Author
Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Ahmed bin Muhammad approximately 1503-approximately 1566.
Author Original
ابن حجر الهيثمي، احمد بن محمد
Publication Date
[16--?]
Publication Place
-
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [16--?].
Subject
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Muḥammad,—Prophet,—-632
Shamāʼil (Tirmidhī, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá)
Hadith
Manuscripts, Arabic
Michigan—Ann Arbor
Biographies
Comments
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Tirmidhī, Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá,—-892
Muḥammad,—Prophet,—-632—Biography—Early works to 1800
Hadith—Commentaries—Early works to 1800
Hadith—Criticism, interpretation, etc.—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—Michigan—Ann Arbor
Subject Headings Directory
Mohammed,—the prophet,—-632—Biography—Works before 1800
Ḥadīth—Criticism, interpretation, etc.—Works before 1800
Arabic Manuscripts—Michigan—Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (260 leaves) : paper
Library
McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID
1420508926
Record ID
1420508926
Date
[16--?]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.7) and opening matter (preface) on p.8.
Collation: 16 V(160), IV (168), 9 V(258), I (260), i ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and back flyleaf).
Layout: Written in 21 lines per page.
Script: Naskh ; clear Egyptian [?] hand in a medium to bold line ; virtually serifless (though occasional head-serif irregularly appears) with very slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, pointing mainly in distinct dots (three dots represented by a curved stroke), alif maqṣūrah occasionally pointed as yāʼ, kāf mashqūqah preferred (even final kāf), adhering fairly closely to baseline ; glosses as well brief excerpts at opening and close (p.7 and pp.525-7) in a Mahgribī hand.
Decoration: Keywords and section headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas ; some overlining in red.
Support: European laid paper of perhaps several types ; all with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28-30 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermarks including three crescents (75 mm., perpendicular to chains, see p.16-17), anchor in circle (see p.76-77), and crown-star-crescent (see pp.114, 119) ; countermarks include "FB" (p.56), "MS" or "AS" [?] (p.122) and "GC" (p.136, with additional anchor in circle and three crescents marks, pp.130, 140, 144, etc., compare Heawood 4) ; all sturdy, well-sized and burnished, even glazed, some glossy.
Binding: Pasteboards covered in brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in dull yellow paper ; upper and lower cover carry tooled diamond-shaped binding ornament, built up from a series of four-petaled flower shapes, along with tooled rule-border ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked endbands in red and yellow, in poor condition with significant losses ; overall in poor condition with significant staining and deposits (possible acid burn or fire damage), shrinkage, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, etc.
Former shelfmark: From inner front cover and spine label, "IL 16a" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).
Accompanying materials: a. Two inventory cataloguing slips in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas (pp.1-4) -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda (pp.5-6).
Origin: As appears in opening matter on p.8, composed in 949 [1542 or 3]. Lacks dated colophon ; paper, etc. suggest 17th century.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 489.
Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا محمد خاتم النبيين والمرسلين وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين وبعد فهذه عجالة علقتها على مشكل شمائل الامام الحافظ ابي عيسى محمد ابن عيسى بن سورة بفتح المهملة فسكون اصلها لغة الحدة الترمذي ... سنة تسع واربعين وتسعمائة بالمسجد الحرام المكي وسميتها اشرف الوسائل الى فهم الشمائل ..."
Explicit: "فيحتري له اهل الدين دون غيرهم جعلنا الله تعالى منهم بمنه وكرمه واجزل لنا من مدد سيدنا ونبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ... ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم والحمد لله اولا واخرا ظاهرا وباطنا وكفي وسلام على عباده الذين اصطفى وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا تم وكمل"
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Tür
Biographies
Commentaries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
Biography Early works to 1800.
Biographie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Commentaries Early works to 1800.
Early works to 1800.
Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi
Possible former inventory mark on upper board lining ; former owners' marks on 'title page' (p.7) include purchase / ownership statement dated 1 Rabīʻ I 1127 [ca. 7 March 1715] in name of one ʻUthmān indicating the book was among items he purchased in Tūnis, accompanied by octagonal seal impression and ownership statement in name of al-Ḥājjī Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad Afandi, known as Khazīmatʹzādah (Hazimetzade Yusuf b. Mehmet Efendi / الحاجي يوسف بن محمد افندى المشهور بخزيمه زاده ) ; waqf statement in upper margin of incipit page (p.8) dated 1168 [1754 or 5] in name of al-Ḥājj Maḥmūd Afandī al-Ṣihrānī (Mahmut Efendi) reads "من موقوفات المرحوم الحاج محمود افندى الصهرانى سنه ١١٦٧" (compare statement in Isl. Ms. 635) ; marginal corrections and glosses in several hands (even Maghribī hand).
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