al-Mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād, [193-?].
(المبدأ والمعاد, [193-م?].)

Title	al-Mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād, [193-?].
Title Original	المبدأ والمعاد, [193-م?].
Publication Date:	[193-?]
Subject	Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosophy / Early works to 1800.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	No
Manuscript	Unknown
Pages Count	27
Physical Dimensions	27 leaves : paper ; 213 x 168 mm. bound to 207 x 165 mm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	006833487
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: Careful copy of what appears to be the latter sections from an abridgment of Mullā Ṣadrā Shīrāzī's (d.1641) al-Mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād, opening in al-Maqālah al-thālithah of al-Fann al-awwal (compare Isl. Mss. 980 and 965). \| Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 979 Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 128 Binding: Boards covered in black textured cloth ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a geometric pattern (resembling a scale pattern) in dull gold ; cover gold-stamped with "المبدأ والمعاد" ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords ; overall in fairly good condition. Support: Machine wove paper. Decoration: Text executed entirely in a pinkish-red ink. Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand in a thin to medium line ; serifless and freely ligatured with effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed. Layout: Written mainly in 10-11 lines per page. Collation: i, X (20), IV-1 (27), i ; one gathering of ten bifolia followed by an anomalous quaternion ; pages between sections (corresponding to gatherings) left blank, one serving as section 'title page' (see p.41) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Explicit: "وهذا الروح هو الذي قوبل في الملائكة جميعهم في عدة آيات من الكتاب المجيد ... وقال تنزل الملائكة والروح وبه صلى الله عليه وسلم نختتم الكلام نسأل [؟] بجاه عند ذي الجلال والاكرام سائلين التوفيق والهداية الى طريق التحقيق آمين" Incipit: "وانما القرب من الله جل وعلا بالعبد من صفات البهائم والسباع والشياطين ... المقصد الثاني في افعاله تعالى تشتمل هذه المقدمة على عدة تقسيمات الاول الموجودات الجوهرية ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1). 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. 7923" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning \| Heyworth-Dunne \| 6-13-51 \| 71955" ; a few marginal corrections.

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al-Mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād, [193-?].

(المبدأ والمعاد, [193-م?].)

Publication Date [193-?]

Subject Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Islamic philosophy, Islamic philosophy / Early works to 1800.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital No

Manuscript Unknown

Pages Count 27

Physical Dimensions 27 leaves : paper ; 213 x 168 mm. bound to 207 x 165 mm

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 006833487

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: Careful copy of what appears to be the latter sections from an abridgment of Mullā Ṣadrā Shīrāzī's (d.1641) al-Mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād, opening in al-Maqālah al-thālithah of al-Fann al-awwal (compare Isl. Mss. 980 and 965). | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 979 Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 128 Binding: Boards covered in black textured cloth ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a geometric pattern (resembling a scale pattern) in dull gold ; cover gold-stamped with "المبدأ والمعاد" ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords ; overall in fairly good condition. Support: Machine wove paper. Decoration: Text executed entirely in a pinkish-red ink. Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand in a thin to medium line ; serifless and freely ligatured with effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed. Layout: Written mainly in 10-11 lines per page. Collation: i, X (20), IV-1 (27), i ; one gathering of ten bifolia followed by an anomalous quaternion ; pages between sections (corresponding to gatherings) left blank, one serving as section 'title page' (see p.41) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Explicit: "وهذا الروح هو الذي قوبل في الملائكة جميعهم في عدة آيات من الكتاب المجيد ... وقال تنزل الملائكة والروح وبه صلى الله عليه وسلم نختتم الكلام نسأل [؟] بجاه عند ذي الجلال والاكرام سائلين التوفيق والهداية الى طريق التحقيق آمين" Incipit: "وانما القرب من الله جل وعلا بالعبد من صفات البهائم والسباع والشياطين ... المقصد الثاني في افعاله تعالى تشتمل هذه المقدمة على عدة تقسيمات الاول الموجودات الجوهرية ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1). 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. 7923" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; a few marginal corrections.