Publication Date
1700
Subject
Calligraphy, Persian -- Specimens, Calligraphy, Turkish -- Specimens, Islamic calligraphy -- Specimens, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Manuscripts, Turkish -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
3
Physical Dimensions
3 panels : paper ; 255 x 180 (192 x 121) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194693397
Record ID
990068057200106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
18th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: "ا ب ج د ر د ر س ش ص ط ع ف ق ك ك ل م ن و ه لا ى ي ...", Collation: Three 'panels' (mounted leaves) hinged together with brown leather., Layout: Written in 4 lines per page with logograph for "سعي" under each line ; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; large, exquisite calligraphic hand in a bold line., Decoration: Written area surrounded by 'gold'-painted frame defined by black fillets and mounted in borders mainly of block-printed faux marbled paper., Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper, written area well-burnished and surface-dyed shades of beige, pale yellow, etc., pieced and set in borders mainly of block-printed faux marbled paper (evoking shell pattern in blue, green, yellow and orange) and all mounted on dense boards ; border for opening panel in a true marbled paper., Binding: Boards (quite stiff) covered in tan and red brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns / doublures and flyleaves in block-printed faux marbled paper (evoking shell pattern in blue, green, yellow and orange) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition, compare Déroche OSd 8), pendants and cornerpieces, with tooled and gold-painted borders ; panels hinged together with brown leather ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion., Former shelfmark: "107" inscribed in pencil at opening ; "563 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on lower pastedown., Origin: Neither signed nor dated ; decoration, paper, etc. may suggest late 18th or 19th century, though possibly later., Inscriptions in pencil at opening "107" and lower pastedown "563 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" ; clean copy., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 278
Sample Text
Fine album of calligraphy (muraqqaʻ / murakkaâ), namely pieces from a meşk murakkaa carrying alphabetic exercises (müfredat) through the letter sīn. Final piece incomplete with further excercises (mashq) on the reverse.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
