Author
Anṣārī Shīrāzī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn, approximately 1329-1403 or 1404, Anṣārī Shīrāzī, ʻAlī ibn Ḥusayn, Hagop Kevorkian Fund
Author Original
انصاري شيرازي، علي بن حسين
Publication Date
1444
Subject
Materia medica, Vegetable -- Iran -- Early works to 1800, Pharmacopoeias -- Early works to 1800, Materia medica -- Early works to 1800, Medicinal plants -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
i, 226, i leaves : paper ; 258 x 178 (165 x 110) mm. bound to 163 x 180 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194731854
Record ID
990128463490106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1444
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from colophon on p.451., Incipit: "The incomparable help of Hamad, and numbers of incomparable thanks to the creator, whose works of invention are on every sheet of paper and tree of the trees of the side...", Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "Tamat al-Mawdul al-Awwal on Kitab al-Mosum Bakhtiarat on the 12th day of Friday on [?] Rabi' al-Thani year 848 AH", Collation: i, 2 IV(16), 2+IV (26), 9 IV(98), IV+1 (107), IV (115), III+1 (122), 13 IV(226), i ; chiefly quaternions; present catchwords; occasional foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, often towards the middle of the page in the outer margin; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written in 21 lines per page (single column); frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident)., Script: Naskh with some elements of nasta'līq; elegant, spacious Turkic or Persianate hand in a medium line; virtually serifless with elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, long but fairly straight shaqq on kāf, quite rounded with curvilinear descenders and terminating strokes of tāʼ, bāʼ, etc., pointing mainly in distinct dots but occasionally with stroke for two dots, point of final and free-standing nūn set down within tall, angled bowl (rightward stroke typically higher than leftward stroke which occasionally curves and nearly forms a complete circle around dot), rāʼ often set within preceding dāl (particularly in instances of دار), some free assimilation of letters, etc., Decoration: Illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2, rectangular in shape with title "Kitab Akhtarat Badi'i" in gold tawqī' in cartouche over swirling vegetal ground, flanked by delicate vegetal motifs in gold on azure blue ground, surrounded by now oxidized bands (with paper breakthrough) and surmounted by further decorative band in blue, gold and white with red accents, itself surmounted by fine tīgh; keywords and headings rubricated, along with two-teeth stroke abbreviation., Support: non-European (possibly Persianate) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly straight) and chain lines occasionally visible; somewhat cloudy formation with many inclusions (plant matter, bits of fiber, etc.), thin though sturdy and quite well-burnished to glossy, beige to light brown in color; flyleaves in European laid paper (potentially machine laid) with "GIOR MAGNANI" below scrollwork with bird above tower (compare Heawood 3748); numerous native page repairs in brown paper., Binding: Heavy boards covered in brown leather; Type III binding (without flap); probably two piece binding (trace of seam of overlapping flanges visible on spine); board linings in European laid paper; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants filled with symmetrical floral / vegetal decoration, set off by rules dividing cover into quadrants and border in a row of s-shaped stamps defined by blind rules; now sewn in white thread, two stations, no traces of endbands (perhaps lost in rebinding), rather tightly bound; slightly larger than textblock and likely not original; subtle repair to spine in red brown leather, new hinges in dark brown leather; sound and overall in fairly good condition with some abrasion., Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with note in Persian in pen identifying title, date of copying, and subject -- b. Index card with descriptive notes typed in German as well as transcription in clear black ink of note on other slip "Akhtiarat Badi'i Daira Al-Arif Tab", Origin: As appears in colophon at close (p.451), transcription of this the first volume completed 12 Rabī` II 484 [ca. 29 July 1444]., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1060, Seven different ownership statements (one also a bequest statement) and six different seal impressions on 'title page" (p.1), all at least partially obscured by page repairs; small oval seal impression reading "Labadeh al-Husayn al-Husaini [?]" appears on incipit and facing page as well as adjacent to colophon where it is accompanied by a statement seemingly dated Muḥarram 1285 [1868 or 9] in Shushtar ; a few glosses in a hand other than that of the codex; added notes on upper and lower board linings, including note dated 2 Dhū al-Qa'dah 1253 [on lower board lining, inscribed by the Library | 500591044 / SPAUL-2014 | QUARITCH 4-17-14."
Sample Text
Elegant early copy of the first volume of Ikhtiyārāt-i badīʻī, a work of materia medica (pharmacopoeia) by ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī known as Ḥājjī Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār (d.1403 or 4).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Hagop Kevorkian Fund, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Bağışçı Bilgisi
The Stephen Spaulding (1907-1925) Memorial Fund, University of Michigan Class of 1927
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Referanslar
In the Scribes Hand: A Selection of Islamic Manuscripts, Bernard Quaritch Ltd Catalogue 1428, (London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd, 2014), no.4, Sotheby’s, Catalogue of fine oriental manuscripts, the property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund ...etc. (sale 26 April 1982), lot 140, Storey, Persian literature: a bio-bibliographical survey, vol. 2, p. 220, Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the British Museum, v.2, p.469 (Add. 16748), Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, i 197, Ḥājji Zayn al-ʻAṭṭār al-Anṣārī, ʻAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn. Ikhtiyārāt-i badīʻī. Cawnpore, 1888.
Elde Ediliş
Quaritch ;
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (illuminated) -- 15th century, Herbal treatments
