Author
Saʻdī, Saadi, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Shaykh Darvīsh Muḥammad al-Shirvānī, active 1563, Abdul Latif bin Sheikh Darwish Muhammad al-Shirwani
Author Original
سعدى عبد اللطيف بن شيخ درويش محمد الشروانى
Publication Date
1563
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Sufi poetry, Persian -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
138 leaves : paper ; 195 x 135 (128 x 70) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194721218
Record ID
990068136640106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1563-1564
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from headpiece at opening on p.4 and close on p.275., Incipit: "Pray to God Almighty, whose obedience brings you nearness...", Explicit: "At the end of the book of Golestan, the book of Golestan was finished, and Allah, the Most High, is finished, and by the grace of God, His name is not combined in this sentence, as is the habit of authors, from the poetry of the predecessors by way of metaphor ... Lakatbeh", Colophon: "Scribal," in Arabic, reads "The Book of Abd al-Muznab Abd al-Latif al-Muznab bin Sheikh Darvish Muhammad al-Sharwani, famous for his forgiveness by Plato in the year 971 AD", Collation: 17 IV(136), I (138), i ; almost exclusively quaternions; p.38 left partially blank, perhaps for illustration never realized; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes flyleaves)., Layout: Written in 11 lines per page; frame-ruled; written area occasionally divided to two columns to set off verses., Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in distinct dots., Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of large (rising out of the well of turquoise and gold into which it is set and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue), scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with a central cartouche (carrying the title "Kitab) Kalestan" in white on a black ground with red floral accents) surrounded by swirling floral vegetal motifs in gold, red, yellow, white, pink, and turquoise on fields of gold and lapis lazuli; keywords and some vocalization rubricated, others chrysographed or in blue ink; written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold band defined by black and blue fillets; tailpiece consisting of floral accents in red and black ink flanking close (p.276)., Support: European laid paper of perhaps a few types; opening type with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 25-28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of anchor in circle (see p.8-9, 22, etc.); another type with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 27-32 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of crossbow in circle (p.262, 268, etc.) alternating with crossed arrows (see p.258, 272, etc.); all quite sturdy, dull cream in color, and well-burnished., Binding: Pasteboards covered in red-brown leather; Type II binding (with flap); doublures in brown leather; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche OAi 8), pendants and corner pieces, along with tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps and fillets in gold; upper and lower doublures carry diamond-shaped central ornament of gold-tooled interlace and border in gold fillets; sewn in dull yellow, dark blue and dull pink thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in dull yellow and pink, damaged somewhat; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, delamination of boards at corners, lifting of leather, envelope flap fully detached, etc. ; minor pieced repairs in dark brown leather; housed in box for protection., Former shelfmark: "344" inscribed in pencil on recto of opening leaf (p.1); "344 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of opening leaf (p.2)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.276, copied by `Abd al-Laṭīf ibn Shaykh Darvīsh Muḥammad al-Shirvānī, al-shahīr bi-Aflāṭūn, (Abdüllatif b. Derviş Mehmet eş-Şirvânî) with transcription completed in 971 [1563 or 4]., Inscriptions in pencil "344" and "344 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" on opening leaf (pp.1-2) ; interlinear and marginal glosses (mainly in Turkish) and occasional corrections; traces of an almond-shaped seal impression on the page facing incipit page (p.5); ownership statements on back flyleaf (recto in black ink, divani script, p.278 and verso in red ink, p.278) in name of Darvīsh Muḥammad Qiyādā [?] Zādah ( Derviş Mehmet Kıyâdâzade [?]), dated 30 Ṣafar 1138 [ca. 7 November 1725] and 113?, respectively., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 306
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Shaykh Darvīsh Muḥammad al-Shirvānī, active 1563, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Cat. Pers. MSS Brit. Mus., p.595 ff., Browne, v. ii, p.525-532, Rypka, p. 251-253
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
