Author
Saʻdī, Sa`di, Hamadhānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1314-1385, Hamadani, Ali bin Muhammad, Muḥammad Amīn al-Ḥusaynī al-Tirmiẕī, Muhammad Amin al-Husayni al-Tirmidhi, Mustafa Reşit, active 1870, Mustafa Rashid,
Author Original
سعدى همدانى، على بن محمد محمد امين الحسينى الترمذى مصفطى رشيد،
Publication Date
1500
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Sufi poetry, Persian -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
122 leaves : paper ; 226 x 140 (138 x 72) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194728595
Record ID
990068136690106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
16th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: [Gulistān] "Praise be to God Almighty, whose obedience brings you nearness..."; [Būstān] "In the name of God, the life-giving, the wise, speaking in the language of God, the forgiving, the merciful, the merciful, the forgiving, the apologetic, the beloved, whomsoever it befalls...", Explicit: "And praise be to God alone at the end of the book of Kulestan, and God is the Almighty, in this sentence, as is the habit of the authors of the past, it did not go through a metaphorical metaphor... that Hatim Asm was one of the Shaikhs and Mirdans of the Shaykh... because the compositions and messages of Shaykh Saadi's order are famous and well-known, we did not start with remembrance and peace", Colophon: "Scribal," in Arabic, reads "Kitbah Al-Faqeer al-Haqeer Muhammad Amin al-Husaini Al-Tirmidhi [Al-Tirmidhi?] Forgiveness of sins and covering of faults", Collation: ii, 15 IV(120), I (122); almost exclusively quaternions; catchwords present for marginal text (mainly Būstān); pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes inserts)., Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, with up to 32 lines on the diagonal in the margin; frame-ruled; written area occasionally divided to two columns to set off verses., Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in distinct dots., Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and pendants surrounded by swirling arabesque with floral motifs (in gold, white, pink, yellow, orange, and red on a lapis lazuli ground) with accent and corner pieces in gold, black and red and border in turquoise, surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with the same swirling arabesque design on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue; rubricated keywords; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas and gold discs; central written area surrounded by frame consisting of heavy gold band defined by black fillets, margins and divisions within written area also outlined in gold rules; central (and in some places marginal) written area gold-flecked., Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, quite diffuse) and no chain lines visible, cloudy formation, dark cream in color, quite sturdy and well-burnished; staining and tidelines., Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep red leather; Type II binding (with flap), possibly two piece binding; board linings in light pink-tinted paper; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled border and rosette corner accents; sewn in dark pink / red thread, two stations, failing with many loose gatherings; worked chevron endbands in dark pink and yellow, fair condition with some damage; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather to spine, upper cover detaching at spine, envelope flap detaching at front edge flap, etc. ; pieced repairs in dark red-brown leather at board corners, spine, joints, etc., Former shelfmark: "113 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf., Accompanying materials: a. Slip with verses (paginated pp.55-56) -- b. Slip with short note (paginated pp.75-76) -- c. Slip with calculations and date of 1219 [1804 or 5] (paginated pp.121-122)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.249, copied by Muḥammad Amīn al-Ḥusaynī al-Tirmidhī (al-Tirmiẕī) [?] (Muhammad Amin al-Husaynī al-Tirmidhi). Date of transcription not specified but decoration, hand, paper etc. suggest 16th century., Inscription in pencil "113 T. De. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" on front flyleaf; ownership statement in the name of Mustafa Reşit (Muṣṭafá Rashīd), son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa, statement dated 29 Shawwāl 1286 [February 1870], reads "I wrote Al-Faqir al-Ala Rabbi Al-Majīd Al-Sayed Mustafa Rashid Makhdoom Prime Minister Seyyed Muhammad Amin Ali Pasha on 29 L of the year 286" (compare statements and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 389, Isl. Ms. 409, Isl. Ms. 308
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292). Accompanied by the text of his Būstān in the margins and followed by further ḥikāyat, Risālah-ʼyi dah qāʻidah of Sayyid ʻAlī Hamadānī (d.1385) and a manqabat for Shaykh Saʻdī (see pp.228-249).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Saʻdī. Būstān., Hamadhānī, ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad, 1314-1385. Risālah-ʼyi dah qāʻidah., Muḥammad Amīn al-Ḥusaynī al-Tirmiẕī, scribe., Mustafa Reşit, active 1870, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Cat. Pers. MSS Brit. Mus., p.595 ff., Browne, v. ii, p.525-532, Rypka, p. 251-253
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
