al-Nashr al-ṣaghīr

Name: al-Nashr al-ṣaghīr
Author: Ibn al-Jazarī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1429-1350, Jazari, Muhammad ibn Muhammad

Title	al-Nashr al-ṣaghīr
Author	Ibn al-Jazarī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1429-1350, Jazari, Muhammad ibn Muhammad
Author Original	جزري، محمد بن محمد
Publication Date:	1731
Subject	Ibn al-Jazarī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1350-1429. Nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr. Abridgment, Qur'an -- Readings -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	247 leaves : paper ; 162 x 109 (110 x 55) mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194692798
Record ID	990068062430106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	Possibly between 1731-1732
Notes	Ms. codex., Title from heading preceding table of contents (p.3)., Incipit: “Our scholar Sheikh said... The sun of the faith and the religion, may God Almighty bestow his blessings until the Day of Judgment on Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Jazari al-Shafi’i. May God have mercy on his honorable ancestors and guide him to the greats. Praise be to God for bringing him closer and facilitating, and I bear witness that there is no god but God, alone, with no partner... After my book published the ten Qur’anic verses, of which his value was known, and his mention became famous among the students... he asked me to bring him closer. He made it easier and limited it to what was in it of disagreement, so I shortened it so that its pronunciation would be less and it would be easier to memorize...”, Explicit: “And make it a proof for me, O Lord of the Worlds. This is the last thing that has been made easy to shorten from the publication of the Qur’an. May God make it pure for one’s sake and benefit from it.”, Colophon: “Authorial” [mainly], reads “The author, may God have mercy on him and benefit his knowledge, said that his completion fell on Sunday, the tenth of Muharram, in the year eight hundred and four... for all Muslims, and I approved his narration from me in general. My children, Muhammad, Ahmad, Abu al-Khair, and others, especially his narration on my authority, along with everything that is permissible for me and on my behalf. His narration was said and written by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Jazari, may God forgive them, and that was in my house in the city of Marousah al-Mahrousa in the year 1144 AD MMM MMM.”, Collation: VI+I (14), 21 V(224), IV+1 (233), V (243), II (247); chiefly quinions; final two leaves left blank ; catchwords present; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; fine, medium Turkish or 'Syrian' hand; Partially seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on most ascenders other than free-standing alif, slight effect of tilt to the left, rounded with curvilinear descenders, pointing mainly in distinct dots., Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke) rubricated., Support: European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (vertical), grapes (raisin) under crown watermark with "IF" below (see p.60, 70, etc.), translucent and sturdy, very well burnished, mainly beige or light yellow in color; some staining and tide lines, as well as minor foxing., Binding: Pasteboards covered in shell marbled paper (mainly in dark blue and dark brown, which Jake Benson has identified as being of 19th century Spanish manufacture) with green-blue cloth over spine; Type III binding (without flap); board linings in green textile; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations, many threads broken; Worked endbands in light yellow and beige or dark pink, damaged with significant losses; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, staining, some delamination of boards, lifting and losses of paper and cloth, detaching at spine, etc., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover, front flyleaf (p.1) and spine label, "IL 392" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Inventory catalog slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda., Origin: As appears with authorial colophon on p.440, transcription apparently completed in 1144 [1731 or 2]. Authorial colophon indicates that the composition was completed 10 Muḥarram 804 [ca. 20 August 1401] in the author's house in Bursa (Brūṣah) where Bāyazīd I had his court., Circular seal impression at close on p.440 in name of one Fayḍī, dated 1247 [1831 or 2], “Abduh Faydī 247” ; occasional notabilia (side-heads) mainly marked Matlab., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 474
Sample Text	Fine copy of the abridgment by Ibn al-Jazarī (d.1429) of his Nashr al-qirā'āt al-'ashr [Kitāb al-Nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr] on the ten readings of the Qur'ān.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar	Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 202
Elde Ediliş	Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.

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al-Nashr al-ṣaghīr

Author Ibn al-Jazarī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1429-1350, Jazari, Muhammad ibn Muhammad

Author Original جزري، محمد بن محمد

Publication Date 1731

Subject Ibn al-Jazarī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1350-1429. Nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr. Abridgment, Qur'an -- Readings -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 247 leaves : paper ; 162 x 109 (110 x 55) mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194692798

Record ID 990068062430106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date Possibly between 1731-1732

Notes Ms. codex., Title from heading preceding table of contents (p.3)., Incipit: “Our scholar Sheikh said... The sun of the faith and the religion, may God Almighty bestow his blessings until the Day of Judgment on Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Jazari al-Shafi’i. May God have mercy on his honorable ancestors and guide him to the greats. Praise be to God for bringing him closer and facilitating, and I bear witness that there is no god but God, alone, with no partner... After my book published the ten Qur’anic verses, of which his value was known, and his mention became famous among the students... he asked me to bring him closer. He made it easier and limited it to what was in it of disagreement, so I shortened it so that its pronunciation would be less and it would be easier to memorize...”, Explicit: “And make it a proof for me, O Lord of the Worlds. This is the last thing that has been made easy to shorten from the publication of the Qur’an. May God make it pure for one’s sake and benefit from it.”, Colophon: “Authorial” [mainly], reads “The author, may God have mercy on him and benefit his knowledge, said that his completion fell on Sunday, the tenth of Muharram, in the year eight hundred and four... for all Muslims, and I approved his narration from me in general. My children, Muhammad, Ahmad, Abu al-Khair, and others, especially his narration on my authority, along with everything that is permissible for me and on my behalf. His narration was said and written by Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Jazari, may God forgive them, and that was in my house in the city of Marousah al-Mahrousa in the year 1144 AD MMM MMM.”, Collation: VI+I (14), 21 V(224), IV+1 (233), V (243), II (247); chiefly quinions; final two leaves left blank ; catchwords present; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; fine, medium Turkish or 'Syrian' hand; Partially seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on most ascenders other than free-standing alif, slight effect of tilt to the left, rounded with curvilinear descenders, pointing mainly in distinct dots., Decoration: Keywords, section headings, and abbreviation symbols (mainly two-teeth stroke) rubricated., Support: European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (vertical), grapes (raisin) under crown watermark with "IF" below (see p.60, 70, etc.), translucent and sturdy, very well burnished, mainly beige or light yellow in color; some staining and tide lines, as well as minor foxing., Binding: Pasteboards covered in shell marbled paper (mainly in dark blue and dark brown, which Jake Benson has identified as being of 19th century Spanish manufacture) with green-blue cloth over spine; Type III binding (without flap); board linings in green textile; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations, many threads broken; Worked endbands in light yellow and beige or dark pink, damaged with significant losses; overall in somewhat poor condition with much abrasion, staining, some delamination of boards, lifting and losses of paper and cloth, detaching at spine, etc., Former shelfmark: From inner front cover, front flyleaf (p.1) and spine label, "IL 392" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Inventory catalog slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda., Origin: As appears with authorial colophon on p.440, transcription apparently completed in 1144 [1731 or 2]. Authorial colophon indicates that the composition was completed 10 Muḥarram 804 [ca. 20 August 1401] in the author's house in Bursa (Brūṣah) where Bāyazīd I had his court., Circular seal impression at close on p.440 in name of one Fayḍī, dated 1247 [1831 or 2], “Abduh Faydī 247” ; occasional notabilia (side-heads) mainly marked Matlab., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 474

Sample Text Fine copy of the abridgment by Ibn al-Jazarī (d.1429) of his Nashr al-qirā'āt al-'ashr [Kitāb al-Nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr] on the ten readings of the Qur'ān.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Yahuda Collection.

Referanslar Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 202

Elde Ediliş Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.