Author
Sa'dī
Author Original
سعدى
Publication Date
1700
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Sufi poetry, Persian -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
113 leaves : paper ; 202 x 105 (146 x 50) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194816368
Record ID
990068136610106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
18th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from close on p.229., Incipit: "Praise be to God Almighty, whose obedience brings you nearness...", Explicit: "The book of Kalestan wa Allah al-Musta'an has ended with the success of Bari Azz, whose name in this sentence, as is the custom of the authors, has been taken from the poetry of the predecessors by means of a composite metaphor... and I ask for my soul, I have a good trade for me, after that, forgiveness for the Sahibeh", Collation: ii, 11 V(110), I+1 (113), ii; almost exclusively quinions; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves)., Layout: Written in 15 lines per page; frame-ruled., Script: Nasta'līq (talik) ; fine Ottoman hand in a medium line; serifless with characteristic elongation of horizontal strokes, effect of words descending to baseline, etc., Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.6 consisting of rectangular panel with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in red-orange, blue, lavender, and gold on fields of blue and gold, surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, white, blue, lavender, red-orange, and pink with black outlining on a gold and blue ground, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and set into a well / border of red and gold with white accents; written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold band outlined by black fillets; chrysographed keywords; textual dividers in the form of gold discs., Support: non-European laid paper of perhaps two types; one type with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, indistinct), cloudy formation, medium cream in color, well-burnished, quite sturdy; another type with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), beige in color, translucent, sturdy, and from p.65 alternating with pink or blue tinted leaves; some repairs and staining; flyleaves in European laid paper with 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of lion in shield and eagle with wings spread., Binding: Pasteboards (quite heavy) covered in quite dark red-brown leather; Type II binding (with flap); possibly two-piece binding; doublures in light brown leather; upper and lower covers carry large block-stamped (two impressions with join visible) and gold-painted recessed rectangular panel filled with symmetrical vegetal composition with floral motifs, surrounded by gold-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps defined by gold fillets; upper and lower doublures carry stamped, gold-painted (over red leather recessed onlays), central medallion built up of a repeated dome-shaped stamp (two impressions, forming a lozenge shape, also repeated on interior of envelope flap) with interior floral motif and gold-tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps defined by gold fillets; design continues on envelope flap; sewn mainly in dark pink thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in dark brown and cream; overall in fair condition with abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, etc. ; repairs to board edges, spine (rebacked), and front edge flap in quite dark brown leather; opening gathering has been resewn in blue thread through spine leather (visible on spine)., Former shelfmark: "315 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1)., Origin: Lacks dated colophon; decoration, paper, etc. may suggest 18th century., Inscription in pencil "315 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" on verso of front flyleaf; a few marginal and interlinear glosses and occasional corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 304
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292).
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Cat. Pers. MSS Brit. Mus., p.595 ff., Browne, v. ii, p.525-532, Rypka, p. 251-253
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
