Author
Kākī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1348 or 1349.
Publication Place
[15--?] -
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /Ann Arbor., Hanafites, Hanafites /Early works to 1800., Islamic law, Islamic law /Interpretation and construction, Islamic law / Interpretation and construction /Early works to 1800.
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
177
Physical Dimensions
177 leaves : paper ; 203 x 152 (115 x 83) mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
006803834
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 563 Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggests 16th century. Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda. Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and fore edge flap label "IL 257" (likely supplied by Yahuda see acquisitions slip). Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in light brown leather ; hinges in yellow, gold-flecked paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition, similar to Déroche OSd 4) and pendants, along with tooled border (now largely covered by repairs) ; sewn in lavender thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in lime green and lavender, fairly good condition ; overall in poor condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards (especially in upper cover, revealing use of manuscript 'waste' in pasteboards), upper cover detaching at spine, etc. ; repairs in various leathers ; housed in box for protection. Support: European laid paper ; mainly with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29 mm. apart (horizontal), and anchor in circle watermark (two line, star above, see p.114, 120, etc.), medium cream in color, sturdy and well-burnished to glossy ; toward close, another type with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 32-34 mm. apart (horizontal), and tower or column with cross above (reminiscent of a chess piece) watermark (see p.334, 343, etc.). Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs. Script: Naskh ; elegant Turkish hand, initially (through about p.19) fairly large and freely ligatured ; elsewhere more compact, partially seriffed with dramatic left-sloping head-serif mainly on lām of definite article, effect of tilt to the left, slight effect of words descending to baseline, curvilinear descenders, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set deep in bowl ; opening replacement leaf in still another hand. Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Collation: IV-2+2 (8), 5 IV(48), III (54), 15 IV(174), I+1 (177), i ; chiefly quaternions ; opening leaf replaced ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.323-324). Explicit: "فذحبوه فيما ميتة هي لاقل تحري واكل في الاختيار تمت بحمد الله وحسن توفيقه والحمد لله رب العالمين آمين" Incipit: "الحمد لله باسط الارض ورافع السماء وباعث الرسل والانبياء ... وبعد فاني لما رأيت علم الفقه اعظم العلوم واحوجها في كيفية سلوك المنهج القويم والصراط المستقيم اردت ان اجمع فيه مختصرا في المذاهب الاربعة ... وسميته عيون المذاهب الكاملي ..." Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.3) and opening matter on p.5. Ms. codex. Virtually illegible inscription on head edge appears to include ownership statement ; fairly clean copy though table of contents appears on recto of front flyleaf (p.1) and a few excerpts (including entry from Kashf al-ẓunūn on front flyleaf verso/p.2) at opening.. Elegant copy of the treatise on the four orthodox schools of law by Qiwām al-Dīn (Qawām al-Dīn) Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Khujandī al-Sanjārī al-Kākī (d.1348 or 9). Attributed on tail edge inscription and 'title page' (p.3) to Jalāl al-Dīn al-Khabbāzī, apparently the author of a commentary on this work (see GAL, S II 268, cmt. a).
