Author
Ahmet İshak Hocası, -1708, Ahmad Ishaq Khwaja C., Mehmet bin Halil, flourished 18th century?, Muhammad bin Khalil,
Author Original
احمد اسحق خواجه سى محمد بن خليل،
Publication Date
1700
Subject
Tirmidhī, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá, -892. Shamāʼil, Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Biography -- Early works to 1800, Hadith -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Turkish -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
tur, ota
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
698 leaves : paper ; 215 x 140 (160 x 60) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194752237
Record ID
990068219320106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
18th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from opening matter on p.14., Incipit: “The best hadith after praise is for the one who made the green roof raised... And after an ambush, how many goods and a short-sold poor man... by the author Ahmad... and the most correct means of translating Al-Shama’il Dio Nam Zad Qalidum...”, Explicit: “And his mirror, his rib, is an analogy to the Burdiller, may God’s prayers and peace be upon our Master Muhammad and his family and all his companions and Praise be to God, a praise that will be sufficient for His blessings and reward more of Him. Whenever those who praise Him praise Him and those who remember mention Him, it will be fulfilled with the help of the Truth.” chiefly quinions; final two leaves (following close of text) left blank ; foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium to bold line; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes., Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.10 consisting of rectangular piece with emtpy gold cartouche outlined in orange and flanked by floral vegetable accents in gold, light pink, and pale blue, surmounted by a scalloped semicircular piece (dome) Outlined in orange and filled with floral vegetable accents in blue, pale blue, light pink, orange, and white, itself surmounted by delicate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue, and set in a well consisting of a thick band of light pink; written area throughout surrounded by a thick gold frame with outer black rule; Qurʼānic passages rubricated in a range of red shades; overlining in red ink., Support: European laid paper of several types; one opening type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 12 mm. apart, and watermark of grapes surmounted by a crown (see p.32); another with roughly 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark of "?AHE?NE" and figure (see p.46); another with roughly 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 25 mm. apart, and watermark of grapes surmounted by a crown with a heart motif (see p.136); another with roughly 8 lines laid per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 21 mm. apart, watermark of grapes (see p.578); another with roughly 9 lines laid per cm. (vertical), chain lines (horizontal) spaced roughly 24 mm. apart, and watermark of LANGUEDOC (see p.592); All well-burnished, thin and crisp., Binding: Pasteboards covered in gold-flecked red leather; Type II binding (with flap); board linings in untinted laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped (with orange paper onlay) and gold-painted mandorla filled with vegetable composition (compare Déroche class. NA 4), surrounded by a tooled border consisting of an s-shape stamped chain in gold flanked by thin gold fillets; sewn in pink thread, two stations; worked endbands in pink and yellow thread in a chevron pattern; overall in fair condition with fore edge flap lost, repairs to spine and fore edge of lower board in a darker red leather, and abrasion on upper and lower covers., Former shelfmark: “340 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]” inscribed in pencil on verso of opening leaf (p.2); "32h | 4h" on spine label., Accompanying materials: a. Slip of wove paper with notes in black ink (between pp.230-321) -- b. Slip of laid paper with notes in black ink (between pp.726-727)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.1391, copied by Muḥammad ibn Khalīl (Mehmet b. Halil); date of transcription not specified; paper suggests 18th century (perhaps midcentury)., Occasional corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 379
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the extensive Ottoman Turkish rendering (with commentary) by İshak Hocası Ahmet b. Heyreddin (d.1708) of al-Tirmidhī's (d.892) Kitāb al-Shamāʼil, a collection of traditions comprising the Prophet's characteristics. Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Mehmet bin Halil, flourished 18th century?, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Biography, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Sezgin, F. GAS, i 159 (27), Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 162
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
