Author
Heyworth-Dunne, J. former owner
Publication Date
[193-?].
Publication Place
-
University of Michigan
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic | Future life Islam Early works to 1800. | Soul Early works to 1800. | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
16
Physical Dimensions
16 leaves : paper ; 166 x 103 mm. bound to 173 x 108 mm.
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Record ID
006832858
Library Location
University of Michigan
Date
[193-?].
Notes
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 969 | Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). | Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 118 | Binding: Boards covered in black textured cloth ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a geometric pattern (resembling a scale pattern) in dull gold ; cover gold-stamped with "رسالة في النفس" ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords ; overall in fairly good condition. | Support: Machine wove paper, sturdy, beige in color. | Decoration: Text executed entirely in red ink. | Script: Ruqʻah ; careful, compact modern hand initially in a medium to bold line, in final section in a thinner line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed. | Layout: Written in 14-17 lines per page. | Collation: i, 4 II(16), i ; exclusively binions ; pages between sections (corresponding to gatherings) left blank, some serving as 'title pages' (see pp.9, 17, 25) ; final leaves also left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, presumably supplied during digitization. | Explicit: "اما الابرار فيشتركون في دوام البقاء بلا فناء وفي المعرفة الكاملة والعلم التام فيكون ذلك منتهى لذتهم وانسهم بربهم ولله الحمد رب العالمين" | Incipit: "ان وجود النفس الانسانية امر فطري لأنها معلومة لكل انسان بالعلم الحضوري والكاسب والمكتسب هو العلم الحصولي ..." | Title from inscription on opening 'title page' (p.1). | Ms. codex. | Careful copy (despite lacking preamble) of a philosophical treatise on the soul, or perhaps an abridgment thereof, arranged in four parts. Attributed on the 'title page' of the fourth section to al-Ṭūsī (d.1274), but seemingly not his Risālat Baqāʼ al-nafs baʻda al-fanāʼ. | more | less
