Author
Nazmizade Murtaza, -1722?, Nazmizadeh Hussein Mortada Effendi, -1722?, İşkodravi Şerifi Mustafa, active 1845, Ashkodre and Sharifi Mustafa
Author Original
نظمى زاده حسين مرتضى افندى اشقودره وى شريفى مصطفى
Publication Date
1700
Subject
Vaṣṣāf al-Ḥaz̤rat, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Faz̤l Allāh, 1264 or 1265-1329? Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār, Ilkhanid dynasty -- History -- Early works to 1800, Iran -- History -- 640-1500 -- Early works to 1800, Mongols -- Iran -- History -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Turkish -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
tur, ota
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
369 leaves : paper ; 235 x 140 (180 x 83) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194816947
Record ID
990068220590106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
18th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4)., Incipit: “Praise be to God who raised the seven green layers without any pillars that you can see, and revealed according to His wisdom in every heaven its command... And after He directed the lords of those with hearts and hearts... This is the oldest fame, Yafatah, the fame of Aftab Alamtab, first history, and descriptions of problematic phrases, problematic passages, and different Arabic languages, meaning Arabic. And Persian, and Chaghtali, and Mughli, and Khwarazmi, and terms of morphological sciences, grammar, prosody, music, rhythm, geometry, arithmetic, logic, wisdom, speech, and other strange terms, Ozreneh...”, Explicit: “The servants, Shayan, Oldogi, are great, and with such facilitation, God Almighty has made easy for us what we have thrown away from the precious purposes, and all praise is due to our Lord, the Lord of creations from the High Ten... We seek His forgiveness and repent to Him, and we ask Him for pardon and the final outcome. Indeed, He is the Righteous, the Most Merciful. It has been completed.”, Collation: ii, 34 V(340), IV (348), VI (360), IV+1 (369), i ; chiefly quinions; catchwords present; page between first and second volume left blank (p.261); quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, recto of opening leaf of each from the second; foliation in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inner front flyleaf and skips two pages each between pp.83-84, 103-104, 353-354)., Layout: Written in 27 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; compact, elegant hand; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, elongated horizontal strokes, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots., Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece with central gold cartouche (carrying the title in white “This is a clear explanation”) surrounded by swirling floral vegetable composition in gold, pink, light blue, white, orange, red, etc. On a pale gold ground, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in dark blue with gold accents, the entire piece is set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, white with dark blue accents, and heavy gold interlace with red and white accents; other similar illuminated headpieces at the openings of other sections on p.262 and 444 ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by heavy "gold" frame defined by black fillets, elsewhere written area surrounded by narrower gold frame black fillets; keywords rubricated ; passages being commented upon (matn of Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf) overlined in red; textual dividers in the form of red discs., Support: non-European (likely Persian) and European laid paper of several types; first half of codex mainly in non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional chain lines visible, quite thin and translucent though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream in color; The second half of the codex in several European laid papers, mainly with raisin watermarks including paper with 11-12 laid lines per cm. (mainly horizontal), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (mainly vertical) and watermarks of grapes under name and crown (see p.546, 552, etc.) and names (see p.542, 550, etc.) and paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes under crown (see p.714, etc.); flyleaves in European laid paper (watermark of lion guardant visible in front flyleaf, p.2) ; significant breakthrough at frames (border at inner margin toward gutter in practically every leaf in the first four gatherings); leaf carrying p.471-472 delaminating., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges barely visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in an elegant marbled paper (mainly in red and dark blue or green); upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetable composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as a tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps evoking guilloché roll in gold; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in pink thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in deep pink and pale yellow (or cream), good condition; overall in somewhat poor condition with flap fully detached, some staining, minor abrasion, etc. ; housed in box for protection., Former shelfmark: "584 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf., Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest 18th century. Statement in red ink accompanied by dated seal impression on 'title page' (p.3) provides a terminus ante quem of 1846 (i.e. 12 Jumādá II 1262 = ca. 8 May 1846)., Former owners' marks on 'title page' (p.3) include a few effaced statements and statement in red ink identifying title dated 12 Jumādá II 1262 [8 May 1846] accompanied by a large oval seal impression dated 1261 [1845] in the name of İşkodravi Şerifi Mustafa (İşkodralı Şerif Mustafa Paşa, possibly Mustafa Paşa İşkodralı Buşatlı) (1797-1860) ?] seal inscription reads “From the possessions of the poor to his Most High Lord, who is called among the ministers of Bashkudra and Sharifi Mustafa 1261” Occasional glosses and marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 384
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the commentary by Bagdatlı Nazmizade Hüseyin Murtaza Efendi (d.1721 or 2?) on Vaṣṣāf's Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār or Tārīkh-i Vaṣṣāf, a history of the Īlkhāns intended as a continuation of ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAṭā Malik Juvaynī's (d.1283) Tārīkh-i Jahāngushā (Jahān-gushāy) and renowned for its form and style. Several volumes in one. Contributions to the cataloguing from Eren Miyasoğlu and Hossein Mottaghi.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
İşkodravi Şerifi Mustafa, active 1845, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Flügel, Gustav. Die arabischen, persischen und türkischen Handschriften der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Hofbibliothek zu Wien. (Vienna: K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1856-1867): vol.2, pp.185-187, Pfeiffer, Judith. "'A turgid history of the Mongol empire in Persia:' espistimological reflections concerning a critical edition of Vaṣṣāf's Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-aʻṣār." In Theoretical approaches to the transmission and edition of Oriental manuscripts. Proceedings of a symposium held in Istanbul, March 28-30, 2001. Ed. Judith Pfeiffer, Manfred Kropp. Beirut: Ergon verlag Würzburg in Kommission, 2007 : 107-123, (see pp.114-115).
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
