Author
Baghawi, Al-Hussein bin Masoud, d. 1117 -1117?, Mustafa bin Muhammad Al-Arzanjani, fl. 1704, Mustafa Agha bin Qasim Agha,
Author Original
بغوي الحسين بن مسعود ت مصطفى بن محمد الارزنجاني، مصطفى اغا بن قاسم اغا،
Publication Date
[16--?]
Publication Place
-
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [16--?].
Subject
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Qurʼan
Manuscripts, Arabic
Michigan—Ann Arbor
Commentaries
Early works
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Qurʼan—Commentaries—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—Michigan—Ann Arbor
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière
Coran—Commentaires—Ouvrages avant 1800
Manuscrits arabes—Michigan—Ann Arbor
Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Headpieces (layout features)—17th century
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (407 leaves) : paper
Library
McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID
1420507903
Record ID
1420507903
Date
[16--?]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from titlepiece on fol.1a (p.1).
Collation: 35 V (350), IV(358), 4 V(398), IV+1 (407) ; chiefly quinions ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals accompanying an initial kāf appearing in the upper outer corner of the recto of the first leaf of each quire from quire 2 through quire 12 ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).
1. fol.1a-fol.357b : al-Rubʻ [al-awwal wa-]al-thānī min Tafsīr al-Baghawī.
2. fol.358a-fol.358b : [blank].
3. fol.359a-fol.405b : al-Juzʼ al-thālith min Maʻālim al-tanzīl fī tafsīr al-Qurʼān.
4. fol.406a-fol.407b : [blank].
Layout: Written in 35 lines per page ; frame-ruled.
Script: Naskh ; elegant Turkish or Persian hand ; virtually serifless, but head-serifs appearing irregularly on final alif (left-sloping), lām of definite article, etc. ; mainly closed counters ; some sweeping descenders ; free assimilation of some letters including final alif and following alif or lām, final hāʼ and dāl, etc.
Decoration: Simple illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) on fol.1b (p.2) consisting of scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) in gold, outlined in red and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area of incipit and facing page bordered in frame with gold band outlined by black, red, and blue fillets ; textual dividers in the form of discs, commas, etc. in red and green ; text rubricated with headings, keywords, overlining, text of Qurʼān being commented upon, etc. in red ; some notabilia (side-heads) and keywords in green.
Support: European laid paper in what appears to be several types with spacing of chain lines ranging from 16-20 mm. apart to 27-28 mm. apart and spacing of laid lines ranging from 9 laid lines per cm. to 12 laid lines per cm. ; numerous watermarks including three hats, horn, three circles with initials and cross above, etc. ; various types seem fairly evenly distributed throughout the codex, even within each quire ; crisp and not too thick, though sturdy ; varying from lightly burnished to well-burnished and nearly glossy ; some leaves with a yellowish tint ; some staining and leather burn.
Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings and interior of flap in yellow paper ; upper and lower covers bear large, blind-stamped, scalloped mandorla with red-brown leather recessed onlays and gold-painted accents, along with guilloché roll border consisting of a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in pink and yellow-brown thread, two stations ; endbands in cream, headband partly gone, only traces of primaries and core remain for tailband ; in poor condition with abrasion, staining, severe lifting and losses of leather at fore-edge flap, upper cover fully detached, delamination of boards, some loose quires, and spine slant (cocked) ; housed in box for protection.
Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 27. Maalim al-tanzil."
Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Paper and ownership statements suggest late 17th century.
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 4.
Incipit: "اخبرنا الشيخ الامام الفقيه ... المريدي رحمه الله تعالى قال اخبرنا الشيخ الامام ... الهرري قرأة عليه قال ثنا شيخنا الامام ... ابو محمد الحسين بن مسعود المعروف بالفرا رضي الله عنه اجازة ان لم يكن سماعا قال الحمد لله ذي العظمة والكبرياء والعزة والبقاء ... اما بعد فان الله جل ذكره ارشد رسوله بالهدى ودين الحق رحمة للعالمين ..."
Explicit: "واني خفت الموالي والموالي بنو العم وقال مجاهد العصبة وقال ابو صالح الكلالة وقال الكلبي الورثة"
Accompanying materials: a. Folded scrap with sums (paginated pp.113-116) -- b. Entire quaternion from another manuscript (paginated pp.337-352) -- c. Folded slip with "دعاء ايمان" (paginated pp.483-486).
Yazar Rolü
Former owner, Patron,
Veritabanı
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Headpieces (layout features)
Commentaries
Early works
Commentaries Early works to 1800.
Commentaires Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi
Bookplate of British Museum, London on inner front cover, "British Museum, London. No. 27. Maalim al-tanzil." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "234" in Western numerals on fol.1a (p.1) ; also on fol.1a (p.1) ex libris for the manuscript's patron, Muṣṭafá Aghā ibn Qāsim Aghā, reads "برسم الجناب العالي صاحب الفضل المتوالي ... حضرة مصطفى اغا ابن المحفوف بالرحمة العزاء المغفور له قاسم اغا ابقاه الله البقاء الجميل ..." ; also on fol.1a (p.1) ownership statement "ثم دخل الى ملك العبد الفقير الشيخ مصطفى ابن الشيخ محمد الارزنجاني عفي عنهما" and waqf statement (dated 1st of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1115 H [April 1704 M]) both in name of al-Shaykh Muṣṭafá ibn al-Shaykh Muḥammad al-Arzanjānī, each accompanied by rectangular seal impression in his name (repeated elsewhere throughout) ; also on fol.1a (p.1) unpointed statement reading "الفقير اليه اغا [؟] عبد المفتى ارزنجانى" ; a few marginal corrections.
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بغوي, الحسين بن مسعود, ت 1117
