Author
Muḥammad Ṣādiq, active 1875, Muḥammad Ṣādiq, Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943
Author Original
محمد صادق
Publication Date
1820
Subject
Persian language -- Dictionaries, Persian language -- Versification, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
137 leaves : paper ; 212 x 160 (160-170 x 85) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194856871
Record ID
990068196600106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1820-1860
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloger from edge title., Incipit: "Bab al-alaf ma alalaf Afdsta bafat [Hamza] and Dal Mehmlah and Sukun Fa and Sin Mehmhlah Hamd God the Exalted and Exalted and praise the wonderful and good. What is this word made up of taking [Efd] which is amazing in meaning...", Collation: II (4), IV-2 (10), IV-1 (17), III+1 (24), 8 IV(88), II (92), 5 IV(132), III-1 (137); almost exclusively quaternions with added binion at opening; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes insert)., Layout: Written mainly in 15 lines per page., Script: Nastaʻlīq; clear, spacious hand in a medium line; serifless with effect of tilt to the left and of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, mainly closed counters, freely ligatured., Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated; overlining in red., Support: European laid paper of several types (mainly machine laid) ; opening type (also appearing later in the volume) with a crosshatch of "laid lines," chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of "JP" in medallion with bird on ball above (see p.11, 18, 19, 102, 104, 109, etc.) ; next type with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of "ALMASSO" (see p.28, 30, 31, etc.) and scrollwork with bird above tower and "POLLERA" below (see p.24, 26, 36, etc.) ; next type with crosshatch of "laid lines," chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermarks of "ALMASSO" and scrollwork with bird above tower and "GIOR MAGNANI" below (see p.40, 42, 43, 45, 52, 54, 58, 59 63, etc. and compare Heawood 3748); next type with crosshatch of "laid lines," chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermarks of stag leaping above pond (stag springing or salient, or even courant, p.122, 123, etc.) and "BAGLIETTO" (see p.120 125, etc.) as well as countermark "DB" in cursive initials (p.122, etc.); still another type with crosshatch of "laid lines," chain lines spaced 25-28 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermark of "Florino GPP" below flower; well-burnished staining and tide lines., Binding: Covers in black leather with orange-brown interior (limp binding without boards); Type III binding (without flap); once stab sewn in heavy white cord; worked chevron endbands in yellow and purple, fair condition and detaching from text block with spine lining (through which they are sewn); overall in fair condition with cover fully detached, some abrasion, staining, etc., Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 7, Accompanying materials: Slip with notes in hand of Eleazar Birnbaum, "Author ? | Title: [KITĀB-i LUGHAT] Title on fore-edge | In Persian. | A brief dictionary Persian-Persian from rāʼ it is very sketchy | At the end part of a Persian technical treatise on prosody. (incomplete) | No date, possibly 17th cent ? | Ownership note on fly leaf 1292 A.H. (1875) A.D.) |. E Birnbaum June 1964" (paginated pp.1-2)., Origin: Lacks dated colophon; paper, etc. would suggest mid 19th century. Ownership statement on front flyleaf (p.3) provides rough terminus ante quem of 1875., Former owners' marks on opening add leaf (p.3) include listing of volumes / titles, inventory number "MS 1906" with extent/collation statement "131 folios", and ownership statement dated Jumādá I [?] 1292 [June-July? 1875] in the name of one Muḥammad Ṣādiq ... [?] accompanied by small oval seal impression; marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 858
Sample Text
Careful copy of an excerpt from a Persian-Persian dictionary from Bāb al-alif through Bāb al-nūn, followed by an excerpt from a work on Persian prosody and preceded by assorted poetic excerpts.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Muḥammad Ṣādiq, active 1875, former owner., Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Dictionaries, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
F. E. Nuttall Collection.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired from Frank E. Nuttall (1875-1943).
