Author
Jāmī, 1414-1492
Author Original
جامى سفر على بن خداوردى الكفوى
Publication Date
1555
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Calligraphy, Persian -- Specimens, Calligraphy, Arabic -- Specimens, Writing, Arabic -- Specimens, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
23 leaves : paper ; 375 x 145 (288 x 90) mm. bound to 382 x 150 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194712455
Record ID
990068146550106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1555
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: "[In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful, Asma Alim Hakim] Dear people, empty the sanctuary of man and let his heedless bank be in trouble. It is a new hadith from the Old Testament...", Explicit: "Jami Arbab and Fajar do not fall in love. You know the essence of your being. There is an essence in your being, the head of the saddle is the way to walk," Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads Al-Hujjah Al-Mubarak was written [quoted] by the hand of the weak and the weak and the needy of the mercy of God Almighty, may God forgive the sins of the Messenger of Ali bin Khudawardi al-Kafwi in the history of the year 962 Tam", Collation: i, III-1 (5), 3 III(23), i; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing., Layout: Written mainly in 3 hemistiches (in six lines) alternating with 5-7 lines of Persian commentary / elucidation per page, all on the diagonal; occasionally additional lines appear in the accent pieces of the opposite outer corners., Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; large, elegant Crimean [?] hand ; serifless with characteristic elongation of horizontal strokes, effect of words descending to baseline, etc., Decoration: Written area surrounded by frame consisting of a series of gold bands outlined in black fillets with additional colored bands and rules (in green, blue, red); triangular accent pieces appear in opposite corners of the written area, for opening leaves contain text in white (nearly lost) on a gold ground with arabesque border in blue or green, but mainly contain chī cloud or arabesque design in black, red, etc. on gold ground with arabesque border in blue, green, black, etc. ; elucidation (Persian) often rubricated or in green; textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes with blue, red, or green accents; text of incipit page set off by cloud-bands in red lines; margins of incipit and facing page gold-flecked., Support: European laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced roughly 30 mm. apart and watermark of anchor (two lines) in circle with six-pointed star above, mainly cream in color (a few leaves tinted pale yellow), quite sturdy though translucent, burnished; one bifolium marbled (blue and white) on only one surface., Binding: Pasteboards covered in purplish maroon cloth with brown leather over spine (quarter binding); Western style binding; pastedowns and flyleaves in pinkish paper with red fibers; sewn in white thread, six stations, apparently over two wide tapes; overall in fairly good condition with only minor abrasion, small split in spine leather, etc., Former shelfmark: "120 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on interior of upper cover., Origin: As appears in colophon at close, copy executed by Safr ʻAlī ibn Khudāwirdī al-Kaffawī (Sefer Ali bin Hüdaverdi el-Kefevî) with transcription completed mid-Dhū al-Ḥijjah 962 [October-November 1555]., Several former owners' marks on 'title page' (recto of leaf carrying incipit page), some fully or partially effaced, including nearly effaced statement in name of one Mehmet (Muḥammad / محمد) accompanied by octagonal seal impression (also appears near colophon at close) as well as a possible gift statement dated 10 Ṣafar [?] 1310 [ca. September 3? 1892] accompanied by oval seal impression in the name of Ahmet Halil bin Bekir (Aḥmad Khalīl ibn Bakr / Ahmad Khalil bin Bakr) interlinear and marginal glosses; another effaced ownership statement on verso of final leaf., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 436
Sample Text
Elegant copy of a selection of poems by Jāmī (d.1492) in Persian and Arabic with interlinear commentary / elucidation in Persian and occasional added elucidation in Turkish.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Sefer Ali bin Hüdaverdi el-Kefevî, active 1555, scribe, calligrapher.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
