Author
Sa'dī, Bābā Shāh ibn Sulṭān ʻAlī, active 1581, Bābā Shāh ibn Sulṭān ʻAlī
Author Original
سعدى بابا شاه بن سلطان على
Publication Date
1581
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Calligraphy, Persian -- Specimens, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
161 leaves : paper ; 202 x 128 (122-128 x 64) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194751277
Record ID
990068129980106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1581
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2., Incipit: "In the name of God, the people of Afrin, the wise man, the son of Afrin...”, Explicit: "I have finished editing this book", Colophon: "Scribal", mainly Arabic, reads Al-Sharif in the history of the month of Shaban in the year ninety-nine and eighty-nine, freed by the servant Baba Shah bin Sultan Ali, may God forgive his sins and cover his faults, Collation: ii, 5 IV (40), II (44), III+1 (51), 8 IV (115), III+1 (122), 4 IV (154), IV-1 (161), ii chiefly pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided into two columns ; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq ; exquisite calligraphic hand in a delicate line; typically serifless with effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, bowl of nūn wide with dot set just down within. Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2, consisting of rectangular piece with rubricated title in gold cartouche flanked by scalloped pieces in gold and red on field of lapis lazuli (with effect of book cover design) overlaid with delicated, swirling vegetable decoration in gold with floral accents in red, pink, yellow, lavender, and blue, bordered in bands of gold, pistachio green / turquoise and white and surmounted by scalloped dome in gold and lapis with similar vegetable decoration, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in white; illuminated marginal decoration in saz leaves and floral forms complete illuminated double-page opening (pp.2-3); written area throughout delicately gold flecked and bordered in frame of gold, pistachio, red and white bands with columns within defined by narrow gold bands flanked by black fillets; written area mounted in leaves tinted deep blue; headings rubricated, chrysographed or in blue ink; illustrated with five paintings (see p.67, 114, 150, 176, 298)., Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper of perhaps two types; written area with roughly 9 laid lines per cm (vertical, quite indistinct) and faint chain lines visible, sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; and lower covers gold-painted in mitred-panel style, with large floral vegetable designs filling central rectangle and guilloché roll border around the perimeter; sewn in red thread, two stations, some loose leaves; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition; overall in fair condition with some abrasion and lifting of leather., Former shelfmark: “594 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.321, copied by Bābā Shāh ibn Sulṭān ʻAlī (Baba Shah bin Sultan Ali) with transcription completed in Shaʻbān 989 [September 1581]., Ownership statement on second front flyleaf in name of al-Sayyid ʻAlī called Fuʼād reads “He was accompanied by the great slave Al-Fouad, the master Ali, nicknamed Fuad” ; statement on ‘title page’ (p.1) dated 12 Jumādá II 1239 [ca. 13 February 1824] reads “Anwari Zadeh Anwari, on the authority of a writer, in the year 12 AH 239” ; title with former inventory mark also on ‘title page’ (p.1) ; clean copy., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. 299
Sample Text
Exquisite copy of the Būstān, the celebrated mas̲navī of Saʻdī (d.1292), renowned Persian poet and prose writer. Apparently attributed in the colophon to the calligrapher Bābā Shāh Isfahānī (d.1587 or 8). Illustrated with five miniatures. Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Bābā Shāh ibn Sulṭān ʻAlī, active 1581, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Rieu, Cat. Pers. MSS Brit. Mus., p.595 ff., Browne, v. ii, p.525-532, Rypka, p.251-253, Pricilla Soucek, "BĀBĀ SHAH ESFAHĀNĪ," Encyclopædia Iranica, III/3, p.295, Bayānī, Mahdī. Aḥvāl va āsār-i khūshʹnavīsān : nastaʻlīq navīsān. [Tehran] : Dānishgāh-i Tihrān, 1345 [1966], pp.84-91
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
