Author
Heyworth-Dunne, J. former owner
Publication Date
[193-?].
Publication Place
-
University of Michigan
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic | Islamic philosophy. | Logic. | more | less
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
75
Physical Dimensions
75 leaves : paper ; 211-250 x 168 mm. bound to 260 x 177 mm.
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Record ID
006833479
Library Location
University of Michigan
Date
[193-?].
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 974 | Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). | Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 123 | Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "مدارك العلوم | J.H.D." ; seemingly sewn over three recessed cords, tightly bound and difficult to examine ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition. | Support: Wove paper of at least three different types. | Decoration: Text executed entirely in a pinkish-red ink. | Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots. | Layout: Written mainly in 10-15 lines per page. | Collation: i, 5 IV(40), 2 V(60), VI (72), 3 (75), i ; chiefly quaternions ; pages between sections (corresponding to gatherings) left blank, some serving as section 'title pages' (see pp.17, 33, 47, 63, 79, 97, 117, 141) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (mistakenly skips two pages between pp.39-40 and 95-96). | Explicit: "والكون الى الدنيا حبالة الوهم التي يقود بها الناس الى حزن طويل بل خالد" | Incipit: "الغرض من المنطق التمييز بين الصدق والكذب في الاقوال والخير والشر في الافعال ..." | Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1). | Ms. codex. | Careful copy of a philosophical treatise on logic (perhaps representing abridgment of another), lacking preamble and ending somewhat abruptly. | more | less
