloud-bands, elsewhere flecked with gold ; gold-painted vegetal and animal decoration at close of some sections (see pp.249 and 491). Script: Nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand in a medium line, compactly filling the line ; characteristically serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in conjoined dots, point of final nūn set down in wide, slightly angled bowl. Layout: Written in 17 lines per page with written area often divided to two columns ; frame-ruled. Collation: i, 9 IV(72), III (78), 9 IV(150), III (156), 6 IV(204), III+1 (211), 2 IV(227), IV+1 (236), 2 IV(252), i ; chiefly quaternions ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing. Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "بتاریخ هفدهم شهر محرم الحرام سنه ٨٠۴ سمت تحریر یافت علی ید الاحقر بل اللاشی محمد مسیح شیرازی م م م" Explicit: " آرایش روزگار امروز ازوست بر روی زمانه زلف پر پیچ و خمیست" Incipit: "شوق هر کس را که در راه طلب سر میدهد گر در آرد اول از پا آخرش پرمیهد ..." Title supplied by cataloguer. Ms. codex. Purchase ; Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). 1924.
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the collected poems of Kalīm Abū Ṭālib (d. 1651). Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında
Muḥammad ʻĀrif fl. 1831, former owner. محمد عارف، مالك سابق. Muḥammad Amīn ibn Muḥammad Muʼmin Shīrāzī, fl. 1684, former owner. محمد امين ابن محمد مؤمن شيرازى، مالك سابق. Muḥammad Masīḥ Shīrāzī, fl. 1673?, scribe. محمد مسيح شيرازى، ناسخ.
İçinde
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Köken
Several former owners' marks on 'title page' (p.1) including ownership statement dated Rabīʻ II 1095 [March-April 1684] in name of Ibn Muḥammad Muʼmin Shīrāzī Muḥammad Amīn (ابن محمد مؤمن شیرازی محمد امین) accompanied by and rectangular seal impression dated 1082 [1671 or 2], statement reads "صار من متملكات اقل عباد الله ابن محمد مؤمن شيرازى محمد امين فى شهر ربيع الثانى من شهور سنه ١٠٩٥," ownership statement in name of Muḥammad Bāqir [?] son of Mīrzā Luṭf Allāh al-Sharīf al-Mūsavī (ولد میرزا لطف الله الشریف الموسوی محمدباقر) accompanied by small rectangular seal impression, statment reads "هو دخل فى نوبة العبد الفقير الحقير القاصر لولد مرحوم المبرور ميرزا لطف الله الشريف الموسوى محمدباقر [؟] عفى عنهما," oval seal impression dated 1219 [1804 or 5] and oval seal impression dated 1247 [1831 or 2] in name of Muḥammad ʻĀrif (محمد عارف) ; poetic excerpts on front flyleaf and 'title page' (p.1) ; fairly clean copy with rare marginal corrections (see p.248).
Kaynaklar
Storey, C. Persian literature: a bio-bibliographical survey, p.572 Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.686
WorldCat
https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1194681365
