Author
Suyūṭī, 1445-1505.
Publication Date
[1602]
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /
Ann Arbor., Arabic prose literature, Arabic prose literature /
Early works to 1800.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Pages Count
35
Physical Dimensions
35 leaves : paper ; 198 x 149 (155 x 99) mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
006805674
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: Fine copy of a selection of four of the maqāmāt composed by the famous and prolific author and scholar, al-Suyūṭī (d.1505). The maqāmāt here address fruits, vegetables, nuts, and precious stones. | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 649
Origin: As appears at close on p.69 (in what seems to be a different hand), transcription completed end of Ṣafar 1011 [August 1602].
Accompanying materials: Acquisitions slip from Yahuda.
Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and label on lower cover, "IL 356" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).
Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (in dark blue, green, red, yellow, and orange on white) with spine, fore edge flap, and edges/turn-ins in light brown leather (framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in orange-tinted laid paper ; sewn in light yellow thread, four stations, many threads broken ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, minor lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; fully detached from text block.
Support: European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28-29 mm. apart (horizontal), and anchor in circle with leaf above watermark (50 mm. tall, see pp.6-7, etc.) ; well-burnished to glossy, sturdy.
Decoration: Headings and keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.
Script: Naskh ; clear Egyptian or 'Syrian' hand in a medium line ; virtually serifless with curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, hamzah used (al-hamzah al-mutawassiṭah al-maksūrah appears seated to the right of the pointed yāʼ, e.g. opening on p.18), occasional vocalization.
Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).
Collation: III (6), 2 V(26), IV+1 (35) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (before collation and while quires were out of order with second and third quire switched ; during collation correct pagination was added).
Colophon: [al-Maqāmah al-yāqūtīyah] "Scribal," reads "تمت بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله وحده وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وسلم بتاريخ اواخر صفر الخير سنة احد عشر والف"
Incipit: [al-Maqāmah al-tuffāḥīyah] "قال مولانا شيخ الحديث جلال الدين رحمه الله سألت طائفة فاقهة عن مناقب الفاكهة وصفاتها المشاكهة ..." ; [al-Maqāmah al-zumurrudīyah fī al-khaḍrawāt] "قال مولانا شيخ الحديث جلال الدين السيوطي رحمه الله سأل سائل عن اهل الوسائل من يقصد في المسائل ويرصد لديوان الرسائل عن الخضروات السبعة ..." ; [al-Maqāmah al-fustuqīyah] "قال مولانا الشيخ جلال الدين السيوطي مرت من النقول طائفة على النقول عائفة تروم الافصاح عن منافعها والايضاح ..." ; [ al-Maqāmah al-yāqūtīyah ] "قال مولانا شيخ الحديث جلال الدين السيوطي اجتمع سبعة من اليواقيت لبضعة من المواقيت ..."
Title from inscription on upper cover ; title for each maqāmah found on its respective 'title page' (p.1, 17, 27, 39).
Ms. codex.
Ownership statement on 'title page' (p.1) in name of Aḥmad Muṣṭafá al-Salamūnī ( احمد مصطفى السلموني ), reads "ملك الفقير احمد مصطفى السلموني" ; occasional corrections.
