Author
Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Ismāʻīl ibn al-Sumayʻ, Isfahani, Muhammad Ismail ibn al-Sami`, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641, Sadr al-Din Al-Shirazi, Muhammad bin Ibrahim, Plotinus
Author Original
اصفهاني، محمد اسماعيل بن السميع صدر الدين الشيرازي، محمد بن ابراهيم
Publication Date
1935
Subject
Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641. Ḥikmah al-ʻarshīyah, Islamic philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. -- Early works to 1800, Aristotle -- Spurious and doubtful works, Philosophy, Ancient -- Translations into Arabic -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
335 leaves : paper ; 311 x 200-212 mm. bound to 320 x 222 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194743771
Record ID
990068192120106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1935-1940
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer from heading on p.2., Incipit: [Muqaddimat al-nāshir] “Praise be to God, His knowledge has been beautified and sufficient, and blessings be upon His servants whom He has chosen. And after that, the message marked with the Arshīyah...” [Sharḥ al-ʻArshīyah] The Merciful. Praise be to God, who created us with His power and then guided us to the path of knowing Him... And then He says, “The least guilty of creation and the most guilty of all is the humiliated servant... Muhammad Ismail bin Al-Sami’ Al-Isfahani... When I saw the honorable message marked with the Throne Wisdom of the virtuous Lord... Muhammad bin Ibrahim, known as Sadr Al-Shirazi...” [Asrār al-āyāt] “This is the book of the secrets of the verses of the Imam of the Divine... We praise you, O God, who has caused the hearts to be astonished at the hand of his pride...” [Muqaddimat al-nāshir] “Praise be to God, His knowledge is perfect and sufficient, and blessings be upon His servants whom He has chosen. And after that, the message marked by the Arshiya…”; [Sharḥ al-ʻArshīyah] “Praise be to God who created us with His power and then guided us to the path of knowing Him...”; [Uthūlūjiyā Arīsṭū] “Introduction: Every effort is worthy of knowing the goal to which he is returning with a resurrected effort...”, Colophon: [Kitāb Asrār al-āyāt] “This book was completed at dawn on the eighth day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah 1358 AH, corresponding to the eighteenth of January 1940 AD and the ninth of the Coptic month, and praise be to God. First and last...”; [Kitāb Uthūlūjiyā Arīsṭū] "Scribal," reads "It took place on Wednesday, the seventh of Jumada al-Awwal, 1354 A.H., corresponding to the seventh of August 1935. Praise be to God, first and last, beginning and closing.", Collation: Pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written mainly in 26 lines per page., Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact, modern hand in a thin to bold line (line thickness changes); serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots., Support: Lined / ruled wove paper of at least two 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 "Explanation of Zain al-Abidin | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe); Overall in fairly good condition though with acid burn where pressure sensitive tape has been applied to repair front flyleaf., Former shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 69, Origin: As appears in colophon on p.399, transcription of Kitāb Asrār al-āyāt (and likely preceding work as well), completed 8 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1358 corresponding to 18 January 1940 and 9 Ṭūbah [1656]. As appears in colophon on p.669, transcription of Uthūlūjiyā Arīsṭū completed 7 Jumādá I 1354, corresponding to 7 August 1935. All likely transcribed in Egypt, and eventually bound together for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). Several of the included works likely copied from printed editions., 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 7961" ; UM Library inscription on verso of front flyleaf "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-11-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark "231/53" in pencil on incipit page (p.1) ; marginal glosses., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 920
Sample Text
Careful copy of the commentary by Muḥammad Ismāʻīl ibn al-Sumayʻ al-Iṣfahānī (d.1860 or 61) on al-Ḥikmah al-ʻarshīyah, the popular work on knowledge of God and eschatology by Mullā Ṣadrā Shīrāzī (d.1640), apparently followed by Asrār al-āyāt, also by Mullā Ṣadrā, another copy of the opening commentary, and Kitāb Uthūlūjiyā (Thuyūlūjiyā) Arīsṭū (i.e. the Theology of Aristotle or Theologia Aristotelis, see Isl. Ms. 910).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner., Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm, -1641. Asrār al-āyāt., Plotinus. Enneads. IV-VI. Paraphrase. Arabic.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251211
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Referanslar
Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 413 ; S II 588 ff., MacEoin, D. "Mullā Ṣadrā S̲H̲īrāzī Ṣadr al-Dīn Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm Ḳawāmī S̲h̲īrāzī." In EI2, vol. VII, p.547, col. 2, Āghā Buzurg al-Ṭihrānī. al-Dharīʻah ilá taṣānīf al-Shīʻah, no.1374 vol.13 p.368
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in the Fall of 1950.
