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 ; 220 x 168 (185-190 x 115) mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
006814140
Date
[1895]
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 653 v.8 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 once covered with a bright pink coated paper (now much of pigment and some paper lost) with cream textile now over spine ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in untinted paper ; numeral ٨ (indicating volume number) inscribed on upper and lower covers ; somewhat crudely sewn in beige yarn or twine, mainly four but also seven stations ; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, losses of paper, losses to boards, 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.6, 34, 114, etc.). Decoration: Transfer picture of a poppy-like 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: VI (12), 4 V(52), V+1 (63) ; chiefly quinions ; opening and final leaves left blank (serve as 'flyleaves') ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, center of the upper margin ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. Explicit: "ووقعت الاحرار [؟] تصهل وسؤالها لم يقبل حتى ولي النهار وارتحل واقبل والليل امسى والحديث ليلة غدا وصارت الليلة غلسي [؟] وغدا تسمعون يا اخوان ما يأتي في بقية هذا الكلام واصلي واسلم على سيد ولد عدنان انتهى الجزء الثامن من سيرة اسد الفوارس ويليه التاسع" Incipit: "الحمد لله الواحد الاحد الفرد الصمد الذي سلط الجبابرة على من عند وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد رسول ربنا الذي اهلك كل من تمرد ورضي الله عن اصحابه الكرام ... قال الراوي ...." Title from 'title page' (p.3). Ms. codex. Possible former shelfmark on spine "٩" ; childish scribbles and drawings on cover, opening leaf (p.1), etc. ; ownership statement on opening leaf beside crude drawing of a horse in name of author / copyist Muḥammad Sulaymān ʻArafāt ( محمد سليمان عرفات ).. Eighth 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.
