Author
Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt, active 1895.
Publication Date
[1895]
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic, Manuscripts, Arabic /Michigan, Manuscripts, Arabic / Michigan /Ann Arbor., Arabs, Arabs /Folklore., Folk literature, Arabic.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
63
Physical Dimensions
63 leaves : paper ; 225 x 166 (190 x 115) mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
006815306
Date
[1895]
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 653 v.15 Origin: This volume lacks dated colophon. As appears in colophon of volume 25 (Isl. Ms. 653 v.25, pp.112-113) transcription of the entire set executed by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt with transcription completed 20 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1312 [ca. 14 June 1895]. This volume was likely completed within months of that date. The colophon of vol. 25 also indicates that the work was authored by Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Sulaymān ʻArafāt and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī. Accompanying materials: For acquisitions slip and inventory cataloguing slip, see volume 1 of the set, Isl. Ms. v.1. Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover, "IL 163" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip in volume 1, Isl. Ms. 653 v.1). Binding: Fiber boards covered in a dull yellow paper with cream textile now over spine ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in bright pink coated paper ; numeral ١٥ (indicating volume number) inscribed on upper and lower covers ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, mainly four stations ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, losses of paper, boards splitting, etc. Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-26 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of three crescents (78 mm. long, perpendicular to chains) above 'FERDINANDO BETTI' itself above word in Arabic script (see p.4, 124, etc.). Decoration: Transfer picture of a flower with stems and leaves on 'title page' (p.3). Script: Ruqʻah ; virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), mainly closed counters, some elongation of horizontal strokes, point of final nūn often set deep within bowl, pointing (for two and three dots) varies from strokes or conjoined dots to distinct dots. Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, occasionally divided to two columns to set off poetry. Collation: VIII (16), VII (30), VIII (46), VIII+1 (63) ; octonions (one anonmalous) and a septenion ; final leaf left blank (serves as a 'flyleaf') ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Explicit: "فقال نحن من مداين خراخير وملكنا والليل امسى والحديث ليلة غدا وغدا تسمعون يا اخوان ما يأتي في بقية هذا الكلام واصلي واسلم على بدر التمام انتهى الجزء الخامس عشر من سيرة اسد الفوارس ويليه ۱٦ م" Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيد المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين قال الراوي وجلس اسد الفوارس في الديوان وامر باحضار قلم وقرطاس ..." Title from 'title page' (p.3). Ms. codex. Possible former shelfmark on spine "٩" ; scribbles and drawings on upper and lower covers ; ownership statement in name of one of the authors (also the copyist) Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ʻArafāt on 'title page' (p.3) and lining of lower cover, reads "صاحبه محمد سليمان عرفات" ; occasional corrections.. Fifteenth of twenty-five volumes containing a collection of the epic tales of al-Malik Asad al-Fawāris ibn Jūdar [Jawdar], the fāris of ʻIrāq, in the manner of the Arabic heroic narrative (sīrah shaʻbīyah) apparently compiled in the present form by Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt (fl.1895) and Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī (fl.1895).
İlgili İsimler
Muḥammad ibn Sulayman ʻArafāt, active 1895, Amīn ibn Muḥammad al-Sārī, active 1895.
