Author
Ghazzālī, 1058-1111, Ghazali, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)
Author Original
غزالي
Publication Date
1930
Subject
Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Nūr -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, Sufism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
26 leaves : paper ; 283-306 x 200-215 mm. bound to 313 x 225 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194733664
Record ID
990068191280106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1930s (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from inscription on 'title page' p.3., Incipit: "Praise be to God, the pourer of lights, the opener of sight, the revealer of secrets, and the lifter of curtains... Now, you have asked me, O honorable brother, may God bless you, to seek the greatest happiness....", Explicit: "But what I can now introduce to you are these sections and some of the categories of each section, so I say", Collation: Leaves between sections left fully blank or partially blank (serving as 'title pages' for the various sections, see pp.3, 11, 19, 27, 39, 47); pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes insert)., Layout: Written in 16-26 lines per page ; not frame-ruled ; where paper is unlined, lines typically slant upward., Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand in a medium line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of words descending to baseline and inclination to the left, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed., Decoration: Entire text in red ink ; most 'title page' inscriptions in pencil., Support: Wove paper of two main types (unlined) and machine laid paper (lined)., Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding); pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetable pattern in green; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "Niche of Lights by Al-Ghazali | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe); overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion., Former shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 60, Accompanying materials: Slip of yellow tissue weight paper with note in purple pencil “Mishkat al-Anwar by al-Ghazali 6” (paginated pp.1-2)., Origin: Lacks dated 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 7953" ; UM Library inscription on 'title page' (p.3) "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark in pencil on verso of final leaf p.54 "231 / 53" ; Occasionally marginal glosses., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 911
Sample Text
Careful though incomplete copy of al-Ghazālī's (d.1111) celebrated work on Ṣūfistic theory, arranged in six sections.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251211
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 419 ff. ; S I 744 ff.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in the Fall of 1950.
