Author
Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, 1404-1465
Author Original
جزولي، محمد بن سليمان
Publication Date
1600
Subject
Islam -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
146 leaves : paper ; 120 x 110 (97 x 82) mm. bound to 124 x 123 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194763023
Record ID
990075086790106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
17th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from opening on fol.2b (p.4)., Incipit: “May God’s blessings and peace be upon our Master and Master Muhammad and his family. The Sheikh, the Imam, and the learned scholar Abu Abdullah Sidi Muhammad bin Suleiman al-Jazouli said... Praise be to God who guided us to faith and Islam, and prayers and peace be upon Muhammad His Prophet... And then the purpose of this book is to mention the blessings upon the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and its virtues. I will mention them, omitting the chains of narration, so that it is easy for the reader to memorize them.” It is one of the most important tasks for those who want to get closer to the Lord of lords, and I called it the book “Delights of Goodness and Sparks of Lights” in mentioning prayers upon the chosen Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. To its author, and have mercy on him, and make him among those gathered in the group of the Prophet and the truthful on the Day of Resurrection. Help me, O Most Merciful [???] Complete the evidence of good deeds, blessed with the praise of God.”, Collation: i, V-1 (9), 6 V(69), 2 IV(85), VI(97), 4 V(137), V-1 (146), i ; chiefly quinions; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 8 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Maghribī ; fully vowelled and pointed; Section headings and keywords in a highly ligatured tawqīʻ-like script., Decoration: On fol.1a (p.1), illuminated anepigraphic frontispiece (carpet page) consisting of large square of octagonally patterned strapwork in gold, dark red, cobalt blue, and green accompanied by partially lost half-dome marginal decorations (ansae) in vignette fashion; on fol.1b (p.2) richly decorated and illuminated incipit page in three panels; the upper rectangular panel contains the basmalah; In the center a 12-lobed shamsah with dark red fill, gold letters and white floral design bears the name and honorifics of the author; the lower rectangular panel carries the ḥamdalah; marginal decorations (ansae) in the form of half-palmette or half-dome with vegetable decoration appear on the incipit and facing page; on fol. 21b (p.42) a highly stylized image of the Prophet's mosque at Medina (al-Masjid al-nabawī) with the tombs of Muḥammad, Abū Bakr and ʻUmar; on fol.22a (p.43) stylized image of prayer niche (miḥrāb); Illuminated section headings appear throughout, consisting of a rectangular panel framed in gold within cartouche bearing section title and floral accents; on fol.146b (p.292) fine illuminated finispiece consisting of a roundel in which an eight-pointed star has been inscribed along with an eight-lobed shamsah, all in strapwork with swirling vegetable accents and two half-dome marginal decorations (ansae) in vignette fashion; finispiece carries closing inscription with title, etc. ; Colored inks include gold, dark/brick red, cobalt blue, green, and white and are used quite frequently, e.g. for each appearance of Muḥammad's name (of which there are quite a few), and for the invocation, O God, wherever it appears, as well as for many subsection headings., Support: Relatively thick laid paper with laid lines running vertically spaced roughly 7-8 laid lines per cm. ; chain lines very difficult to spot but may be regularly spaced 30 mm. apart; to protect illuminations, slips of tinted European laid paper have been inserted (chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart, laid lines spaced 11-12 laid lines per cm., watermark with crowned lions rampant supporting a crest containing tower with merlons and birds above as well as the letters G F [B?] below, suggests 18th century) ; ink burn to break-through appears in various places throughout; minor pest damage., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather; Type II binding (with flap) though hollowback ; pastedowns and flyleaves in heavy European laid paper; upper and lower covers bear central blind-stamped mandorla with floral design along with stamped floral vegetable border; oversewn ; in good condition aside from minor pest damage ; A circular orange rubber-cement-based sticker was removed from the upper cover by the conservation dept. on 6/22/10., Accompanying materials: a. Slip stamped with date of accession and lot number -- b. Numerous slips of tinted European laid paper sewn in to protect the illuminations., Origin: Date of transcription not provided ; Perhaps 17th or 18th century as suggested by paper and hand., Occasional corrections, some partially missing due to trimming., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1044
Sample Text
Fine Maghribī copy of al-Jazūlī's (d.869/1465) celebrated collection of prayers for the Prophet, description of his tomb, his names, etc. Description provided by Noah Gardiner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript
Elde Ediliş
Purchased at auction by P. Daub;
Konular (Diğer)
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