Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd, [early 20th century?].
(مفتاح غيب الجمع والوجود, [اوائل القرن 20م؟].)

Name: Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd, [early 20th century?].
Author: Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274.

Title	Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd, [early 20th century?].
Title Original	مفتاح غيب الجمع والوجود, [اوائل القرن 20م؟].
Author	Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274.
Publication Date:	[Egypt?, 1900-1920?]
Subject	Adr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274., Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, / -1273 or 1274. / Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor., God (Islam), God (Islam) / Early works to 1800., Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosophy / Early works to 1800.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Unknown
Pages Count	186
Physical Dimensions	186 leaves : paper ; 212 x 155-168 mm. bound to 221 x 178 mm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	006833925
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: Careful copy of Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī's (d.1274) chief philosophical work, extensively glossed, with preface from Muḥammad ibn Ḥamzah al-Fanārī's commentary Miṣbāḥ al-uns bayna al-maʻqūl wa-al-mashhūd. \| Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 993 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper suggests transcription in Egypt, perhaps first decade of the 20th century or shortly after. Eventually bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 142 Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "مفتاح غيب الجمع والوجود \| J.H.D." ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition. Support: Machine laid and wove paper of several types ; opening and later sections (mainly pp.2-56, 141-172) in a machine laid paper with watermarks of arms / scrollwork with seated Britannia under crown (see pp.2, 141, 156, etc.) and "HERTFORDSHIRE MILLS" (see pp.20, 143, etc.) ; other sections on a ruled wove paper (see pp.57-104, 311-340) ; still other sections (see pp.107-140,217-224, 341-372) in a machine wove type with watermarks (in a few instances seeming embossed, see p.114, etc.) of what appears to be a head portrait (bordered in branches with a ribbon) and tuğra / ṭughrā of the sultan ; pp.245-292 in still another type with watermark of "GOUVERNEMENT EGYPTIEN" with star and crescent at center and other smaller crescents with three stars (see pp.246, 258, 262, etc. and compare Walz, "The Paper trade of Egypt and the Sudan," p.91). Decoration: Headings, keywords, symbols, vocalization and glosses rubricated. Script: Naskh ; elegant modern hand in a medium line ; partially but irregularly seriffed with effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing in conjoined dots, final yāʼ usually left unpointed, fully vocalized in some sections ; glosses and closing portions of the matn in ruqʻah. Layout: Written mainly in 9-13 lines per page with gloss in varying number of lines in the margins. Collation: i, 7 II(28), 3 IV(52), V (62), IV (80), 7 II(98), 7 IV(154), V (164), III (170), 2 IV(186), i ; chiefly binions and quaternions ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in pencil in the lower margin of the opening recto of almost every gathering ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Explicit: [Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd] "والصون الذي بين يديها فمن [وفق] في فعل او قول فانت الذي وفقته وسددته" Incipit: [Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd] "اللهم احمد نفسك عمن امرته ان يتخذك وكيلا حمدا عائدا منك اليك متحدا بك لا منقسما ولا مفصولا ... وبعد فالعلوم منها امهات اصلية" ; [Miṣbāḥ al-uns] "سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك حمدا يرتضيه ذاتك الذي لا يحوم حول عزه الاحمى ذكر ولا عبارة ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and rubricated heading at opening on p.2. Ms. codex. On upper pastedown, label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris \| J. Heyworth-Dunne \| D. Lit. (London) \| No. 7937" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning \| Heyworth-Dunne \| 6-11-51 \| 71955" ; possible former inventory mark "231/53" on verso of final leaf (p.372) ; extensive glosses.

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Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd, [early 20th century?].

(مفتاح غيب الجمع والوجود, [اوائل القرن 20م؟].)

Author Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274.

Publication Date [Egypt?, 1900-1920?]

Subject Adr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, -1273 or 1274., Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī, Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq, / -1273 or 1274. / Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor., God (Islam), God (Islam) / Early works to 1800., Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosophy / Early works to 1800.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Unknown

Pages Count 186

Physical Dimensions 186 leaves : paper ; 212 x 155-168 mm. bound to 221 x 178 mm

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 006833925

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: Careful copy of Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī's (d.1274) chief philosophical work, extensively glossed, with preface from Muḥammad ibn Ḥamzah al-Fanārī's commentary Miṣbāḥ al-uns bayna al-maʻqūl wa-al-mashhūd. | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 993 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper suggests transcription in Egypt, perhaps first decade of the 20th century or shortly after. Eventually bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 142 Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "مفتاح غيب الجمع والوجود | J.H.D." ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition. Support: Machine laid and wove paper of several types ; opening and later sections (mainly pp.2-56, 141-172) in a machine laid paper with watermarks of arms / scrollwork with seated Britannia under crown (see pp.2, 141, 156, etc.) and "HERTFORDSHIRE MILLS" (see pp.20, 143, etc.) ; other sections on a ruled wove paper (see pp.57-104, 311-340) ; still other sections (see pp.107-140,217-224, 341-372) in a machine wove type with watermarks (in a few instances seeming embossed, see p.114, etc.) of what appears to be a head portrait (bordered in branches with a ribbon) and tuğra / ṭughrā of the sultan ; pp.245-292 in still another type with watermark of "GOUVERNEMENT EGYPTIEN" with star and crescent at center and other smaller crescents with three stars (see pp.246, 258, 262, etc. and compare Walz, "The Paper trade of Egypt and the Sudan," p.91). Decoration: Headings, keywords, symbols, vocalization and glosses rubricated. Script: Naskh ; elegant modern hand in a medium line ; partially but irregularly seriffed with effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing in conjoined dots, final yāʼ usually left unpointed, fully vocalized in some sections ; glosses and closing portions of the matn in ruqʻah. Layout: Written mainly in 9-13 lines per page with gloss in varying number of lines in the margins. Collation: i, 7 II(28), 3 IV(52), V (62), IV (80), 7 II(98), 7 IV(154), V (164), III (170), 2 IV(186), i ; chiefly binions and quaternions ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in pencil in the lower margin of the opening recto of almost every gathering ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Explicit: [Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd] "والصون الذي بين يديها فمن [وفق] في فعل او قول فانت الذي وفقته وسددته" Incipit: [Miftāḥ ghayb al-jamʻ wa-al-wujūd] "اللهم احمد نفسك عمن امرته ان يتخذك وكيلا حمدا عائدا منك اليك متحدا بك لا منقسما ولا مفصولا ... وبعد فالعلوم منها امهات اصلية" ; [Miṣbāḥ al-uns] "سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك حمدا يرتضيه ذاتك الذي لا يحوم حول عزه الاحمى ذكر ولا عبارة ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1) and rubricated heading at opening on p.2. Ms. codex. On upper pastedown, label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No. 7937" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-11-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark "231/53" on verso of final leaf (p.372) ; extensive glosses.