Author
Badr al-Dīn al-Dhahabī.
Publication Date
[1719]
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /
Ann Arbor., Arabic language, Arabic language /
Style, Arabic language / Style /
Early works to 1800., Arabic poetry, Arabic poetry /
1258-1800., Arabic prose literature, Arabic prose literature /
1258-1800., Headpieces (layout features)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Pages Count
149
Physical Dimensions
149 leaves : paper ; 200 x 150 mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
006803025
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: Fine copy of Wasāʼil al-sāʼil a collection of poems and prose attributed to Badr al-Dīn al-Dhahabī [?], compiled on the order of al-Mawlá Muhammad Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn. Followed by a selection of essays by Shams al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Ḥasan al-Nawājī (d.1455) for which he obtained an ijāzah in ʻilm al-kitābah from Zayn al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ṣāʼigh al-Mukattib (d.1441 or 2) (see statement at opening on p.302). | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 256
Origin: As appears in colophon on p.271, Wasāʼil al-sāʼil copied from a copy in the author's hand with transcription completed ("wa-kāna al-farāgh min raqh...") 22 Muḥarram 1132 [ca. 5 December 1719]. As appears in colophon on p.301, transcription of Nubdhah min inshāʼ al-shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī completed on 28 Muḥarram 1132 [ca. 11 December 1719].
Former shelfmark: "252 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) ; "126" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.5).
Binding: Pasteboards (thin, semi-limp) faced in dark red leather with dark brown leather now over spine and edges / turn-ins (possibly a repair) ; Type II binding (with flap); pastedowns and flyleaves in bright magenta coated paper ; upper and lower covers carry central blind-stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) and flanking rosettes (typically seen on envelope flap compositions), along with constellations of tooled rosette accents and border in a series of s-shaped stamps; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in golden yellow and red, good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion and staining.
Support: European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (horizontal) and no watermarks visible though perhaps cut off or otherwise obscured ; creamy and well-burnished ; some ink burned to breakthrough ; repairs in European wove paper.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening of Wasāʼil al-sāʼil on p.6, partially damaged and restored, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling vegetal decoration, mainly in red and gold ; Rubricated section headings and keywords ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by frame consisting of gold band with red and black rules ; written area in bulk of text surrounded by red-rule border.
Script: Naskh ; clear Egyptian, 'Syrian,' or Turkish hand ; extensively but somewhat inconsistently seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on ascenders of alif (even freestanding), lām, ṭāʼ and ẓāʼ ; some elongation of horizontal strokes ; pointing for two and three dots in lines, with three dots represented by a curved mark resembling the letter dāl ; mainly curvilinear descendants ; freely ligatured.
Layout: Written mainly in 23 lines per page with written area often divided into two columns to set off poetry ; frame-ruled.
Collation: ii, 4V(40), IV(48), II(52), 2IV(68), 3V(98), III(104), V(114), 3IV(138), V+1(149), ii ; quinions and quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves).
Colophon: [Wasāʼil al-sāʼil] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "And the last thing we have created is a book of the words of this Imam The gap from the number of the evening from the blessed day of Monday the tenth of Muharram the sacred opening of the general Monday and Tuesday after a month and a half Al-Nazim (may Allaah have mercy on him) and his family and companions and peace be upon him" ; [Nubdhah min inshāʼ al-Shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "And this is the last thing Allah remembers from the words of this Imam, may Allah have mercy on him, and there is nothing left of his book today And the twentieth of the month of Muharram, the sacred opening of the public on Monday and Tuesday after a month and a half of the migration of the Prophethood العلية"
Incipit: [Wasāʼil al-sāʼil] "Praise be to those who set the record of literature on the artists of the Arabic age ... and then fan what heals the wounded wound ... the innovative works in all kinds of lectures Grand Master and Master Master Mohammad Zain al-Abideen ... Amrany and the grace of gathering from which is considered the possibility of the conscience is obligatory to stand on the steps of obedience ... Listen to her And the questions and their values on the letters of the dictionary and on Allah's acceptance ..." ; [Nubdhah min inshāʼ al-Shaykh Shams al-Dīn al-Nawājī] "Praise be to Allah, Who has made the industry of the book the virtue of honor and virtue It has a slim taste and does not heal except non-straight nature
Title supplied by catalogers from 'title page' (p.5).
Ms. codex.
Inscriptions in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) "252 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and 'title page' (p.5) "126 " ; occasional marginal corrections ; ownership statement in margin of p al-Rahim Tahir ... al-Makki ") dated Muḥarram 1256 [March-April 1840] ; another former owner or reader's note in margin of p.213.
