Author
Khāqānī, Afz̤al al-Dīn Shirvānī, approximately 1126-1198 or 1199.
Author Original
خاقاني افضل الدين شرواني سلطان محمد تايبادى،
Publication Date
1656
Subject
Persian poetry -- 1500-1796, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
526 leaves : paper ; 248 x 141 (161 x 70) mm. bound to 250 x 150 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194728515
Record ID
990068058030106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1656
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from inscription on tail edge of text block., Incipit: "My heart is full of education and I am a child of the language of knowledge...", Explicit: "For those who are masters of speech, each verse of his is more than a thousand divans", Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, chiefly in Arabic, reads "Tamat al-Kitab Baanait al-Malek al-Karim Al-Wahhab Tahrir fi Tarikh Shahr Rabi' al-Awwal year 1066 Ketba al-Abd al-Muznab Sultan Muhammad Taybadi", Collation: i, 16 IV (128), III (134), 27 IV (350), III (356), 20 IV (516), III (524), II (526), i ; mainly quaternions with occasional ternions; middle of the quire marks in the form of oblique strokes in black ink on the upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf and lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals supplied during cataloging., Layout: Written in 15 lines per page with written area divided into two columns; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq; elegant hand in a delicate line; characteristically serifless with effect of words gently descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots., Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of a rectangular piece with basmalah flanked by floral motifs on a gold ground, surmounted by a rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche, pendants and flanking pieces surrounded by delicate floral motifs in red, white, green, etc. on a lapis ground and bordered in bands of gold, white, lapis and gold interlace, surmounted by a band of black cartouches alternating with gold diamonds set against a pistachio / turquoise ground and accented with floral motifs, itself surmounted by a tall, scalloped dome in gold and lapis with floral vegetal motifs in orange, white, gold, etc. set in a well of pistachio and gold bands flanking a heavy white band with geometric designs in blue and red, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by gold frame with outermost blue fillet; divisions within written area defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black., Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional chain lines grouped in pairs, somewhat cloudy formation, some inclusions visible, quite sturdy, mainly medium cream in color with some leaves tinted pink, well-burnished; repairs in woven paper (watermark "...OMAS [?]UPPO" visible in repair to opening leaf, see p.1); some staining and tide lines., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark gray leather (pebbled appearance of shagreen); Type III binding (without flap); two-piece binding (overlapping flanges clearly visible at the spine); doublures in dark red leather with scalloped mandorla and pendants in gold-painted filigree appliqué over green, red and blue paper as well as gold-painted accents and tooled borders; spine lining in floral-printed textile; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped scalloped mandorla, pendants and corner pieces with gold-painted floral accents as well as vegetal and rule borders; sewn in pink thread, two stations, quite tightly bound; worked chevron endbands in spring green and dark pink, good condition; overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion, lifting of spine flanges, etc., Former shelfmark: "30 / 10" in ink and "22" in pencil on recto of front flyleaf; "201 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.1050, copied by Sulṭān Muḥammad Tāyabādī (who also completed the transcript of Isl. Ms. 327 in Rajab 1060/ca. July 1650) with transcription completed in Rabī` I 1066 [ca. January 1656]., On 'title page' repair (p.1), ownership statement dated Rabī` II 1250 [ca. August-September 1834] "Ho Allah Ta'ala Keef Aqul Hasso Malki Al-Malki Allah Al-Wahed Al-Qhar, He is the Lord of the heavens and the earth in the city of Rabi' Al-Akhr, year 125 AH" accompanied by oval ("Abu Al-Qasim") and rectangular ("Al-Abd ... Abu Al-Qasim") seal impressions (also appearing below colophon on p.1050); collation statement on verso of final leaf (p.1052) reads "Divan Khaghan is five hundred and twenty nine pages"; fairly clean copy., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 286
Sample Text
Afz̤al al-Din Ibrahim (Badil) ibn Ali Shirvani. Contributions to the cataloging from Elizabeth Kunze.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Sulṭān Muḥammad Tāyabādī, active 1656, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.558 ff., Reinert, B. "K̲h̲āḳānī." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, University of Michigan Library. Manuscripts & papyri : an exhibition arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13-19, 1967. (Ann Arbor, MI [?], 1967), no.31, p.9
Elde Ediliş
1924.
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
