Author
Ghazali 1058-1111., J Heyworth-Dunne (James)
Author Original
غزالي
Publication Date
[193-?]
Publication Place
-
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [193-?].
Subject
Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
Manuscripts, Arabic
Sufism
Michigan—Ann Arbor
Early works
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sufism—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic—Michigan—Ann Arbor
Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière
Soufisme—Ouvrages avant 1800
Manuscrits arabes—Michigan—Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (54 leaves) : paper
Library
McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID
1420509116
Record ID
1420509116
Date
[193-?]
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).
Collation: i, 3 IV(24), III (30), 2 IV(46), 2 II(54), i ; chiefly quaternions ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.
Layout: Written mainly in 16 lines per page.
Script: Naskh with influence of ruqʻah ; compact, modern hand in a thin to medium line ; partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serif on occasional lām, slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, open and closed counters, pointing somewhat in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed ; some passages in ruqʻah.
Support: Mainly lined / ruled wove paper, ledger style with a final gathering in machine laid paper with watermark of "GOUVERNEMENT EGYPTIEN" with star and crescent at center and other smaller crescents with three stars (see p.101 to close and compare Walz, "The Paper trade of Egypt and the Sudan," p.91).
Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. 133.
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 984.
Incipit: "فصل اعلم ان الوقوف مع الخلق والنفس حجاب عن الحق ورؤية الافعال شرك لان افعال العباد مضافة الى الله تعالى خلقا وايجادا والى العبد كسبا ليثاب على الطعاة ويعاقب على المعصية ..."
Explicit: "النفس وزين بالتقوى وايد بالهدى وهذب بالورع وغذي بالذكر والله تعالى اعلم"
Binding: Boards covered in black textured cloth ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a geometric pattern (resembling a scale pattern) in olive green or dull gold ; cover gold-stamped with "قواعد موفية [كذا]" ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords ; overall in fairly good condition.
Yazar Rolü
Former owner,
Veritabanı
WorldCat
Tür
Early works
Early works to 1800.
Ouvrages avant 1800.
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi
On upper pastedown, label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No. 7928" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; rare marginal glosses.
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