Author
Ḥāfiẓ, active 14th century, Hafez, Niẓām ibn Mīr ʻAlī, active 1625, Nizam ibn Mir Ali, Mustafa Reşit, active 1870, Mustafa Rashid,
Author Original
حافظ نظام ابن مير على مصطفى رشيد،
Publication Date
1625
Subject
Persian poetry -- 747-1500, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
179 leaves : paper ; 211 x 128 (161 x 74) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194773838
Record ID
990068141260106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1625
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from inscriptions on 'title page' (p.1)., Incipit: "Blessed praise and infinite praise to God who blesses all the court of Hafiz with sustenance...", Explicit: "I said your words, said Hafiz, they said happiness to all the people who recited the salutations", Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "Tamat ba'un Allah al-Mulk al-Ghani fi yad al-Abd al-Muznab Nizam Ibn Mir Ali Ghofr of sins in the history of the city of Rabi al-Awwal, year of Khums Al-Walf al-Nabiyyah, Collation: i, 22 IV (179), i ; cathwords present ; pagination in pencil, supplied during cataloguing., Script: Nastaʻlīq ; spacious, elegant hand line ; characteristically serifless with gentle descent of words to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set down in somewhat narrow, slightly angled bowl. domes in gold and lapis all overlaid with swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, yellow, green, light blue, etc., set in a rich well of heavy gold interlace and turquoise, dark red / brown, and gold bands, and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh); text of incipit and facing page at opening of dīvān set off by gold cloud-bands; written area surrounded by gold frame of medium gold and blue fillets, divisions defined by narrow gold bands; some overlining in gold paper and wove paper., Type III binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted guillioché, two stations, tightly bound ; worked chevron endbands in good condition ; housed in sturdy slipcase covered in dark purple / blue leather with tooled and gold-painted borders and fitted with peach / orange woven pull cord ; one narrow side of slipcase detaching. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.358, copied by Niẓām ibn Mīr `Alī with transcription completed in Rabī` I 1035 [December 1625]., On 'title page' (p.1), ownership statement and seal impression (seemingly dated 1274 [1857 or 8]) in the name of one Mustafa Reşit ( Muṣṭafá Rashīd ) likely son of the grand vizier Mehmet Âli Paşa (d. 1870) and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. 308, 371, 389, 399 and 409, statement reads " Al-Haqeer Mustafa Rashid Makhdoom Ali Pasha"; small octagonal seal impression on p.23; small, slender oval seal impressions (mostly effaced) on pp.25, 27, 31; glosses (many in Turkish) and marginal corrections., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 318
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Niẓām ibn Mīr ʻAlī, active 1625, 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.627 ff.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
