Author
Suyūṭī, 1445-1505.
Publication Date
[1480?-1536]
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /
Ann Arbor., Arabic language, Arabic language /
Grammar, Arabic language / Grammar /
Early works to 1800., Arabic language, Arabic language /
Syntax, Arabic language / Syntax /
Early works to 1800., Headpieces (layout features)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Pages Count
290
Physical Dimensions
290 leaves : paper ; 233 x 155 (163 x 75) mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
006795880
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: Fine copy of one of al-Suyūṭī's works on the Arabic language, following the method of the religious sciences (fiqh), with both parts (halves) of the text here appearing in a single volume. Preceded by detailed table of contents (pp.4-13) and followed by several other short texts (see pp.12-13 for listing). | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 224
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated statement on front flyleaf suggest a terminus ante quem of 1537 ; paper and hand certainly suggest late 15th or early 16th century.
Former shelfmark: "323 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) ; "224" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1) and 'title page' (p.15).
Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in dark red leather ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal decoration, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants with gold-painted accents and gold-tooled border ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and pink, damaged with losses to head and tail ; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, fore edge flap too narrow, etc.
Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, varies) and faint chain lines occasionally visible, often grouped in twos or threes (see p.22, 24, etc.) ; transluscent, thin and crisp, heavily sized and burnished, medium cream in color ; flyleaves in European laid paper.
Decoration: Exquisite, superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.16, consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the basmalah in white riqāʻ surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; both pieces decorated with swirling vegetal designs with floral accents in gold, white, pink, green, and orange on fields of gold and lapis lazuli ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame consisting of gold band flanked by black fillets ; keywords, section headings and abbreviation symbols (mainly two teeth stroke above keywords) rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of inverted commas in red.
Script: Naskh ; clear, compact hand ; serifless with slight effect of inclination to the left, pointing mainly in distinct dots, curvilinear descenders, partially vocalized ; opening table of contents in a fine, seriffed riqāʻ then nastaʻlīq (talik).
Layout: Written in 31 lines per page ; frame-ruled.
Collation: i, III (6), IV+1 (15), V (25), 1+IV (34), 8 V(114), III (120), 3 V(150), IV+1 (159), V (169), IV+1 (178), 5 V(228), II (232), 5 V(282), IV (290), i ; chiefly quinions ; leaves between sections left blank or partially blank ; several lacunae marked "بياض بالاصل" (see p.149, 482, 485, etc.) ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).
Explicit: "هذا بسرا والثانية اطيب منه عنبا لا تضحت المسئلة وانكشفت معناها والله اعلم مسئلة سئلت عن اعراب تركيب وقع في بعض كتب الحنفية ... لانه عمل قبل وجود الشرظ وذلك باطل اجماع والله سبحانه وتعالى اعلم بالصواب"
Incipit: "سبحان الله المنزه عن الاشباه والنظائر والحمد لله المتفضل بغفران الكبائر والصغائر ... اما بعد فان فنون العربية على اختلاف انواعها هى اول فنوني ومبتدا الاخبار التي كان في احاديثها سمري وشجوني ... ومام سودت من ذلك كتاب ظريف ... ضمنته القواعد النحوية ذوات الاشباه والنظائر ... والفت كتاب الاشباه والنظائر مرتبا على اسلوب اخر يعرف من مراجعته وهذا الكتاب الذي شرعنا في تجديده في العربية يشبه كتاب القاضي تاج الدين الذي في الفقه ..."
Title from colophon for first half (p.284).
Ms. codex.
Inscriptions in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) "323 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and recto of front flyleaf (p.1) and 'title page' (p.15) "224" ; ownership statements on front flyleaf (p.1) include statements for one Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn ( زين العابدين ) , for one ʻUthmān ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥalīm ( عثمان بن عبد الحليم / Osman bin Abdülhalim), and for one Eminzade Mustafa Han (امين زاده مصطفى خان / Amīnʻzādah Muṣṭafá Khān) ; another statement on front flyleaf (p.1) appears to be dated 943 [1536 or 7] and still another (effaced) dated 10-0 [?] ; more detailed statement dated 25 Jumādá II [?] 1119 [ca. 23 September ? 1707] in name of the same Eminzade Mustafa appears accompanied by oval seal impression on the opening leaf of the table of contents (p.3) ; on 'title page' (p.15), ownership statement in name of Muḥammad Maʻṣūm, known as Laʻlīʻzādah (محمد معصوم الشهير بلعلى زاده / Lalizade Mehmet Masum) ; marginal corrections ; occasional notablia (side-heads), most rubricated.
