Divān-i S̲anʼī

Name: Divān-i S̲anʼī
Author: S̲anāʼī, Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, -1587?, Binary, Hussein Ibn Ghiyāth al-Din Ali al-Mashhadī, Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943

Title	Divān-i S̲anʼī
Author	S̲anāʼī, Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, -1587?, Binary, Hussein Ibn Ghiyāth al-Din Ali al-Mashhadī, Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943
Author Original	ثنائى حسين ابن غياث الدين على المشهدى
Publication Date:	1800
Subject	Persian poetry -- 1500-1796, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	Book
Language	Persian
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	116 leaves : paper ; 229 x 140 (165 x 90) mm. bound to 236 x 152 mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194846209
Record ID	990068366580106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	19th century (exact date unknown)
Notes	Ms. composite codex., Title from close on p.208., Explicit: "... امر است تمام شد دیوان ثنائی", Collation: ii, III (6), II (10), IV-2 (16), 10 IV(88), 2 II(96), IV-2 (102), 2 II(110), 2 (112), II (116), ii ; original gatherings exclusively quaternions (some anomalous) ; blank replacement leaves inserted where text lacks ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes, upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf, lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in now grey ink, Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves)., Layout: Written in up to 15 lines per page, divided to two columns., Script: Nastaʻlīq and shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق) ; two main hands ; opening section (pp.25-180) in a large, elegant nastaʻlīq in a heavy line, serifless with elongation of horizontal strokes, descent of words to baseline, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots ; latter section (pp.197-208) mainly in a brisk shikastah-nastaʻlīq, serifless and more compact with sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes (p.197 in a different nastaʻlīq) ; glosses and excerpts at close (pp.225-227) in still different hands., Decoration: Diagram accompanying excerpt on p.227., Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper of two types ; opening excerpt on a type with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream with a grayish tint ; latter excerpt on a type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and chain lines visible (see p.198, etc.), cloudy formation, sturdy though transluscent, grayish tint ; replacement leaves in European wove paper., Binding: Boards covered in mauve paper (blotched design evoking marbling) with red-brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine gold-stamped with "PERSIAN MSS." and accents on raised bands ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in green, red and white stripes ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, etc., Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 13, Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 3. Persian \| Dīvān of S̲anāʼī in two different hands (perhaps from two incomplete copies of the same work). Undated. XIXth century." -- b. Slip of paper with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Recycled card with note "binding by Menzies, London, 1914" -- d. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes.", Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or 19th century [as proposed by G. Meredith-Owens]., Back flyleaf (p.239) stamped in black ink "FAZAKERLEY BINDER MANCHESTER" ; extensive marginal and interlinear glosse ; collation marks (unpointed "بلغ") in opening section., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 864
Sample Text	Composite copy of the Dīvān of S̲anāʼī (Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, d.1587?), acephalous and incomplete, possibly compiled from two incomplete copies with blank replacement leaves inserted where text was lacking.
Katkıda Bulunanlar	Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	F. E. Nuttall Collection.
Referanslar	İsmail Paşa. Īḍāḥ al-maknūn, 1/495, Muḥsin al-Amīn. Aʻyān al-Shīʻah, v. 5 p.465
Elde Ediliş	Acquired from Frank E. Nuttall (1875-1943).

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Divān-i S̲anʼī

Author S̲anāʼī, Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, -1587?, Binary, Hussein Ibn Ghiyāth al-Din Ali al-Mashhadī, Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943

Author Original ثنائى حسين ابن غياث الدين على المشهدى

Publication Date 1800

Subject Persian poetry -- 1500-1796, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type Book

Language Persian

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 116 leaves : paper ; 229 x 140 (165 x 90) mm. bound to 236 x 152 mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194846209

Record ID 990068366580106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 19th century (exact date unknown)

Notes Ms. composite codex., Title from close on p.208., Explicit: "... امر است تمام شد دیوان ثنائی", Collation: ii, III (6), II (10), IV-2 (16), 10 IV(88), 2 II(96), IV-2 (102), 2 II(110), 2 (112), II (116), ii ; original gatherings exclusively quaternions (some anomalous) ; blank replacement leaves inserted where text lacks ; middle of the quire marks in the form of black oblique strokes, upper outer corner of the right-hand leaf, lower outer corner of the left-hand leaf ; catchwords present ; foliation in now grey ink, Western numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves)., Layout: Written in up to 15 lines per page, divided to two columns., Script: Nastaʻlīq and shikastah (shikastah-nastaʻlīq / شكسته نستعليق) ; two main hands ; opening section (pp.25-180) in a large, elegant nastaʻlīq in a heavy line, serifless with elongation of horizontal strokes, descent of words to baseline, pointing in distinct or conjoined dots ; latter section (pp.197-208) mainly in a brisk shikastah-nastaʻlīq, serifless and more compact with sweeping descenders and elongated horizontal strokes (p.197 in a different nastaʻlīq) ; glosses and excerpts at close (pp.225-227) in still different hands., Decoration: Diagram accompanying excerpt on p.227., Support: non-European (likely Indian or Persian) laid paper of two types ; opening excerpt on a type with roughly 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, somewhat indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and transluscent though sturdy, dark cream with a grayish tint ; latter excerpt on a type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, somewhat indistinct) and chain lines visible (see p.198, etc.), cloudy formation, sturdy though transluscent, grayish tint ; replacement leaves in European wove paper., Binding: Boards covered in mauve paper (blotched design evoking marbling) with red-brown leather over spine and board corners (half binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in untinted wove paper ; head edge of text block gilt ; spine gold-stamped with "PERSIAN MSS." and accents on raised bands ; sewn in white thread over five recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in green, red and white stripes ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, etc., Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 13, Accompanying materials: a. Slip of paper with notes in handwriting of G. Meredith-Owens "MO 3. Persian | Dīvān of S̲anāʼī in two different hands (perhaps from two incomplete copies of the same work). Undated. XIXth century." -- b. Slip of paper with note "counted for 1968/69 Annual Report" -- c. Recycled card with note "binding by Menzies, London, 1914" -- d. Slip of paper: "Persian MSS (Heyworth-Dunne?) with Meredith-Owens notes.", Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. would suggest late 18th or 19th century [as proposed by G. Meredith-Owens]., Back flyleaf (p.239) stamped in black ink "FAZAKERLEY BINDER MANCHESTER" ; extensive marginal and interlinear glosse ; collation marks (unpointed "بلغ") in opening section., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 864

Sample Text Composite copy of the Dīvān of S̲anāʼī (Ḥusayn ibn Ghiyās̲ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Mashhadī, d.1587?), acephalous and incomplete, possibly compiled from two incomplete copies with blank replacement leaves inserted where text was lacking.

Katkıda Bulunanlar Nuttall, Frank E., 1875-1943, former owner.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda F. E. Nuttall Collection.

Referanslar İsmail Paşa. Īḍāḥ al-maknūn, 1/495, Muḥsin al-Amīn. Aʻyān al-Shīʻah, v. 5 p.465

Elde Ediliş Acquired from Frank E. Nuttall (1875-1943).