Author
Avicenna, 980-1037, Avicenna, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)
Author Original
ابن سينا
Publication Date
1930
Subject
Soul -- Early works to 1800, Psychology -- Early works to 1850, Biology -- Early works to 1800, Islamic cosmology -- Early works to 1800, Botany -- Early works to 1800, Islamic philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Modern, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
240 leaves : paper ; 310 x 210 mm. bound to 321 x 222 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194788849
Record ID
990068191950106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1930s (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer from rubricated heading at opening on p.2., Incipit: “We have completed the discussion in the first art of general matters in the natural world, then we have completed it in the second art of heavenly bodies, the world, images, and the first movements in the natural world, and we have achieved the conditions of bodies that corrupt and those that do not corrupt, then we have completed it by speaking of the universe, corruption, and its rituals, then we have completed it by speaking of the actions of the first qualities, their emotions, and the moods generated by them, and it remains for us to speak on Matters of the existing...”, Explicit: “That gentleman who was the exalted mug during and during the last half of the nineteenth century the book was written”, Collation: In section carrying Kitāb al-Samāʻ wa al-ʻālam, pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (appearing on every other page) and one quire numbered (see p.219); in section carrying draft treatise on modern philosophy, (p.237 to close) verso of each leaf left blank and foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (mistakenly repeats p.291 two additional times)., Layout: Written mainly in 25 lines per page., Script: Ruqʻah ; two or three compact hands; opening hand (also supplying a few other sections) quite neat and carefully executed in a bold line, serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, strong horizontal character adhering consistently to the baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots; Section headings in naskh or tawqīʻ; From p.19 to p.178, a quick hand in a medium line with a slight effect of inclination to the right; from p.179 to close, hand similar to the opening hand but in a much thinner line., Decoration: Section headings and keywords rubricated or in purple ink (multiple shades of red also used)., Support: Lined / ruled 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 vegetable pattern in green; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "The survival of the soul, Ibn Samna [sic] | J.H.D." ; sewing is difficult to examine, but appears to be over three recessed cords; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe); overall in fairly good condition., Former shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 65, Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and 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 7957" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark in pencil on verso of final leaf (p.478) "231 / 53" ; marginal glosses; interlinear corrections (in lavender pencil, mainly in draft work from p.237 to close)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 916
Sample Text
Careful copy of assorted excerpts from al-Ṭabīʻīyāt, the section on natural sciences from Ibn Sīnā's Kitāb al-Shifāʼ, opening with excerpts from Kitāb al-Nafs (fann 6), al-Nabāt (fann 7), al-Ḥayawān (fann 8), al-Samāʻ wa al-ʻālam (fann 2), and al-Kawn wa-al-fasād (fann 3) and bound together with what appears to be a work on ʻilm al-kalām, as well as a working draft of an anonymous treatise on modern philosophy, addressing Hegel, etc., the opening page of which appears to have been mistakenly bound into Isl. Ms. 913 (see p.3 of that volume).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251211
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I 452 ff. ; S I 816
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in the Fall of 1950.
