[Tafsīr al-Qurʼān, 17th century].
([تفسير القرآن, القرن 17م].)

Name: [Tafsīr al-Qurʼān, 17th century].
Author: Abū Saʻīd al-Ḥunayfī.

Title	[Tafsīr al-Qurʼān, 17th century].
Title Original	[تفسير القرآن, القرن 17م].
Author	Abū Saʻīd al-Ḥunayfī.
Publication Date:	[16--]
Subject	Qurʼan, Qurʼan / Commentaries, Qurʼan / Commentaries / Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Unknown
Pages Count	209
Physical Dimensions	209 leaves : paper ; 195 x 140 (145 x 95) mm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	005968619
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: Clear copy of an odd final volume of a commentary on the Qurʼān attributed to Abū Saʻīd al-Ḥunayfī (al-Ḥanīfī), beginning in Sūrat al-burūj (85) and continuing through Sūrat al-nās (114). Incomplete with final leaves missing (ends in verse four of the final sūrah). Description provided mainly by Sarah Mirza. \| Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 12 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper suggests 18th century. Accompanying materials: a. Between pp.80-81, machine-made paper with accounts -- b. between pp.172-173, a commendation slip dated 1318 [1900] issued by a civil primary school in Erzurum and carrying the director's seal -- c. between pp.390-391, accounts slip on laid paper. Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 67. Commentary on Kuran." Binding: Pasteboards covered in untinted laid paper with spine light brown leather (effective quarter binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in maroon, intact at head and tail ; in fair condition with only minor abrasion on at corners and some red rot on spine leather. Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertial) and chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (horizontal) ; pot watermark in at least three designs, one with empty interior except for bisecting line, two handles, four feet, with lid and surmounted by stalk and crown, another carrying "M" with lid surmounted by stalk and crescent, and another carrying "P B" with lid surmounted by stalk and floral motif. Decoration: Qur'ānic text overlined in red. Script: Naskh ; clear Turkish hand ; mainly serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, mainly open counters, curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, use of both freely ligatured with waw and lām occasionally assimilated, etc. ; chapter headings seriffed with rightward serif on alif and lām ; occasional vocalization added to Qur'ānic quotations by glossator ; glosses in several other hands. Layout: Written in 13 lines per page. Collation: i, 25 IV(200), IV + 1 (209) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing. Explicit: "اله الناس من شر الوسواس اي الموسوس الوسواس بفتح الواو و" Incipit: "قوله تعالى والسماء ذات البروج الى اخر السورة قال الشيخ ابو الحنيفي رحمة الله عليه اعلم ان في هذه السورة كلاما من خمسة اوجه احدها في فضائل قرأتها والثاني في عدد اياتها وكلماتها وحروفها والثالث نزولها والرابع في تفسيرها والخامس فيما يتصل بها" Title supplied by cataloguer. Ms. codex. Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 67. Commentary on Kuran." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "187" in Western numerals on recto of front flyleaf ; occasional glosses and marginal corrections.

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[Tafsīr al-Qurʼān, 17th century].

([تفسير القرآن, القرن 17م].)

Author Abū Saʻīd al-Ḥunayfī.

Publication Date [16--]

Subject Qurʼan, Qurʼan / Commentaries, Qurʼan / Commentaries / Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Unknown

Pages Count 209

Physical Dimensions 209 leaves : paper ; 195 x 140 (145 x 95) mm

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 005968619

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: Clear copy of an odd final volume of a commentary on the Qurʼān attributed to Abū Saʻīd al-Ḥunayfī (al-Ḥanīfī), beginning in Sūrat al-burūj (85) and continuing through Sūrat al-nās (114). Incomplete with final leaves missing (ends in verse four of the final sūrah). Description provided mainly by Sarah Mirza. | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 12 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper suggests 18th century. Accompanying materials: a. Between pp.80-81, machine-made paper with accounts -- b. between pp.172-173, a commendation slip dated 1318 [1900] issued by a civil primary school in Erzurum and carrying the director's seal -- c. between pp.390-391, accounts slip on laid paper. Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 67. Commentary on Kuran." Binding: Pasteboards covered in untinted laid paper with spine light brown leather (effective quarter binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in maroon, intact at head and tail ; in fair condition with only minor abrasion on at corners and some red rot on spine leather. Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertial) and chain lines spaced 24 mm. apart (horizontal) ; pot watermark in at least three designs, one with empty interior except for bisecting line, two handles, four feet, with lid and surmounted by stalk and crown, another carrying "M" with lid surmounted by stalk and crescent, and another carrying "P B" with lid surmounted by stalk and floral motif. Decoration: Qur'ānic text overlined in red. Script: Naskh ; clear Turkish hand ; mainly serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, mainly open counters, curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, use of both freely ligatured with waw and lām occasionally assimilated, etc. ; chapter headings seriffed with rightward serif on alif and lām ; occasional vocalization added to Qur'ānic quotations by glossator ; glosses in several other hands. Layout: Written in 13 lines per page. Collation: i, 25 IV(200), IV + 1 (209) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing. Explicit: "اله الناس من شر الوسواس اي الموسوس الوسواس بفتح الواو و" Incipit: "قوله تعالى والسماء ذات البروج الى اخر السورة قال الشيخ ابو الحنيفي رحمة الله عليه اعلم ان في هذه السورة كلاما من خمسة اوجه احدها في فضائل قرأتها والثاني في عدد اياتها وكلماتها وحروفها والثالث نزولها والرابع في تفسيرها والخامس فيما يتصل بها" Title supplied by cataloguer. Ms. codex. Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 67. Commentary on Kuran." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "187" in Western numerals on recto of front flyleaf ; occasional glosses and marginal corrections.