Author
Jāmī, 1414-1492, Jāmī
Author Original
جامى
Publication Date
1516
Subject
Sulamī, Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, -1021. Ṭabaqāt al-Ṣūfīyah, Anṣārī al-Harawī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad, 1006-1089. Ṭabaqāt al-Ṣūfīyah, Sufism -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Muslim saints -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
321 leaves : paper ; 210 x 145 (144 x 84) bound to 220 x 155 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194774897
Record ID
990068141200106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1516
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from preface on fol.2b (p.4)., Incipit: Praise be to God who made the hypocritical hearts of His saints the glory of His face, and from us shined on the plates of their faces the rays of His ancient light. Quatrain on the date of its completion... and Siyum Gasht Tammam, Colophon: "Scribal," roughly triangular, essentially unpointed, reads: "And praise be to God for its completion, and may blessings be upon the best of humanity and the honorable God of righteousness, and peace be upon those who follow the guidance. The writing was completed with the help of King Wahhab on Tuesday at the end of the blessed month of Dhul-Qi'dah in the history of the year 921", Collation: i, 12 VI (144), V (154), 13 VI (310), V+1 (321), i ; chiefly sexternions; catchwords present ; final leaf blank but without missing text, likely once served as flyleaf, not accounted for in foliation; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals continues through fol.320 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (supplied during cataloguing)., Layout: Written in 21 lines per page; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident)., Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium to bold line; Characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to the baseline, sweeping descenders, final or free-standing nūn with point nearly assimilating with return stroke of wide, tall bowl, point, hāʼ mudghamah looking like two inverted commas, one over the other, pointing (two and three dots) in distinct or conjoined dots., Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece on fol.1a (p.1) evokes book cover decoration ; Large gold-filled scalloped mandorla (likely intended to carry title or ex libris but empty) with pendants carrying floral design in black light blue-green and pink-lavender, all outlined in black fillet with white band; Corner pieces carry vegetable design in blue, white, red, pink-lavender, light blue-green, gold, and black outlines on a field of gold with lapis lazuli accents; The remaining area of the panel is filled with swirling vegetable design in red, white, pink-lavender, light-blue, gold, and black outlines on a field of lapis lazuli, entire area outlined in white band with black fillet; The entire piece is framed in a series of gold bands (varying thicknesses) outlined by black fillets; simple illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) on fol.1b (p.2) consists of triangular piece in gold filled with gold vegetable design; Elaborate frame consisting of two gold bands (of two different thicknesses) outlined by black fillets and an outermost blue fillet appears throughout; incipit and facing page (fol.1b-2a / p.2-3) decorated with gilt cloud-bands; textual dividers in the form of three dots, etc. in red ; Text rubricated with section headings, names for each biographical entry, textual dividers, some overlinings, etc. in red., Support: Mainly European paper with laid lines running vertically, spaced roughly 10 laid lines per cm., single chain lines running horizontally spaced roughly 32-38 mm. apart, and font with lid and cross / flower (or cardinal's mitre / chapeau) watermark (see p.4, 88, 92, 100, etc.), heavily sized and burnished (burnishers marks visible) ; few inclusions; a few leaves with laid lines running horizontally and chain lines running vertically; at least one leaf of non-European paper (see p.96)., Binding: Heavy pasteboards covered in black cloth and black leather over spine (quater binding); Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves of green wove paper; spine ridges with gold-stamped fillets and accents, as well as title and author"Sufi Layers | Jami"; in fair condition, though leather is badly worn and rotting, and upper cover is detaching from spine leaving upper board exposed., Former shelfmark: From spine label and inscription on interior of upper cover, "IL 239" (likely supplied by Yahuda)., Accompanying materials: Scrap of laid paper found between fol.196-197 (p.392-393) with excerpt from another work in hand similar to the hand in which some glosses are supplied., Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.320a, copy finished on Tuesday the last of Dhū al-Qaʻdah 921 [ca. 5 January 1516]., Conspicuous lack of ownership marks; Occasional glosses, marginal corrections, and notabilia (side heads)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 669
Sample Text
Fine copy of ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī's (817-898/1414-1492) prized collection of biographies of Ṣūfīs and saints accompanied by a comprehensive study of Sufism.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Biography, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar
Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., i, p. 349, Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 433 ; II, 207, Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 367
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
