Book of Interpretation of the Qurʼan al-Aẓīm al-musammá bi-al-Nahr

Name: Book of Interpretation of the Qurʼan al-Aẓīm al-musammá bi-al-Nahr
Author: Abū Ḥayyān Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 1256-1344, Abu Hayyan Muhammad ibn Yusuf, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)

Title	Book of Interpretation of the Qurʼan al-Aẓīm al-musammá bi-al-Nahr
Author	Abū Ḥayyān Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 1256-1344, Abu Hayyan Muhammad ibn Yusuf, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)
Author Original	ابو حيان محمد بن يوسف
Publication Date:	1600
Subject	Abū Ḥayyān Muhammad ibn Yusuf, 1256-1 Baḥr al-muḥīṭ fī tafsīr al-Qurʼān, Qurʼān -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	254 leaves : paper ; 280 x 200 (225 x 115) mm. bound to 287 x 205 mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194701930
Record ID	990068323300106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	17th century (exact date unknown)
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from 'title page' (p.1)., Incipit: "The Sheikh, the Imam, the scholar, the scholar, Sibawayh al-Zaman, Abu Hayyan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf bin Ali, may God have mercy on him and be pleased with him, with Your praise. O God, open and with your light, I will be clear. Please ask... And after that, when I compiled my great book called The Oceanful Sea in the science of interpretation, I was unable to cut it due to its swimming length... So I made from it a river whose eyes flow... And this river is a length of time from a sea that has no score...”, Explicit: “In the bad end of falling into torment, and he is keen to guide them and be compassionate to them and have mercy on them. O God, bestow upon him the most honorable of blessings and peace be upon him.”, Colophon: “Scribal,” triangular, reads “Complete the first third of the river taken from the sea and recite it, God willing, Surah Yunus, peace be upon him. Praise be to God alone, and with God we seek help, it has been completed.”, Collation: Original gatherings now difficult to discern, though likely quinions; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 33 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; clear Egyptian hand in a thin line; serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, adhering fairly closely to baseline, many closed counters, pointing in distinct dots, alif maqṣūrah pointed as yāʼ, kāf mashkūlah (mashqūqah) preferred., Decoration: Keywords and sūrah headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of small red discs, hāʼs (e), and inverted commas., Support: European laid paper with 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), single chain lines evenly spaced approximately 28 mm. apart (vertical), three crescents watermark (see p.10, compare Heawood 863, Venice 1610), some inclusions and undissolved fibers; heavy but crisp and well-burnished., Binding: Fiberboards covered in maroon cloth with brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding); Western style binding; pastedowns (now fully detached from boards, traces of adhesive visible) and flyleaves in shell 'marbled' (printed pattern) wove paper in brown, red, blue and gold; board corners and spine leather extending over boards edged in gold-stamped vegetable accents; spine gold-stamped with decorative accents over raised bands; edges of textblock speckled red ; spine label carries title and subject "The first part of Abu Hayyan's interpretation, which includes the first third \| Interpretation" ; sewn (not original) in white thread, six stations; Western style endbands; Overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of cloth and leather, etc., Previous shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 90, Accompanying materials: "a. Slip of paper: 8348; b. Slip of paper: 13713" - from handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, hand, etc. strongly suggest early 17th century., 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 8348" ; UM Library inscription on (p.3) "Dunning \| Heyworth-Dunne \| 6-12-51 \| 71955" ; Occasional glosses and marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 941
Sample Text	Fine copy of the first third (through the conclusion of Sūrat al-Tawbah [9]) of Abū Ḥayyān al-Gharnāṭī's (d.1344) commentary on the Qurʼān derived from his more extensive commentary al-Baḥr al-muḥīṭ.
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Abū Ḥayyān Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 1256-1344. Baḥr al-muḥīṭ fī tafsīr al-Qurʼān. Abridgement., Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251211
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Referanslar	Brockelmann, C. GAL, S II 136, Fatehi-nezhad, Enayatollah. (Tr. Rahim Gholami). "Abū Ḥayyān al-Gharnāṭī." In Encyclopaedia Islamica, Vol. 2, p. 93, col. 1, Glazer, Sidney. "Abū Ḥayyān al-Gharnāṭī." In EI3, accessed via Brill Online.
Elde Ediliş	Acquired in the Fall of 1950.

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Book of Interpretation of the Qurʼan al-Aẓīm al-musammá bi-al-Nahr

Author Abū Ḥayyān Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 1256-1344, Abu Hayyan Muhammad ibn Yusuf, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)

Author Original ابو حيان محمد بن يوسف

Publication Date 1600

Subject Abū Ḥayyān Muhammad ibn Yusuf, 1256-1 Baḥr al-muḥīṭ fī tafsīr al-Qurʼān, Qurʼān -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 254 leaves : paper ; 280 x 200 (225 x 115) mm. bound to 287 x 205 mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194701930

Record ID 990068323300106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 17th century (exact date unknown)

Notes Ms. codex., Title from 'title page' (p.1)., Incipit: "The Sheikh, the Imam, the scholar, the scholar, Sibawayh al-Zaman, Abu Hayyan Muhammad Ibn Yusuf bin Ali, may God have mercy on him and be pleased with him, with Your praise. O God, open and with your light, I will be clear. Please ask... And after that, when I compiled my great book called The Oceanful Sea in the science of interpretation, I was unable to cut it due to its swimming length... So I made from it a river whose eyes flow... And this river is a length of time from a sea that has no score...”, Explicit: “In the bad end of falling into torment, and he is keen to guide them and be compassionate to them and have mercy on them. O God, bestow upon him the most honorable of blessings and peace be upon him.”, Colophon: “Scribal,” triangular, reads “Complete the first third of the river taken from the sea and recite it, God willing, Surah Yunus, peace be upon him. Praise be to God alone, and with God we seek help, it has been completed.”, Collation: Original gatherings now difficult to discern, though likely quinions; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 33 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; clear Egyptian hand in a thin line; serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, adhering fairly closely to baseline, many closed counters, pointing in distinct dots, alif maqṣūrah pointed as yāʼ, kāf mashkūlah (mashqūqah) preferred., Decoration: Keywords and sūrah headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of small red discs, hāʼs (e), and inverted commas., Support: European laid paper with 6 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), single chain lines evenly spaced approximately 28 mm. apart (vertical), three crescents watermark (see p.10, compare Heawood 863, Venice 1610), some inclusions and undissolved fibers; heavy but crisp and well-burnished., Binding: Fiberboards covered in maroon cloth with brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding); Western style binding; pastedowns (now fully detached from boards, traces of adhesive visible) and flyleaves in shell 'marbled' (printed pattern) wove paper in brown, red, blue and gold; board corners and spine leather extending over boards edged in gold-stamped vegetable accents; spine gold-stamped with decorative accents over raised bands; edges of textblock speckled red ; spine label carries title and subject "The first part of Abu Hayyan's interpretation, which includes the first third | Interpretation" ; sewn (not original) in white thread, six stations; Western style endbands; Overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of cloth and leather, etc., Previous shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 90, Accompanying materials: "a. Slip of paper: 8348; b. Slip of paper: 13713" - from handlist prepared by R. Dougherty, 1993., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, hand, etc. strongly suggest early 17th century., 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 8348" ; UM Library inscription on (p.3) "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-12-51 | 71955" ; Occasional glosses and marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 941

Sample Text Fine copy of the first third (through the conclusion of Sūrat al-Tawbah [9]) of Abū Ḥayyān al-Gharnāṭī's (d.1344) commentary on the Qurʼān derived from his more extensive commentary al-Baḥr al-muḥīṭ.

Katkıda Bulunanlar Abū Ḥayyān Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 1256-1344. Baḥr al-muḥīṭ fī tafsīr al-Qurʼān. Abridgement., Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251211

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Heyworth-Dunne Collection.

Referanslar Brockelmann, C. GAL, S II 136, Fatehi-nezhad, Enayatollah. (Tr. Rahim Gholami). "Abū Ḥayyān al-Gharnāṭī." In Encyclopaedia Islamica, Vol. 2, p. 93, col. 1, Glazer, Sidney. "Abū Ḥayyān al-Gharnāṭī." In EI3, accessed via Brill Online.

Elde Ediliş Acquired in the Fall of 1950.