Author
ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921, عبد البها, عبد البهاء, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)
Author Original
عبد البها عبد البهاء
Publication Date
1930
Subject
Bahai Faith, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
92 leaves : paper ; 210 x 168 mm. bound to 220 x 175 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194723491
Record ID
990068328510106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1930s (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from inscription at head of incipit page (p.1)., Incipit: "سبحانك اللهم يا الهي قد نزلت من سماء عز احديتك مياه الوجود بوجودك ورحمانيتك ...", Collation: i, 6 VI(72), V (82), 2 (84), IV (92), i ; chiefly senions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 17-21 lines per page., Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand in a medium to heavy line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed., Support: Machine wove paper of at least two different types., 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 vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "دعاية مبشرات للبهاء| J.H.D." ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords, tightly bound ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition., Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 111, Accompanying materials: Several slips with brief notes (roughly one line on each slip) in Arabic and English on the contents and collation., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and eventually 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 7906" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-11-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark in pencil on incipit page (p.1) "231 / 53" ; occasional marginal corrections and glosses., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 962
Sample Text
Careful copy of a selection of Bahai tracts taken from the letters of ʻAbd al-Bahāʼ ʻAbbās Afandī (d.1921), etc.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921. Correspondence. Selections., عبد البهاء. مكاتيب. مختارات., Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in the Fall of 1950.
