Author
Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash, 1152 or 1153-1191, سهروردي، يحيى بن حبش, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)
Author Original
سهروردي، يحيى بن حبش
Publication Date
1930
Subject
Ishrāqīyah -- Early works to 1800, Islamic philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Early works to 1800, Metaphysics -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
32 leaves : paper ; 207 x 162 mm. bound to 213 x 168 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194761233
Record ID
990068328560106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1930s (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from 'title pages' at openings of each section (pp.3, 23, 43, 59)., Incipit: "جل ذكرك اللهم وعظم قدسك وعز جارك وعلت سبحانك وتعالى جهدك ... وبعد اعلموا اخواني ان كثرة اقتراحكم في تحرير حكمة الاشراق اوهنت عزمي في الامتناع وازالت ميلي الى الاضراب عن الاسعاف ...", Explicit: "والضوابط القليلة الجامعة خير من الكثرة المحوجة الى تكلفات واعتذارات واهبة تم المنطق", Collation: ii, 2 V(20), IV (28), II (32), ii ; pages between sections (corresponding to gatherings) left blank, some serving as 'title pages' (see pp.23, 43, 59) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, presumably supplied during digitization (includes inner flyleaves)., Layout: Written in 12-14 lines per page., Script: Ruqʻah ; careful, compact modern hand initially in a medium to bold line, in final section in a thinner line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots., Decoration: Text of opening two sections executed entirely in red ink., Support: Machine laid and wove paper ; opening type (pp.3-42) machine laid, sturdy, dark cream to beige in color ; final type machine wove, sturdy, dark cream in color., Binding: Boards covered in black textured cloth ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a geometric pattern (resembling a scale pattern) in dull gold ; cover gold-stamped with "حكمة الاشراق" ; sewn in heavy white thread over two recessed cords ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion at board edges., Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 116, Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974)., On upper pastedown, label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No. 7912" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; a few marginal glosses and corrections ; inner flyleaves and final leaf carry further excerpts (see pp.2, 66, 67)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 967
Sample Text
Careful though incomplete copy of the first part (al-Qism al-awwal) of Ḥikmat al-ishrāq, the widely-known text on the philosophy of illumination by Shihāb al-Dīn Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash al-Suhrawardī (d.1191), ending with the conclusion of al-Faṣl al-thānī of al-Maqālah al-thālithah (see p.42 of the Walbridge and Ziai edition).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251211
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Referanslar
Suhrawardī, Yaḥyá ibn Ḥabash. The Philosophy of illumination : Ḥikmat al-ishrāq : a new critical edition of the text of Ḥikmat al-ishrāq. Ed. John Walbridge and Hossein Ziai. Provo, (UT), 1999., Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 437, Ziai, Hossein. "al-Suhrawardī, S̲h̲ihāb al-Dīn Yaḥyā b. Ḥabas̲h̲ b. Amīrak, Abu 'l-Futūḥ." In EI2, vo.IX, p.782, col.1, Walbridge, John. The Wisdom of the mystic East: Suhrawardī and platonic Orientalism. Albany (NY), 2001., Walbridge, John. The Leaven of the Ancients: Suhrawardī and the heritage of the Greeks. Albany (NY), 2000.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in the Fall of 1950.
