Author
Erzurumlu İbrâhim Hakkı, 1703-1780?, Erzurumlu Ibrahim Hakkı, Erzurumlu Ibrahim Hakkı, Seyit Ubeydullah bin Seyit Feyzullah, active 1822, Sayyid Ubaidullah bin Sayyid Fayzullah
Author Original
ارضروملى ابراهيم حقي ارضروملى ابراهيم حقى سيد عبيد الله بن سيد فيض الله
Publication Date
1822
Subject
Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Turkish -- Early works to 1800, Astronomy -- Early works to 1800, Qurʼan -- Geography -- Early works to 1800, Islam -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Turkish -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
tur, ota
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
327 leaves : paper ; 275 x 155 (210 x 95) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194750452
Record ID
990068222550106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1822
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from colophon (p. 649)., Incipit: “Praise be to me, and thanks be to me, count and double, supporter of righteousness, one individual, Hazrat Rene Olsonke...”, Explicit: “Praise be to you, there is no god but You, the One, the One, the Eternal, the Eternal, O Generous, with Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the Merciful. I have an account, Kim Boni Uqursa, Mardakar, Ullur Kemke, Fahm Iler or Bur Khordar, Ullur Bu, My Book, Uqiyani, Yazani, Marafat, Kanjila, Bay Ayat, O Rich”. "Scribal", triangular, reads "This book, which is desirable, acceptable, and desired by those with understanding, has been edited with the care of God, the King, the Bestower, who is known to us... from the works of the working scholar... Mr. Hajj Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Haqqi... who lives in the town of Erzurum... written by the poor, despicable, weak, Mr. Ubaidullah Al-Fahim bin Al-Sayyid Qaydullah Al-Munir, the late, may God enlighten his grave, one of the disciples of Mr. Hajj Muhammad Taimur Al-Kamali Al-Arzurum [Erzurumi]. ?] May God Almighty protect its people from worries and anxieties and pardon them... Editing this blessed book seven times and making it easy with the care of the Lord of Bliss in the year two hundred and thirty-seven and a thousand from the Hijra of those who have glory, happiness and honor on Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. Praise be to God Almighty and prayers be upon His Prophet. He is the origin of existence and the best of creation. O God, forgive me and my parents and all the believing men and women with your mercy, oh Most Merciful of the Merciful, and praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, on the 27th of the year 1237", Collation: V (10), VI (22), 28 V (302), 2 VI (326), i ; chiefly quinions; opening leaves of table of contents (pp.2-3) ruled but left blank ; oblique catchwords on the verso of each leaf ; foliated with Hindu-Arabic numerals in red ink next to the upper-left corner of the written area; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing, Layout: Written in 37 lines per page; occasionally divided into multiple columns for verse and tables ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; Somewhat compact, elegant Ottoman hand in a thin line; Partially serifed with tear-drop head-serifs on most ascenders excluding free-standing alif, slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, both open and closed counters, pointing mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots; colophon in a compact, freely ligatured riqāʻ (rika)., Decoration: Elegant illuminated titlepiece set in double-page illumination at opening (pp.22-23), consisting of rectangular headpieces (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) with gold cartouches carrying title and verse in white at the top and bottom of each frame with vegetable and floral designs in pale green, pale blue, orange, pink, red and black surrounded by a lavender border with black crosses; four roundels (two on each page) carrying opening text set off by cloud-bands; roundels surrounded by vegetables and floral designs in pale green, pale blue, orange, pink, red and lavender and separated by a rectangular field in gold with a pale blue border; roundels and title fields flanked by heavy bands of interlace in gold with orange and green accents; Entire piece bordered in marginal decoration evoking a series of scalloped domes or semi-circular fields in blue and gold with lavender and orange floral accents with vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and green; text of written area surrounded by frame consisting of a heavy gold band outlined with black fillets and surrounded by an outer red fillet; keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of rubricated inverted commas; illustrations of cosmic maps with Kaʻbah and Ḥaram at Jerusalem on pp.46-47 (compare British Library Or. 12964, fol.23b-23a, reproduced in Milstein, “The evolution of a visual motif: the Temple and the Kaʻba,” pp.37-38), charts and diagrams of the different levels of being, the celestial spheres, the Earth, lunar cycles, eclipses, fixed stars, and other astronomical topics on pp.70, 71, 78, 81, 115, 118-121, 137-140, 149, 150, 163-165, 174-178, 187, 194; two maps of the world signed by Mr. Hussein Al-Fenni (es-Seyyid Hüseyin el-Fenni) on pp. 177-178., Support: European laid paper of at least 4 types; first type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced roughly 27 mm. apart (vertical), burnished, thin and crisp with countermark “IMG” (or “IMC”) and watermark of three hats, mainly top hats with feathers (resembling tea cups) arranged in a triangle (see p.46, 65 and compare Eineder no.707 etc.); second type with roughly 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced roughly 29 mm. apart (vertical), burnished, thin and crisp with partial watermark of "T" next to a six-pointed star surmounted by a fleur-de-lis (p.170); third type with roughly 13 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced roughly 27 mm. apart (vertical), burnished, thin crisp, watermark of lion with front paw raised (passant) and countermark of the same image but smaller (p.172,178) ; Fourth type with approximately 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced roughly 27 mm. apart (vertical), well burnished, thin and crisp with countermark of "GIUSTI" and watermark of a hand holding scales in a shield (p.366, 384); paper inconsistently oriented with lines laid vertically and horizontally., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather; Type II binding (with flap); doublures in textured red paper with crackled gold pattern; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped (with leather onlays) and gold-painted scalloped mandorla (featuring a six-pointed star or seal of Solomon with “O God” and 1216 [1801 or 2] inside and vegetable motifs surrounding) and pendants as well as a heavy border consisting of a gilded s-stamped design bordered by thin, gilded bands; design continues on flap ; sewn in orange yellow thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in red and yellow; overall in fair-to-poor condition with some abrasion and hinge leather cracking, likely not original to text and somewhat ill-fitting (too small)., Former shelfmark: "385 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on opening leaf of table of contents (p.1)., Accompanying materials: Loose slip (125 x 125 mm.) with two inscribed circles, "Friendly Basit" written repeatedly between the circles in red and black ink (between pp.468-9)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.649, copied by al-Sayyid ʻUbayd Allāh al-Fahīm ibn al-Sayyid Fayḍ Allāh al-Munīr (Seyit Ubeydullah bin Seyit Feyzullah) with transcription completed on 27 Ramaḍān 1237 [ca. 17 June 1822]. As appears in preceding authorial colophon (also on p.648) composition completed in 1170 [1756 or 7]., Inscription in pencil "385 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" on opening leaf of table of contents (p.1) ; collation marks (mainly reached) ; Occasional marginal corrections with accompanying signs de renvoi., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 397
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the classical encyclopedic work by Erzurumlu (Erzurumî) İbrâhim Hakkı (d.1780) addressing topics chosen from geography, astronomy and the natural sciences, as well as theology and Sufism. Table of contents at opening (pp.4-20). Followed by a copy of brief letter from İbrâhim Hakkı to one of his brethren (pp.650-651). Descriptive contributions from Nick Krabbenhoeft.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Erzurumlu İbrâhim Hakkı, 1703-1780? Mektup İbrâhim Hakkı ilâ bazı ihvanih., Seyit Ubeydullah bin Seyit Feyzullah, active 1822, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Eineder, The Ancient Paper-mills of the Former Austro-Hungarian Empire and their Watermarks, (Hilversum: Paper Publications Society, 1960), plate 190-191, Brit. Mus. Catalogue of Turkish MSS, p.115, University of Michigan Library. Manuscripts & papyri : an exhibition arranged for the XXVII International Congress of Orientalists, Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 13-19, 1967. (Ann Arbor, MI [?], 1967): no.69, p.19, Islamic art from Michigan collections. Carol G. Fisher and Alan Fisher, Eds. (East Lansing, MI: Kresge Art Gallery, Michigan State University, 1982), p.102, no.58, Fisher, Carol G. and Alan Fisher. "Illustrations of Mecca and Medina in Islamic Manuscripts." In Islamic art from Michigan collections, Eds. Carol G. Fisher and Alan Fisher (East Lansing, MI: Kresge Art Gallery, Michigan State University, 1982): 40-47, Karamustafa, Ahmet T. "Cosmographical Diagrams." In Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies, Ed. J.B. Harley and David Woodward. History of Cartography volume 2, book 1 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992): 71-89, Milstein, Rachel. "The evolution of a visual motif: the Temple and the Kaʻba." In Israel Oriental Studies XIX, Eds. Albert Arazi, Joseph Sadan, and David J. Wasserstein. (Tel Aviv: Eisenbrauns, 1999): 23-48, Gruber, Christiane and Ashley Dimmig. Pearls of Wisdom : The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan : Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 2014), no.73, p.94 ff, Gruber, Christiane. "Signs of the Hour: Eschatological Imagery in Islamic Book Arts." Ars Orientalis 44 (2014): 41-60, The Moon: A Voyage Through Time, edited by Christiane Gruber (Toronto: Aga Khan Museum, 2019): p.136-7 (Cat. no. 29), 138-9 (Cat. no. 30)
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
