Author
ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921, Abdul-Bahá, 1844-1921, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)
Author Original
عبد البهاء
Publication Date
1930
Subject
Bahai Faith, Philosophy, Modern, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
21, 1, 103 leaves : paper ; 265-310 x 210 mm. bound to 321 x 222 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194735663
Record ID
990068191430106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1930s (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. composite codex., Title from opening on p.3., Incipit: “Introduction to modern philosophy, The Doctrine of Modern Inquiry Introduction: The difficulties surrounding the task of presenting a comprehensive picture of the doctrine of modern inquiry in a delicate context and a narrow scope... are very serious, and the reason for this is often that the doctrine of investigation is not an organized teaching...”, Explicit: “And for logic he wrote his well-known book, The Treatise of Human Rational Power, and the book of the so-called Concerning the Path of Rational Power.”, Collation: Two distinct sections, each carrying a work, now bound together; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals in opening section carrying Min Makātīb ʻAbd al-Bahāʼ which has verso of each leaf left blank; opening leaf of a draft of another text on modern philosophy (see Isl. Ms. 916) mistakenly inserted after the opening leaf of the Bahai text (see p.3) ; pages between sections of second work (Madkhal al-falsafah al-ḥadīthah) left fully or partially blank to serve as 'title pages' (see pp.45, 65, 85, 105, 125, 145, 161 ), irregular internal pagination, Hindu-Arabic numerals, in some sections; pagination in pencil (entire volume), Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in mainly 16 and 26 lines per page., Script: Ruqʻah ; two quick, modern hands in a medium to bold line; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots., Support: Each section in a distinct type of paper; Section carrying opening work mainly on a coated laid paper stamped “Mahmoud Muhammad Al-Wakil and Farhat Ibrahim’s shop in Egypt” with a few sheets of lined wove paper mixed in ; Section carrying second work on lined / ruled wove paper., 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 vegetable pattern in green; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "Introduction to Modern Philosophy | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe); overall in fairly good condition., Former shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 62, Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; both texts likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and at some stage bound together for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974)., On upper pastedown label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No 7951" ; UM Library inscription on p.1 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; glosses and marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 913
Sample Text
Careful copy of an anonymous text on modern philosophy (compare texts in Isl. Ms. 908 v.2 and Isl. Ms. 916) with a selection from the letters of ʻAbd al-Bahāʼ ʻAbbās Afandī (d.1921) bound in preceding it.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921. Correspondence. Selections., Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251211
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Referanslar
Bausani, A. and D. MacEoin. "ʿABD-AL-BAHĀʼ." In Encyclopædia Iranica, I/1, 1012-104 (also available online)
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in the Fall of 1950.
