Publication Date
[ca. 1708]
Subject
Manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Turkish /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Turkish / Michigan /
Ann Arbor., Manuscripts, Persian, Manuscripts, Persian /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Persian / Michigan /
Ann Arbor., Turkish poetry., Persian poetry, Persian poetry /
1500-1796.
Type
Book
Language
fas,ota
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Pages Count
264
Physical Dimensions
264 leaves : paper ; 222 x 135 (170-180 x 80-86) mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
006822558
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: Elegant copy of a collection (mecmua / majmūʻah) of poetic extracts in Persian and Ottoman Turkish, apparently compiled and copied by the Ottoman historian Mustafa Naima (d.1716). Tabrīzī (d. between 1080/1669-70 and 1088/1677-8). Later additions in at least two other hands. | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 409
Origin: According to colophon on p.276, copied by the Ottoman historian Mustafa Naima (Muṣṭafá Naʻīmā, d.1716) with transcription of opening sections completed in the last days of Rajab 1120 [October 1708] ; inscription on front flyleaf (p.1) also indicates that the mecmua is in the hand of Naima, "Collection written in the calligraphy of the late Mabrour Na'ima'i Bahr al-Fada'il (may Allah have mercy on him)" as does the inscription on the head edge of the text block Effendi" ; date of 1123 [1711 or 12] appears on p.341 and date of 1121 [1709 or 10] appears on p.
Former shelfmark: "76 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) ; "217" on tail edge of text block.
Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in brown leather with tooled and gold-filled central ornament following the outline of the stamped lozenge and pendants on each cover and filled with floral motifs, set off by gold-tooled accents and gold-painted borders ; upper and lower covers carry stamped (recessed onlays in red leather) and gold-painted central lozenge (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) and pendants, as well as gold-tooled accents and border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in dark blue thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in blue and pink, tailband gone, headband damaged with some losses ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc.
Support: European and non-European laid paper (most gatherings composed of bifolia in both) in several types ; main European type with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-29 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermark of crown above cartouche with initials (difficult to make out) and diamond-shaped medallion reminiscent of grapes below documents Ottomans, appearing in ms. other watermarks include mount of six cups with "GB" [?] below (see p.502, 506, etc.) and crown above cartouche with "PSD" and grapes (grapes) below (see p.518 and compare Grapes nos. 7-8 in Velkov, The Watermarks in Ottoman Documents, appearing in mss in Istanbul 1711) ; main non-European type with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly indistinct) and no chain lines visible ; all quite well-sized and burnished, mainly cream or dark cream with some leaves tinted blue or yellow ; staining and tidelines.
Decoration: Headings and keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs, hāʼ, etc. ; in some sections, written area and columns within surrounded by a gold frame outlined in black fillets.
Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish / Ottoman hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of inclination to the right, gentle descent of words to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing mainly in conjoined dots.
Layout: Varies, though mainly in as many as 27 lines per page, divided into two columns ; elsewhere in as many as 41 lines across the diagonal ; frame-ruled.
Collation: i, V+1 (11), VI (23), II+1 (28), III+1 (35), IV (43), IV+1 (52), 6V(112), III+1(119), 6V(179), IV(187), IV+1(196), 4V(236), V-1(245), V(255), V-1(254), V(264); i ; many quinions ; numerous lacunae, with many leaves left wholly or partially blank between sections ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).
Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "Abd al-Faqir Mustafa Na'ima's handwriting occurred at the end of Rajab al-Fard, Sanaa
Title from rubricated inscription on opening leaf (p.3).
Ms. codex.
Possible forms of shelf marks or sellers' marks on front flyleaf (p.1) "157" etc. ; ownership statement (likely dated 1286 [1869 or 70] on front flyleaf (p.1) in name of Mustafa Reşit (Sayed Mustafa Rashid / Muṣṭafá Raşīd), son of Grand Vezir Mehmet Emin Ali Paşa (d.1871), statement reads "I book الفقير الى الاء ربه المجيد السيد مصطفى راشيد مخدوم Wazir-e-Azam Sayyid Muhammad Amin Ali Pasha Yasrallah ..." (compare statements and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 226 and Isl. Ms. 389, along with Isl. Ms. 308, Isl. Ms. 399 and Isl. Ms. 371) ; possible former owner's inscription on opening 'title page' (p.5) in name of Abullah Raşit Efendi "الفقير عبد الله راشد افندى" ; marginal glosses and notabilia (often rubricated) ; later excerpts in other hands, e.g., hand supplying excerpts of p.279, pp. 351-359 (where the date 1171 [1757 or 8] appears) and p.524 ff [1719-21] appear), p.428, pp.512-513, etc. which is similar to the hand supplying the text on the verso of the opening leaf (p.4).
