Author
Mutanabbī, Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn, 915 or 916-965, Mutanabi, Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn, Satafī, Sulaymān ibn Yūnus, active 1608, Satafī, Sulayman ibn Yunus
Author Original
متنبي، ابو الطيب احمد بن الحسين ستفي سليمان بن يونس
Publication Date
1608
Subject
Arabic poetry -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
221 leaves : paper ; 273 x 162 (181 x 91 ; 248 x 127) mm. bound to 272 x 175 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1354989153
Record ID
990067963990106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1608
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from titlepiece on fol.1b (p.2)., Incipit: "The hamza rhyme. Abu al-Tayyib Ahmad ibn al-Hussein al-Mutanabbi, may God have mercy on him and his birth in Kufa in the year one-and-three-hundred and a half, said, praising Saif al-Dawla, and his order was to authorize verses of this meter. This narration is poetry of the humiliation of the poor, about my lost heart and the love of loved ones from it in its blackness...", Explicit: "And someone like you will come." From far away lands, to make the weeping blacksmiths laugh, and he also said, praising the sword of state... It was as if it were an army of the son of war, which you nurtured until you were like, O Ali, Ali. My father’s hair was filled with his wings, and praise be to God, as is his family. In the year one thousand and sixteen of the Prophet’s Hijra, the best blessings and peace be upon its owner, and at the hands of the poor servant of God Almighty, Sulaiman bin the late Yunus bin Khattab bin Shahada bin Muhammad bin Hudayr Al-Sutfi Al-Maliki. May God forgive him, his parents, his sheikhs, his brothers, and those who saw it and prayed for [such and such] forgiveness, and for all Muslims, and may God’s blessings and peace be upon our master Muhammad, his family, and all his companions.”, Collation: ii, V-1(9), 19 V(199), VI(211), ii ; chiefly quinions; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; single column, often divided to two to set off poetry, and fine ruled margin with lines arranged obliquely in decorative geometric patterns (triangles, zig-zag, etc.); frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; Large, clear hand of Persian character (Iraqi?); Mainly sans serif but with occasional right-sloping head serif on free-standing alif, lām of definite article, etc. and left-sloping head serif on joined alif, etc. (irregular), kāf mashqūqah preferred, but mabsūṭah also appears, slight effect of inclination to the left, elongation of horizontal strokes, some sweeping descenders, quite rounded and curvilinear, pointing in distinct dots, point of final / free-standing nūn set down in bowl; fully vocalized; glosses of very similar character only thinner line and smaller size (likely supplied by same copyist)., Decoration: Illuminated titlepiece on fol.1a (p.1) consisting of upper and lower rectangular panels with central roundel (shamsah); upper panel bears title in gold thuluth; shamsah bears author's name, etc. in blue and gold, highly ligatured tawqi verging on thuluth; lower panel continues blessings upon the author in gold thuluth ; Outlined by vegetable accents in blue; framed in pink band with blue crosses and a series of gold bands outlined with black fillets; superbly executed illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.2) consisting of rectangular panel surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) surmounted by vertical stalks (tigh) in blue and gold; rectangular panel contains stylized cartouche in gold carrying the title “A Collection of Poetry by Abu al-Tayeb” in white, surrounded by floral vegetable decoration in gold, orange-red, white, light blue, etc. on a field of lapis lazuli flanked by semi-circular pieces in light-blue and gold; Semi-circular piece carries floral vegetable design in gold, orange-red, pink, white, etc. on fields of lapis lazuli and gold; bordered in a well with blue crosses on a pink band; Between the two pieces a rectangular band floral vegetable decoration in gold, blue, orange-red, and white on a field of black; written area and margin (including decoratively arranged lines) framed in a series of gold bands flanked by black fillets; incipit and facing page various floral designs in orange-red, blue, white, green, and gold; Partially chrysographed with section (divisions by letter) headings in gold ; text of titlepiece in gold and blue; Text rubricated with verse headings, numerals corresponding to glosses, etc. in red., Support: non-European laid paper; Laid lines oriented horizontally or vertically (some variation from quire to quire) spaced roughly 7-9 laid lines per cm. (also varying) with some sagging or curving ; chain lines very feint and indistinct but occasionally visible - may be grouped; quite firm, somewhat crisp, and of medium translucency; well burnished; only a few inclusions and undissolved fibers visible; Flyleaves in European laid paper, laid vertical lines spaced roughly 11 laid lines per cm. ; Chain lines horizontal spaced 30 mm. apart; large shield/scrollwork (six pointed star within) watermark partially visible in back flyleaf., Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap); pastedowns and flyleaves as well as interior of envelope flap in shell marbled paper (pink, brown and white); interior of fore edge flap in same brown leather; upper and lower covers bear gold-stamped central piece and decorative border (formed from two repeating vegetable pattern stamps and interlocking architectural pattern stamp) along with pendants and corner pieces (formed from a repeated scrolling floral pattern stamp) ; envelope flap bears complementary design formed from the same stamps; sewn in cream thread, four stations; worked chevron endbands in cream and blue; in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, fading, some pest damage, loss to endbands, and spine slant (cocked); housed in box for protection., Accompanying materials: a. between pp. 322-23 folded slip with numerals, etc. b. between pp.404-405 slip in laid paper with verses copied in ruqʻah., Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.210b (p.420), copied by Sulaymān ibn Yūnus ibn Khaṭṭāb ibn Shaḥḥādhah [?] ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥurayz al-Satafī [?] al-Mālikī. Transcription finished "wa-kāna al-farāgh min istinsākh hādhā al-dīwān..." 14 Dhū al-Qaʻdah 1016 [ca. 31 March 1608]., Possible former inventory marks include inscription in pencil, on front flyleaf "466 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and on fol.1a "31" ; glosses, decoratively arranged in margin throughout; a little notabilia ; on fol.208a-210b (p.415-420) a discussion, transcribed by the present copyist as it appears in the model from which he was working, addresses the manuscript copies from which that recension of the Dīwān had been taken., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 246
Sample Text
Fine copy of the renowned dīwān and glosses, closing with a discussion of the source material for the recension contained in the model from which this manuscript was transcribed.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Satafī, Sulaymān ibn Yūnus, active 1608, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 86
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
