Kitāb Mīzān al-sharīʻah

Name: Kitāb Mīzān al-sharīʻah
Author: Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566, شعراني، عبد الوهاب بن احمد

İsim	Kitāb Mīzān al-sharīʻah
Yazar	Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566, شعراني، عبد الوهاب بن احمد
Yazar Orijinal	شعراني، عبد الوهاب بن احمد
Basım Tarihi:	1660
Basım Yeri	[Egypt?] -
Konu	Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	373 leaves : paper ; 290 x 185 (181 x 97) mm
Kütüphane:	Michigan Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	1194772898
Kayıt Numarası	990068052720106381
Lokasyon	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Tarih	Possibly between 1660-1690
Notlar	Ms. codex., Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1, now pasted to opening leaf over original 'title page')., Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين الذي جعل الشريعة المطهرة بحرا يتفرع منه جميع بحار العلوم النافعة والخلجان ... وبعد فهذه ميزان نفيسة عالية المقدار حاولت فيها ما بنحوه يمكن الجمع بين الادلة المتغايرة في الظاهر وبين اقوال جميع المجتهدين ومقلديهم من الاولين والاخرين الى يوم القيامة كذلك ولم اعرف احدا سبقني الى ذلك في سائر الادوار ...", Explicit: "واستمع يا اخي نصحي وامعن النظر فيه والزم الادب مع سائر الائمة المجتهدين ليأخذوا بيدك في اهوال يوم الدين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم", Colophon: "Authorial," triangular, reads "قال المؤلف رحمه الله تعالى لهذا الكتاب شيخ الطائفة والحقيقة القطب الرباني والفرد الصمداني الشيخ عبد الوهاب الشعراني ووافق فراغه منه في سلخ شهر رمضان المعظم قدرة سنة ست وستين وتسعمائة بمصر المحروسة", Collation: 2 IV(16), V (26), IV+1 (35), 8 V(115), V+2 (127), 7 V(197), IV (205), 16 V(365), IV (373) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, on verso of each leaf through ٢٣ ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips from p.277 to p.378, thereafter off by 100 pages) ; as suggested by foliation skips from 6 to 19 with one leaf left unfoliated, as well as a gap in the text and mismatched catchwords, roughly 12 leaves missing between pp.14-15 ; catchwords on p.13 and 14 have been covered, likely in a deliberate attempt to make mismatch and missing leaves less obvious., Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; angular Egyptian [?] hand in a medium line ; partially (and irregularly) seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on occasional free-standing alif and lām, slight effect of tilt to the left, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, alif maqṣūrah pointed as yāʼ, hamzah almost never written, foot / tail of lām flattened and parallel to baseline, final hāʼ often as stroke (closed counter), bowl of final nūn flattened and abbreviated, etc, Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by vegetal accents (in gold on once light-blue ground), surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with floral chains in gold, outlined in black with red and light-blue accents on fields of gold and light-blue along with green, red and blank central element, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) and set in a well of red and gold bands ; title piece now obscured by leaf affixed to original 'title page' ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by a frame consisting of a narrow gold band flanked by black fillets, elsewhere written area surrounded by red-rule border ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas (in red) ; illustrated with several diagrams (see pp.61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67) mainly in mint green, red, and black, each with captions and extensive explanations., Support: European laid paper of several types ; opening type with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 32-33 mm. apart (vertical), three circles topped by stylized crown watermark ("A" in middle circle, "D" in bottom, see p.4), triple mount countermark (see p.8), thin and crisp though sturdy, fairly transluscent, well-sized and burnished to glossy ; another type with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21-23 mm. apart (vertical), three circles with cross above watermark ("IB" in center circle, crescent in top circle, see p.74) ; another type, beige to light brown in color with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 35 mm. apart (barely visible, vertical), large crown-star-crescent watermark (120 mm. tall, see p.92), quite cloudy, floccular formation with knots and inclusions ; type with another crown-star-crescent watermark (82 mm. tall, see p.100), 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21 mm. apart (vertical) ; other types with crown atop three circles watermark (see p.122), scrollwork or coat of arms watermark (p.160), circles topped by cross flanked by lions watermark (see p.222) and three crescents watermark (see p.240) ; significant ink burn in written area of opening quires (some to break through with losses) ; minor pest damage., Binding: Pasteboards covered in two different brown leathers (one lighter in shade than the other) with spine now covered in red leather ; Type II binding (once with flap, now lost) ; upper board lining in beige laid paper ; lower board lining in yellow-tinted laid paper ; upper cover carries blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) and pendants, along with tooled border (a series of s-shaped stamps flanked by rules) ; lower cover carries blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSh) ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in cream and red, fairly good condition ; overall in quite poor condition with flap lost, much abrasion and staining, delamination of lower board, pest damage, etc. ; composite cover (i.e. covers mismatched, upper cover perhaps recycled / reused), somewhat ill-fitting this manuscript with repairs in various leathers (some now damaged)., Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label, "IL 380" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Two acquisitions slips from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- c. Slips of a page torn from a printed book., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.845, composition completed 30 Ramaḍān 966 [ca. 6 July 1559]. Date of transcription for this copy not specified, though paper, hand, etc. suggest late 17th century. Shahādah statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1779., Kabīkaj invocation on upper board lining ("يا كبيكج احفظ") ; partially effaced ownership statement on 'front flyleaf' or effective 'title page' (p.1, now affixed to opening leaf, obscuring original 'title page') reads "ملك السيد عبده احمد المعروف ب ..." [?] ; occasional marginal corrections, glosses and notabilia (side-heads) ; on p.846, inscription dated 15 Dhū al-Ḥijjah [?] 1193 [ca. 24 December 1779] carrying the shahādah and inscription providing death date for the author 5 Jumādá I 973 [ca. 28 November 1565] ; collation marks., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 586
Örnek Metin	Fine early copy of al-Mīzān al-kubrá, al-Shaʻrānī's (d.1565) unabridged treatise on his theory of the equal orthodoxy of the four Sunni madhāhib, developed from his Kashf al-ghummah.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda	Yahuda Collection.
Referanslar	Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 335-8 (no.7), Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 285, Kropf, Evyn. "'Sensible Images': Pictograms in the Manuscript Transmission of ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʿrānī’s (d. 973/1565) al-Mīzān al-kubrā." In Visualizing Sufism: Studies on Graphic Representations in Sufi Literature (13th to 16th Century), edited by Giovanni Maria Martini (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2022): 263-298.
Elde Ediliş	Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by his younger brother, the famous Orientalist and manuscript collector Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951).
Konular (Diğer)	Headpiece (layout features) -- 17th century

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Kitāb Mīzān al-sharīʻah

Yazar Shaʻrānī, ʻAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Aḥmad, approximately 1493-1565 or 1566, شعراني، عبد الوهاب بن احمد

Yazar Orijinal شعراني، عبد الوهاب بن احمد

Basım Tarihi 1660

Basım Yeri [Egypt?] -

Konu Islamic law -- Interpretation and construction -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Tür Kitap

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar 373 leaves : paper ; 290 x 185 (181 x 97) mm

Kütüphane Michigan Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası 1194772898

Kayıt Numarası 990068052720106381

Lokasyon UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Tarih Possibly between 1660-1690

Notlar Ms. codex., Title from inscription on front flyleaf (p.1, now pasted to opening leaf over original 'title page')., Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين الذي جعل الشريعة المطهرة بحرا يتفرع منه جميع بحار العلوم النافعة والخلجان ... وبعد فهذه ميزان نفيسة عالية المقدار حاولت فيها ما بنحوه يمكن الجمع بين الادلة المتغايرة في الظاهر وبين اقوال جميع المجتهدين ومقلديهم من الاولين والاخرين الى يوم القيامة كذلك ولم اعرف احدا سبقني الى ذلك في سائر الادوار ...", Explicit: "واستمع يا اخي نصحي وامعن النظر فيه والزم الادب مع سائر الائمة المجتهدين ليأخذوا بيدك في اهوال يوم الدين والحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه اجمعين وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلي العظيم", Colophon: "Authorial," triangular, reads "قال المؤلف رحمه الله تعالى لهذا الكتاب شيخ الطائفة والحقيقة القطب الرباني والفرد الصمداني الشيخ عبد الوهاب الشعراني ووافق فراغه منه في سلخ شهر رمضان المعظم قدرة سنة ست وستين وتسعمائة بمصر المحروسة", Collation: 2 IV(16), V (26), IV+1 (35), 8 V(115), V+2 (127), 7 V(197), IV (205), 16 V(365), IV (373) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals, on verso of each leaf through ٢٣ ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips from p.277 to p.378, thereafter off by 100 pages) ; as suggested by foliation skips from 6 to 19 with one leaf left unfoliated, as well as a gap in the text and mismatched catchwords, roughly 12 leaves missing between pp.14-15 ; catchwords on p.13 and 14 have been covered, likely in a deliberate attempt to make mismatch and missing leaves less obvious., Layout: Written in 29 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; angular Egyptian [?] hand in a medium line ; partially (and irregularly) seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on occasional free-standing alif and lām, slight effect of tilt to the left, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, alif maqṣūrah pointed as yāʼ, hamzah almost never written, foot / tail of lām flattened and parallel to baseline, final hāʼ often as stroke (closed counter), bowl of final nūn flattened and abbreviated, etc, Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by vegetal accents (in gold on once light-blue ground), surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) with floral chains in gold, outlined in black with red and light-blue accents on fields of gold and light-blue along with green, red and blank central element, all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) and set in a well of red and gold bands ; title piece now obscured by leaf affixed to original 'title page' ; written area of incipit and facing page surrounded by a frame consisting of a narrow gold band flanked by black fillets, elsewhere written area surrounded by red-rule border ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of three inverted commas (in red) ; illustrated with several diagrams (see pp.61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67) mainly in mint green, red, and black, each with captions and extensive explanations., Support: European laid paper of several types ; opening type with 11 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 32-33 mm. apart (vertical), three circles topped by stylized crown watermark ("A" in middle circle, "D" in bottom, see p.4), triple mount countermark (see p.8), thin and crisp though sturdy, fairly transluscent, well-sized and burnished to glossy ; another type with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21-23 mm. apart (vertical), three circles with cross above watermark ("IB" in center circle, crescent in top circle, see p.74) ; another type, beige to light brown in color with 7 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 35 mm. apart (barely visible, vertical), large crown-star-crescent watermark (120 mm. tall, see p.92), quite cloudy, floccular formation with knots and inclusions ; type with another crown-star-crescent watermark (82 mm. tall, see p.100), 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 21 mm. apart (vertical) ; other types with crown atop three circles watermark (see p.122), scrollwork or coat of arms watermark (p.160), circles topped by cross flanked by lions watermark (see p.222) and three crescents watermark (see p.240) ; significant ink burn in written area of opening quires (some to break through with losses) ; minor pest damage., Binding: Pasteboards covered in two different brown leathers (one lighter in shade than the other) with spine now covered in red leather ; Type II binding (once with flap, now lost) ; upper board lining in beige laid paper ; lower board lining in yellow-tinted laid paper ; upper cover carries blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition) and pendants, along with tooled border (a series of s-shaped stamps flanked by rules) ; lower cover carries blind-stamped scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OSh) ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in cream and red, fairly good condition ; overall in quite poor condition with flap lost, much abrasion and staining, delamination of lower board, pest damage, etc. ; composite cover (i.e. covers mismatched, upper cover perhaps recycled / reused), somewhat ill-fitting this manuscript with repairs in various leathers (some now damaged)., Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label, "IL 380" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip)., Accompanying materials: a. Two acquisitions slips from Yahuda -- b. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- c. Slips of a page torn from a printed book., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.845, composition completed 30 Ramaḍān 966 [ca. 6 July 1559]. Date of transcription for this copy not specified, though paper, hand, etc. suggest late 17th century. Shahādah statement provides a terminus ante quem of 1779., Kabīkaj invocation on upper board lining ("يا كبيكج احفظ") ; partially effaced ownership statement on 'front flyleaf' or effective 'title page' (p.1, now affixed to opening leaf, obscuring original 'title page') reads "ملك السيد عبده احمد المعروف ب ..." [?] ; occasional marginal corrections, glosses and notabilia (side-heads) ; on p.846, inscription dated 15 Dhū al-Ḥijjah [?] 1193 [ca. 24 December 1779] carrying the shahādah and inscription providing death date for the author 5 Jumādá I 973 [ca. 28 November 1565] ; collation marks., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 586

Örnek Metin Fine early copy of al-Mīzān al-kubrá, al-Shaʻrānī's (d.1565) unabridged treatise on his theory of the equal orthodoxy of the four Sunni madhāhib, developed from his Kashf al-ghummah.

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Koleksiyonda Yahuda Collection.

Referanslar Brockelmann, C. GAL, II 335-8 (no.7), Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn, vi 285, Kropf, Evyn. "'Sensible Images': Pictograms in the Manuscript Transmission of ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Shaʿrānī’s (d. 973/1565) al-Mīzān al-kubrā." In Visualizing Sufism: Studies on Graphic Representations in Sufi Literature (13th to 16th Century), edited by Giovanni Maria Martini (Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2022): 263-298.

Elde Ediliş Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by his younger brother, the famous Orientalist and manuscript collector Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951).

Konular (Diğer) Headpiece (layout features) -- 17th century