Author
Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century, Hafiz, Muḥammad al-Sāvajī, 1863, Muhammad Al-Sawji
Author Original
حافظ محمد الساوجي
Publication Date
1863
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
188 leaves : paper ; 240 x 155 (164 x 87) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194797828
Record ID
990068141290106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1863-1864
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from illuminated headpiece at opening on p.2., Incipit: "Ella, O Saki, in the houses and novels, that love made it easy at first, but the problems came...", Explicit: "Sit down, because when the silence is silent, you will draw your breath and be frank and fill it", Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, in Arabic, reads "Mishkeh al-Abd al-Muznab al-Faqeer al-Asi Muhammad al-Sawji, year 1280", Collation: ii, V (10), 4 IV(42), V (52), 2 II(60), 13 IV(164), II (168), 2 IV(184), II (188) ; chiefly quaternions and binions; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization., Layout: Written in 14 lines per page; written area divided into two columns to set-off poetry; frame-ruled., Script: Nastaʻlīq; elegant hand serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes., Decoration: Exquisitely rich illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p. 2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in red ("This is the book of Khawaja Hafez Shirazi, peace be upon him") flanked by gold accents with swirling arabesque red-orange, pink, green, etc. on fields of black and blue (lapis lazuli), surmounted by tall scalloped w-shaped piece with inset domes all filled with elaborate swirling arabesques with floral accents in gold, white, turquoise, red, pink, yellow, etc. on fields of blue (lapis lazuli) and gold, itself set into an elaborate well of bands in turquoise, red, white, and red-orange with arabesque and chi cloud design on black ground; entire piece bordered by gold interlace or ropework border; incipit and facing page carry richly executed illuminated marginal decoration in the form of swirling arabesques over various shapes in gold, red, black, turquoise, lapis lazuli, pink, lavender, green, white, etc. ; written area throughout surrounded by a heavy frame of gold, red, blue and turquoise bands with outermost blue rule; area of margins outlined in red and gold; text of incipit and facing page set off with gold cloud-bands; occasional floral vegetal accents gold etc. appear occasionally between sections of text., Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and chains occasionally visible, quite sturdy though translucent, extremely well-burnished to glossy., Binding: Pasteboards covered in gray leather (pebbled quality of shagreen); Type III binding (without flap), two-piece binding (overlapping flanges visible at spine); doublures in red leather with gold-painted rule-borders; upper and lower covers carry traces of gold-painted (now gone to green) rectangular panel and border; sewn in lime green and red thread, two stations; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, etc. ; upper cover fully detached with spine flange intact; housed in box for protection., Former shelfmark: "214 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf; "25 / 13" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.373, copied by Muḥammad al-Sāvajī with transcription completed 1280 [1863 or 4]., Inscriptions in pencil on front flyleaf "214 T. D. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and 'title page' (p.1) "25 / 13" inscription on front flyleaf indicating copy executed by Mīrzā Muḥammad Sāvajī; relatively clean copy., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 321
Sample Text
Richly elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Muḥammad al-Sāvajī, 1863, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.627 ff.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
