Author
Ibn Mas'ud, Ahmad ibn 'Alī Ibn Mas'ud, Ahmad Ibn Ali
Author Original
ابن مسعود، احمد بن علي
Publication Date
[16--?]
Publication Place
-
University of Michigan
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic | Arabic language Verb Early works to 1800. | Arabic language Morphology Early works to 1800. | Arabic language Grammar Early works to 1800. | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
111
Physical Dimensions
111 leaves : paper ; 157 x 93 (117 x 49) 157 x 95 mm.
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Record ID
006769058
Library Location
University of Michigan
Date
[16--?]
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 140 | Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Dated ownership statements provided a terminus ante quem of 1778 though paper certainly suggests 17th century. | Accompanying materials: Slips with notes and exercises inserted (paginated pp.91-92 and pp.199-200). | Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 70. Grammatical works by Abu Suud, al-Zanjani, & Ibn Jinni." ; "٦٣٣" on tail of textblock. | Binding: Pasteboards faced in marbled paper (blue and salmon) with spine, fore-edge flap and edges/turn-ins in dark red leather (marbled paper faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in laid paper ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; in poor condition with much abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather, delamination of boards, pest damage, etc. | Support: European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart ; watermarks include triple mount with bird in profile in circle (compare Piccard no.153741 and 153742) ; well-sized and burnished ; much staining. | Decoration: Keywords, some titles, section headings, and some glosses rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs ; written area of incipit page surrounded by gold frame, written area elsewhere surrounded by red rule-border. | Script: Large, bold naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik) ; sans serif ; characteristic descent of words to baseline ; sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes. | Layout: Written in 13 and roughly 7 lines per page ; written area of third work divided to three columns with verbs appearing in the two outer columns and elucidation on the diagonal in the center column ; frame-ruled. | Collation: i, 10 V(100), IV+3 (111), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization. | Incipit: "قال المفتقر الى الله الودود احمد بن علي ابن مسعود غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه اعلم ان الصرف ام العلوم والنحو ابوها ..." | Title supplied by cataloguer. | Ms. codex. | 8. p.226-p.228 : [originally left blank, now carries excerpts, exercises, owners' marks, etc.]. | 7. p.194-p.225 : Mithāl al-amthilah al-mukhtalifah. | 6. p.192-p.193 : [originally left blank, now carries excerpts, exercises, etc.]. | 6. p.172-p.191 : [Bināʼ al-afʻāl]. | 5. p.170-p.171 : [originally left blank]. | 4. p.132-p.169 : [Kitāb al-Maqṣūd fī al-taṣrīf]. | 3. p.130-p.131 : [originally left blank, now carries excerpts, etc.]. | 2. p.93-p.129 : Kitāb al-ʻIzzī / ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Zanjānī. | 1. p.4-p.90 : [Marāḥ al-arwāḥ] / Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Ibn Masʻūd. | Short collection (majmūʻah / mecmua) of grammatical works on Arabic morphology including Ibn Masʻūd's Marāḥ al-arwāḥ and Taṣrīf al-Zanjānī, along with the anonymous Kitāb al-Maqṣūd, Kitāb al-Bināʼ, and Mithāl al-amthilah al-mukhtalifah. | more | less
