Author
Isfarāyīnī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1285, Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥasan ibn Muṣṭafá al-Awlawī,
Author Original
اسفراييني، محمد بن محمد اسماعيل بن حسن بن مصطفى الاولوى،
Publication Date
1700
Subject
Muṭarrizī, Naṣir ibn ʻAbd al-Sayyid, 1144-1213. Miṣbāḥ fī al-naḥw, The Arabic language -- Grammar -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
160 leaves : paper ; 202 x 150 (141 x 51) mm. bound to 202 x 155 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194780653
Record ID
990067688780106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
18th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: "The most deserving of what is mentioned is the issuance of books and notebooks... Praise be to God Almighty for the jewels of his hands... Now that the type of literature is as many as its afflictions...", Explicit: "This is the subject of redundancy, but it decrees to the king, so I limited it to this amount, so the opinion about contention [?] has not been made clear, and God knows best what is right", Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: “This book was completed, by the grace of God, on the seventeenth day in the blessed month of Rabi’ al-Akhir, the date of the year [1125?]. It was written by the hand of Abdul-Da’eef, in need of the mercy of God Almighty, Ismail bin Hassan bin Mustafa, may God have mercy on his [sic] grandfathers, his parents, his teacher, his associates, and all the believing men and women, and with God, success, and He is the best companion, it was completed.”, Collation: 16 V (160), i ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes back flyleaf and inserts; skips two pages between pp.3-4 and pp.23-24 and omits p.58)., Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq and naskh ; at least two hands ; elegant nastaʻlīq, virtually serifless, with mainly closed counters, effect of tilt to the right and of words descending to baseline, and elongation of horizontal strokes; at p.98 hand changes to naskh, also serifless, neat and compact, fairly rounded, with mainly closed counters and slight effect of tilt to the left; bowl of final nūn often forms a closed circle around the point., Decoration: Headings, keywords, abbreviation symbols and some marginalia rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas; written area surrounded by red rule-border (through p.217)., Support: European laid paper with 13 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart(horizontal); watermarks include coat of arms with lions flanking cross above circles; well-sized and burnished ; some staining, smudging and water damage (particularly pp.61-66)., Binding: Pasteboards faced in laid paper (trimmed to reveal leather onlay of central stamped panel) with dark red leather over spine, fore edge flap and edges / turn-ins (paper faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap); board linings in magenta laid paper ; upper and lower covers bear central blind-stamped panel (lozenge-shaped) filled with vegetable decoration (compare Déroche class. OSd) and surrounded by tooled star or rosette accents; sewn in light pink thread, two stations; Worked endbands in red and light blue, fully intact and in fair condition; overall in fair to poor condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather, delamination of boards, minor spine slant (slightly cocked), etc., Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 138. Kitab al-dau, with glosses.", Accompanying materials: Scrap with notes inserted (paginated pp.226-227)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.319, copied by Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥasan ibn Muṣṭafá. Transcription finished 17 Rabīʻ II [year severly obscured with ink smudged and lifted, but may read 1125? =ca. 13 May 1713]. Paper suggests 18th century., Bookplate of British Museum, on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 138. Kitab al-dau, with glosses." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "198" in Western numerals on front flyleaf (p.1); on paper (blue-tinted) pasted on 'title page' (p.3), a detailed waqf statement in the name of al-Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh Adīb (Abdullah Edip), known as Jannatʹzādah (Cennet-zade), qāḍī of Erzurum, accompanied by his seal, reads: “I stood in a correct and legitimate manner, provided that it does not come out of the house of attached books In my house, except for scholars who live in Erzurum with a strong pasture guarantor, and I am the poor one. May glory be to him, Mr. Abdullah Adeeb, known as Jant Zadeh, the judge in the city of Erzurum in the year two hundred and thousand and sixty-two of Erzurum.” Also on 'title page' (p.3) an ownership statement in the name of the copyist, Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥasan al-Awlawī, reads: “Whoever the poor man writes to God Almighty, Ismail bin Hassan al-Awlawi, will be forgiven by God the Rich and all the believing men and women, the Muslim men and women”; extensive marginal glosses and corrections through p.183., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 138
Sample Text
Fine copy of al-Isfarāyīnī's (d.1285) commentary on al-Misbāḥ fī al-naḥw, a treatise on grammar by al-Muṭarrizī (d.1213).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥasan ibn Muṣṭafá al-Awlawī, scribe, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251211
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Tiflis Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 293 ; SI 514, Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, 1708
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
