Author
Muhammad bin Taj al-Din d. 1587., Kabjizadeh Mehmet Wasfi Effendi, d. 1831
Author Original
محمد بن تاج الدين كبجى زاده محمد وصفى افندى،
Publication Date
ca. 1772]
Publication Place
-
[Istanbul?, ca. 1772].
Subject
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Islamic calligraphy—Technique
Manuscripts, Turkish
Michigan—Ann Arbor
Turkey
Early works
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Islamic calligraphy—Turkey—Technique—Early works to 1800
Calligraphy, Turkish—Technique—Early works to 1800
Writing, Arabic—Technique—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Turkish—Michigan—Ann Arbor
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière
Manuscrits turcs—Michigan—Ann Arbor
Écriture arabe—Technique—Ouvrages avant 1800
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Headpieces (layout features)—18th century
Type
Book
Language
Ottoman
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (28 leaves) : paper
Library
McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID
1420514924
Record ID
1420514924
Date
ca. 1772]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Collation: i, 2 V(20), IV (28), i ; two quinions followed by a quaternion ; catchwords present.
Layout: Written in 9 lines per page ; frame-ruled.
Script: Naskh (nesih) and thluth (sülüs) ; exquisite specimen of Ottoman calligraphy executed by Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi (d. 1831).
Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening consisting of a composition of vegetal forms (resembling plumes) in white with shades of lavender, blue, pink, etc. accents surmounted by floral forms in shades of pink with green leaves, all on a gold ground set in a well defined by red and yellow interlace ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by a heavy gold frame with inner and outer gold bands defined by black fillets and outermost blue fillet ; written area elsewhere surrounded by a narrower gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue fillet ; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes with red and blue accents ; keywords and headings rubricated ; circles (or hāʼ evoking familiar rhomboid dots) and lines indicating size, proportion and angle for the large sample letters entered in the margins are also rubricated.
Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks of griffin [?], "FIN DE LA SONE EN DAUPHINE" and "1772" ; well-sized and burnished, thin and crisp though sturdy, buff (dull yellow) in color.
Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark royal blue leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in sky blue surface-dyed, textured and coated paper (embossed with scrolling vegetal designs) ; upper and lower covers carry central gold-flecked cartouche with gold-painted cornerpieces and stamped borders of gold defined by gold fillets ; sewn in pale yellow thread, two stations ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion ; repairs in blue Japanese paper.
Former shelfmark: "469 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.
Origin: As appears in colophon, copy executed by Mehmet Vasfi (i.e. Kebecizade Mehmet Vasfi Efendi, d. 1831) student of Ebubekir Raşit Efendi (d.1782). Date of transcription not specified, though date in watermark suggests ca. 1772 ; decoration, hand, etc. are consistent with late 18th century dating.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 401.
Incipit: "حمد بى عد وثناء لا يعد اول خالق اللوح والقلمه كه كاف ونون ايله جمله كائنات وممكناتى وار ... تراشيدن قلم وشناختن اولا حسن خط يازنلر قلمك اعلاسين ومركبك رعناسين وكاغدك زيباسين كورمك كركدر ..."
Explicit: "وبرى معكوسه در راجعه داخى ديرلر بونلر كبى""
Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "كتبه اضعف الكتاب محمد الوصفى المعروف بحافظ القرآن من تلاميذ ابو بكر راشد افندى غفر الله لهما"
Yazar Rolü
Calligrapher)(Scribe,
Veritabanı
WorldCat
Tür
Headpieces (layout features)
Early works
Early works to 1800.
Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi
Clean copy.
