Ladhdhat al-sam' fī waṣf al-dam'

Name: Ladhdhat al-sam' fī waṣf al-dam'
Author: Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak, approximately 1297-1363, Safadi, Khalil ibn Aybak, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Bayṭār, active 1837, Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Bitar

Title	Ladhdhat al-sam' fī waṣf al-dam'
Author	Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak, approximately 1297-1363, Safadi, Khalil ibn Aybak, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Bayṭār, active 1837, Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Bitar
Author Original	صفدي، خليل بن ايبك محمد بن حسن البيطار
Publication Date:	1400
Subject	Crying in literature -- Early works to 1800, Arabic poetry -- 1258-1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	67 leaves : paper ; 177 x 135 (129 x 99) mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194703759
Record ID	990068152940106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	15th century (exact date unknown)
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from 'title page' (p.1)., Incipit: "The sheikh, the imam, the eloquent writer, Saladin Al-Safadi, said, may God Almighty cover him with his mercy and satisfaction. Praise be to God, who made me one of those who smelled knowledge and permitted... And after that, when I saw the poets mentioned tears a lot...”, Explicit: "The last selection from the pleasure of hearing in describing tears by the late Sheikh Saladin Al-Safadi, may God Almighty have mercy on him. Praise be to God alone, and may His blessings and peace be upon our Master Muhammad and his family and companions. God is sufficient for us and He is the best disposer of affairs.”, Collation: V-1 (9), 5 V(59), III+2 (67); chiefly quinions; quire numbering in the form of whole words in the upper outer corner of the recto of the opening leaf of the first two and final quires; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written mainly in 11 lines per page., Script: Naskh ; an elegant 'Syrian' or Egyptian [?] hand; Virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline, quite rounded with curvilinear descenders, elongation of horiztonal strokes, open and closed counters, freely ligatured, pointing mainly in distinct dots though three dots represented by a curved stroke, sīn also marked, bar (shaqq) of kāf often detached from vertical stroke, final hāʼ looking like two inverted commas one atop the other ; Extensively vocalized., Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (20 in 26 mm., vertical) and chain lines (two groups of three visible) with 6-8 mm. between chains and 44-55 between groups (quite curved, horizontal, see pp.8-9, 6-11 and 68-69); inclusions, well-burnished, fairly smooth., Binding: Pasteboards covered in now much damaged green-blue paper with tan leather over spine and traces of dark red-brown leather over edges/turn-ins; Type II binding (originally with flap, though now lost) ; board linings in yellow laid paper; sewn in heavy light pink thread; overall in quite poor condition with significant abrasion and staining, lifting and losses of leather, paper and boards, delamination of boards, fully detached from textblock, etc., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and label on lower cover, "IL 310" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: Acquisitions slip from Yahuda., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. may suggest 15th century., Ownership statements on 'title page' (p.1) include statement in name of Abū Shihāb al-Maqdisī (Abu Shihab al-Maqdisi) reads “Who wrote the despicable Abu Shihāb al-Maqdisī...” and statement in name of Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Bayṭār (Muhammad bin Hassan al-Bitar) dated Ṣafar 1253 [May-June 1837], reads “His ownership through the grace of Al-Ghaffar Muhammad bin Hassan Al-Bitar and by legal purchase in Safar in the year 1253... He was pardoned”; reading / study notice (repeated twice) on verso of final leaf (p.134) and on verso of leaf carrying the close (p.132) in name of ʻAbd al-Ḥayy al-Bahnasī (Abdul Hayy al-Bahnasi) dated 1157 [1744 or 5], reads “The poor looked at him, Glory be to Him,” and “The poor looked at him, Glory be to Him” and “The poor looked at him, glory be to Him.” “Abd al-Hay al-Bahnasi died in the year 1157.” statement on lower board lining in name of Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAlī (Saleh Ibn Ali)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 645
Sample Text	Fine copy of the treatise (consisting mainly of verses) on tears by the well-known philologist and writer Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Aybak al-Ṣafadī (d.1363).
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Bayṭār, active 1837, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar	Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 31, Rosenthal, F. "Ṣafadī." EI2, vol. VIII, p.759, col.1, University of Michigan Library. Manuscripts & papyri : an exhibition arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13-19, 1967. (Ann Arbor, MI [?], 1967), no.72, p.19
Elde Ediliş	Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by his younger brother, the famous Orientalist and manuscript collector Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951).

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Ladhdhat al-sam' fī waṣf al-dam'

Author Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak, approximately 1297-1363, Safadi, Khalil ibn Aybak, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Bayṭār, active 1837, Muhammad ibn Hasan al-Bitar

Author Original صفدي، خليل بن ايبك محمد بن حسن البيطار

Publication Date 1400

Subject Crying in literature -- Early works to 1800, Arabic poetry -- 1258-1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 67 leaves : paper ; 177 x 135 (129 x 99) mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194703759

Record ID 990068152940106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 15th century (exact date unknown)

Notes Ms. codex., Title from 'title page' (p.1)., Incipit: "The sheikh, the imam, the eloquent writer, Saladin Al-Safadi, said, may God Almighty cover him with his mercy and satisfaction. Praise be to God, who made me one of those who smelled knowledge and permitted... And after that, when I saw the poets mentioned tears a lot...”, Explicit: "The last selection from the pleasure of hearing in describing tears by the late Sheikh Saladin Al-Safadi, may God Almighty have mercy on him. Praise be to God alone, and may His blessings and peace be upon our Master Muhammad and his family and companions. God is sufficient for us and He is the best disposer of affairs.”, Collation: V-1 (9), 5 V(59), III+2 (67); chiefly quinions; quire numbering in the form of whole words in the upper outer corner of the recto of the opening leaf of the first two and final quires; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written mainly in 11 lines per page., Script: Naskh ; an elegant 'Syrian' or Egyptian [?] hand; Virtually serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline, quite rounded with curvilinear descenders, elongation of horiztonal strokes, open and closed counters, freely ligatured, pointing mainly in distinct dots though three dots represented by a curved stroke, sīn also marked, bar (shaqq) of kāf often detached from vertical stroke, final hāʼ looking like two inverted commas one atop the other ; Extensively vocalized., Support: non-European (likely Arab) laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (20 in 26 mm., vertical) and chain lines (two groups of three visible) with 6-8 mm. between chains and 44-55 between groups (quite curved, horizontal, see pp.8-9, 6-11 and 68-69); inclusions, well-burnished, fairly smooth., Binding: Pasteboards covered in now much damaged green-blue paper with tan leather over spine and traces of dark red-brown leather over edges/turn-ins; Type II binding (originally with flap, though now lost) ; board linings in yellow laid paper; sewn in heavy light pink thread; overall in quite poor condition with significant abrasion and staining, lifting and losses of leather, paper and boards, delamination of boards, fully detached from textblock, etc., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and label on lower cover, "IL 310" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: Acquisitions slip from Yahuda., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. may suggest 15th century., Ownership statements on 'title page' (p.1) include statement in name of Abū Shihāb al-Maqdisī (Abu Shihab al-Maqdisi) reads “Who wrote the despicable Abu Shihāb al-Maqdisī...” and statement in name of Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Bayṭār (Muhammad bin Hassan al-Bitar) dated Ṣafar 1253 [May-June 1837], reads “His ownership through the grace of Al-Ghaffar Muhammad bin Hassan Al-Bitar and by legal purchase in Safar in the year 1253... He was pardoned”; reading / study notice (repeated twice) on verso of final leaf (p.134) and on verso of leaf carrying the close (p.132) in name of ʻAbd al-Ḥayy al-Bahnasī (Abdul Hayy al-Bahnasi) dated 1157 [1744 or 5], reads “The poor looked at him, Glory be to Him,” and “The poor looked at him, Glory be to Him” and “The poor looked at him, glory be to Him.” “Abd al-Hay al-Bahnasi died in the year 1157.” statement on lower board lining in name of Ṣāliḥ ibn ʻAlī (Saleh Ibn Ali)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 645

Sample Text Fine copy of the treatise (consisting mainly of verses) on tears by the well-known philologist and writer Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Khalīl ibn Aybak al-Ṣafadī (d.1363).

Katkıda Bulunanlar Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan al-Bayṭār, active 1837, former owner.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Yahuda Collection.

Referanslar Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 31, Rosenthal, F. "Ṣafadī." EI2, vol. VIII, p.759, col.1, University of Michigan Library. Manuscripts & papyri : an exhibition arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13-19, 1967. (Ann Arbor, MI [?], 1967), no.72, p.19

Elde Ediliş Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by his younger brother, the famous Orientalist and manuscript collector Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951).