Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak, [1174, i.e. 1761?].
(ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق, [1174ه، 1761م؟].)

Name: Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak, [1174, i.e. 1761?].
Author: Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657.

Title	Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak, [1174, i.e. 1761?].
Title Original	ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق, [1174ه، 1761م؟].
Author	Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657.
Publication Date:	[1761?]
Subject	Manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Turkish / Michigan, Manuscripts, Turkish / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Islamic ethics, Islamic ethics / Early works to 1800., Muslims, Muslims / Conduct of life, Muslims / Conduct of life / Early works to 1800., Islam, Islam / Doctrines, Islam / Doctrines / Early works to 1800., Headpieces (layout features)
Type	Book
Language	ota,tur
Digital	No
Manuscript	Unknown
Pages Count	56
Physical Dimensions	56 leaves : paper ; 193 x 110 (109 x 47) mm
Library:	HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID	006818822
Library Location	University of Michigan
Notes	About: Elegant copy of Kâtip Çelebi's final work (composed in 1067/1656), addressing controversial questions of doctrine or practice with proposed solutions, and closing with an autobiographical account of his life and works (khātimah / hatime, beginning on p.91). \| Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 371 Origin: As appears at close on p.108, transcription completed Jumādá II [?] 1174 [January-February? 1761]. Former shelfmark: "425 [?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1). Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in marbled paper (in light and dark blue, light and dark pink, and dark green) ; upper and lower covers carry lozenge-shaped central ornament filled with gold-tooled vegetal composition, accompanied by tooled rosettes and gold-painted accents as well as guilloché roll border in gold ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in light red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in spring green and pale pink [?], tailband damaged ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, detaching at spine (revealing spine lining in leather with primaries sewn through),etc. Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly distinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, thin, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, some leaves tinted (brown, yellow, beige, pale pink) and or gold-flecked ; a few bifolia of European laid paper. Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesques and floral motifs (in gold, red, blue, pink, white) around an empty gold cartouche, set in a well of gold bands flanking a band of red and a heavy band of interlace and surmounted by elaborate vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue ; incipit page silver-flecked ; written area throughout bordered in a heavy gold frame defined by black fillets and outermost red rule ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; illuminated tailpiece anchoring text at close on p.108 consisting of swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink and red with blue chī clouds and border. Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, elongation of horizontal strokes. Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: i, 5 V(50), III (56), i ; almost exclusively quinions (with final ternion) ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.75-76). Colophon: "ح م سنه ١١٧٤ ج" Explicit: "جخى كلام بونكله انجامه ايروب رساله تمام اولدى حق سبحانه و تعالى جمله مزه حسن خاتمه ميسر ايدوب طريق برهان رضاى رحماندن آيرميه بمنه وكرمه ولطفه" Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي جعل العقل حجة في خلقه وايد الشرع به فيما يفرق بين الباطل وحقه ... وبعد اول آفرينشدن برو ميان ارباب وانشده عقل ايله نقل توامان ومعقول ومنقول فرسى رهان ايدكى ... اكه بناء نزاع اولنان مسئله لرده طريق برهانى بيان ايچون ... ورق تسويد اولنوب نامنه ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق دينلدى ..." Title from opening matter on pp.2-3. Ms. codex. Ownership statement on 'title page' (p.1) in name of Tahir Efendizade Mehmet Asım (طاهر افندى زاده محمد عاصم / Ṭāhir Afandīʻzādah Muḥammad ʻĀṣim) ; also on 'title page' (p.1) effaced statement and oval seal impression in name of one Mustafa Reşit ( Muṣṭafá Rashīd / السيد مصطفى رشيد ) likely son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa (d.1871), compare statements (some dated 1286 [1870]) 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. 409; occasional marginal corrections.

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Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak, [1174, i.e. 1761?].

(ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق, [1174ه، 1761م؟].)

Author Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657.

Publication Date [1761?]

Subject Manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Turkish / Michigan, Manuscripts, Turkish / Michigan / Ann Arbor., Islamic ethics, Islamic ethics / Early works to 1800., Muslims, Muslims / Conduct of life, Muslims / Conduct of life / Early works to 1800., Islam, Islam / Doctrines, Islam / Doctrines / Early works to 1800., Headpieces (layout features)

Type Book

Language ota,tur

Digital No

Manuscript Unknown

Pages Count 56

Physical Dimensions 56 leaves : paper ; 193 x 110 (109 x 47) mm

Library HathiTrust Digital Library

Record ID 006818822

Library Location University of Michigan

Notes About: Elegant copy of Kâtip Çelebi's final work (composed in 1067/1656), addressing controversial questions of doctrine or practice with proposed solutions, and closing with an autobiographical account of his life and works (khātimah / hatime, beginning on p.91). | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 371 Origin: As appears at close on p.108, transcription completed Jumādá II [?] 1174 [January-February? 1761]. Former shelfmark: "425 [?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1). Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in marbled paper (in light and dark blue, light and dark pink, and dark green) ; upper and lower covers carry lozenge-shaped central ornament filled with gold-tooled vegetal composition, accompanied by tooled rosettes and gold-painted accents as well as guilloché roll border in gold ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in light red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in spring green and pale pink [?], tailband damaged ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, detaching at spine (revealing spine lining in leather with primaries sewn through),etc. Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly distinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, thin, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, some leaves tinted (brown, yellow, beige, pale pink) and or gold-flecked ; a few bifolia of European laid paper. Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesques and floral motifs (in gold, red, blue, pink, white) around an empty gold cartouche, set in a well of gold bands flanking a band of red and a heavy band of interlace and surmounted by elaborate vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue ; incipit page silver-flecked ; written area throughout bordered in a heavy gold frame defined by black fillets and outermost red rule ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; illuminated tailpiece anchoring text at close on p.108 consisting of swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink and red with blue chī clouds and border. Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, elongation of horizontal strokes. Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: i, 5 V(50), III (56), i ; almost exclusively quinions (with final ternion) ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.75-76). Colophon: "ح م سنه ١١٧٤ ج" Explicit: "جخى كلام بونكله انجامه ايروب رساله تمام اولدى حق سبحانه و تعالى جمله مزه حسن خاتمه ميسر ايدوب طريق برهان رضاى رحماندن آيرميه بمنه وكرمه ولطفه" Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي جعل العقل حجة في خلقه وايد الشرع به فيما يفرق بين الباطل وحقه ... وبعد اول آفرينشدن برو ميان ارباب وانشده عقل ايله نقل توامان ومعقول ومنقول فرسى رهان ايدكى ... اكه بناء نزاع اولنان مسئله لرده طريق برهانى بيان ايچون ... ورق تسويد اولنوب نامنه ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق دينلدى ..." Title from opening matter on pp.2-3. Ms. codex. Ownership statement on 'title page' (p.1) in name of Tahir Efendizade Mehmet Asım (طاهر افندى زاده محمد عاصم / Ṭāhir Afandīʻzādah Muḥammad ʻĀṣim) ; also on 'title page' (p.1) effaced statement and oval seal impression in name of one Mustafa Reşit ( Muṣṭafá Rashīd / السيد مصطفى رشيد ) likely son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa (d.1871), compare statements (some dated 1286 [1870]) 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. 409; occasional marginal corrections.