Author
Jīlī, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ibrāhīm, 1365 or 1366-, جيلي، عبد الكريم بن ابراهيم, 1365 or 1366-, Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971, Ruthven, Alexander Peter, 1912-1965
Author Original
جيلي، عبد الكريم بن ابراهيم
Publication Date
1600
Subject
Theological anthropology -- Islam -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800, Sufism -- Early works to 1800, Islamic philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Islam -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
1 leaf : paper ; 156 x 109 (130 x 80) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1519497743
Record ID
99188914423506381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
17th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. fragment., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: "بتعدد مظاهره بل هو احد في جميع تلك المظاهر احد على ما تقتضيه ذاته الكريمة في نفسها الى غير ذلك من صفات الكمال والى ظهوره في كل ذرة من ذرات الوجود ...", Collation: Isolated single folio ; catchwords present., Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled, Script: Naskh ; pointing in amply space distinct dots ; alif maqṣūrah pointed as yāʼ and occasionally mardūdah ; yāʼ often unpointed large open counters for ṣād, ṭāʼ (etc), medial hāʼ, final hāʼ, and qāf -- others closed ; tāʼ marbūṭah occasionally unpointed ; descenders of rāʼ and wāw abbreviated with only slight curve ; foot of lām only slightly curved ; point of final or free-standing nūn floating above tall, narrow, angled bowl., Decoration: Keywords rubricated ; textual dividers also in red ink., Support: Hand laid paper with 10-11 laid lines per cm (horizontal) and chain lines (vertical) difficult to observe due to surface soiling ; traces of a watermark faintly visible., Former shelfmark: Kelsey 67.1.68, Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1077, Origin: Hand, paper, and provenance suggest Egypt, perhaps 17th century., A few marginal corrections indicate variants. Gifted in 1967 by Dr. Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882-1971) who served as the University of Michigan's seventh president from 1929 to 1951. Likely collected in Egypt by his son Peter (Alexander Peter Ruthven 1912-1965). Transferred to the Rare Book Room from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology in 1981.
Sample Text
Fragment from a manuscript copy of ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ibrāhīm al-Jīlī's treatise on the Sufi concept of the Perfect Man (al-insān al-kāmil), developed from Ibn al-ʻArabī's elaboration of this idea. Contributions to the cataloguing from Aishah Al-Mohamedi.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Ruthven, Alexander Grant, 1882-1971, former owner., Ruthven, Alexander Peter, 1912-1965, former owner.
Oluşturulma
[Egypt?, 16--?]
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, S II 283, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ibrāhīm al-Jīlī, al-Insān al-kāmil fī maʻrifat al-awākhir wa-al-awāʼil (1293 = 1876) p.32, Morrissey, Fitzroy. Sufism and the perfect human: from Ibn ʻArabī to al-Jīlī, New York: Routledge, 2020.
Elde Ediliş
Dr. Alexander Grant Ruthven (1882-1971);
