Author
Ali ibn Abī Ṭālib, Caliph, approximately 600-661.
Publication Date
1996
Subject
Maxims, Arabic, Maxims, Arabic /
Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /
Ann Arbor.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Physical Dimensions
1 v. ([48] p.) ; 19 cm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
002641753
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: Admonitions of ʻAlī to his son Muḥammad al-Ḥanafīyah. | Title page and colophon give name of copyist as Shaykh Ḥamdallah (also known as Ibn al-Shaykh, 1429-1520); perhaps the single most important Ottoman calligrapher according to Irvin C. Schick (28 December 1989). According to Muhittin Serin, the copy is not in Shaykh Ḥamdallah's hand but was copied in its entirety, including colophon, by another calligrapher in imitation of his style (April 1993). From notes on catalog card in repository.
Illuminated ʻunwān and colophon; text vocalized and enclosed within gold borders.
Date of early 16th cent. suggested by researcher (Muhittin Serin, April 1993).