Author
Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296?, Busiri, Sharaf al-Din Muhammad ibn Sa`id, Ḥamzah ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, active 1424 or 1425, Hamza ibn Abd al-Wahhab,, Karīm al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Karīm, -1448, Karim al-Din Abd al-Karim,
Author Original
بوصيري شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد حمزة بن عبد الوهاب، كريم الدين عبد الكريم،
Publication Date
1424
Publication Place
[Egypt] -
Subject
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Poetry -- Early works to 1800, God (Islam) -- Name -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
33 leaves : paper ; 255 x 170 (185 x 115) mm. bound to 260 x 173 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194797201
Record ID
990067964110106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1424-1425
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Colophon: "Scribal", rectangular, reads: "The honorable purdah was completed, with the praise and help of God Almighty, at the hands of the needy to God Almighty, Hamza bin Abdul Wahhab, may God forgive him, his parents, and all Muslims, in the year 828"., Collation: ii, II (4), III (10), VII (24), III+3 (33), ii ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals begins with incipit page (p.14); pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves)., Layout: Written in 6 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Text of al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná in fine Mamlūk naskh, tailpiece in script resembling 'Eastern Kufic' ('broken cursive' or New Abbasid Style, NS); titlepiece for al-Burdah in thuluth, saṭr of each bayt in muḥaqqaq, ʻajuz in fine Mamlūk naskh; fully vocalized; glosses (takhmīs, mainly in Turkish, ending abruptly at p.28) in naskh-nastʻalīq, varying hands., Decoration: Rectangular panel at opening (p.6) carries poetic patronage statement (I served with it one who has exalted with his actions and words between a generous reader and a writer who is hostile to the miserly, and that in Egypt he is a dear companion and the son of a companion) accented by cloud bands and swirling arabesque ; on p.7, illuminated titlepiece for al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná in the form of a rectangular panel with accompanying ansa (in this case, roundel) carrying title in white (The Most Beautiful Names May God Benefit Thereby) with gold outline set among gold vegetable design on a field of blue; The entire piece is framed by a heavy gold band and blue rule; on p.12, at close of al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná a fine illuminated tailpiece in gold and blue in the form of an almond-shaped panel flanked by illuminated rosettes carrying inscription in white (the names were completed); on p.13, exquisite illuminated titlepiece for al-Burdah consisting of a large rectangular panel divided to smaller rectangular panels carrying the title and ex libris (The known planets in praise of the best of creation, may God bless him and grant him peace, drawing the treasury of the noble headquarters of the Most High Al-Makhdoumi Al-Sahbi Al-Karimi Karim Al-Din, may God glorify him) in white set in lozenge-shaped cartouches with flanking roundels filled with vegetable design in gold on fields of blue; ansa in the form of a roundel accompanies uppermost panel; textual dividers in the form of illuminated rosettes with blue and red accents appear throughout; keywords occasionally chrysographed; for each of the bayt of al-Burdah, saṭr in black and ʻajuz rubricated; written area of incipit and facing page of al-Burdah surrounded by frame consisting of gold band and heavy blue rule; tailpiece in the form of a rectangular panel carrying the colophon follows al-Burdah on p.69 and closely resembles opening rectangular panel (p.6)., Support: non-European laid paper (likely Egyptian) with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines grouped in threes (vertical) with 9-11 mm. between the chains and 37-42 mm. between the groups; alternating tinting of the bifolia; Flyleaves in a yellow tinted European laid paper with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal) and moon in shield with face in profile and 'B G' watermark as well as in an untinted European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 26-27 mm. apart (vertical), and watermarks of spread eagle and coat of arms with lion rampant in shield with crown above; numerous repairs., Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather with spine and edges/turn-ins in dark brown leather of similar color; Type III binding (without flap); flyleaves and pastedowns in yellow-tinted European laid paper; upper and lower covers bear stamped and gold-painted scalloped mandorla with vegetable composition (compare Déroche class. NSd 7); sewn in red thread, four stations; overall in fair condition with staining, abrasion, some lifting of leather at edges, etc., Former shelfmark: “119” on paper label on upper cover (repeated in pencil on titlepage for al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná, p.7)., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.69, copied by Ḥamzah ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb in 828 [1424 or 1425], likely in Egypt. As appears in patronage statements/ex libris on p.6 and in titlepiece on p.13, copied for Karīm al-Dīn, perhaps al-Wazīr al-Ṣāḥib Karīm al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Kātib al-Manākh (d.852/1448) (see Ibn Taghrībirdī, Ḥawādith al-duhūr, sanat ithnatayn wa-khamsīn wa-thamānimiʼah, shahr Rabīʻ al-Ākhir)., Several former owners' marks including inscription in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2) "316 T. De M." [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis], main patronage statements/ex libris on p.6 and p.13, oval seal impression with inscription “Abduh Muhammad Amin” on p.13, and octagonal seal impression on p.13; Both seal impressions repeated several times on p.70., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 248
Sample Text
Fine copy of Qaṣīdat al-Burdah by al-Būṣīrī (d.1294-7?) with later takhmīs mainly in Ottoman Turkish. Preceded by al-Asmāʼ al-ḥusná (with numerical values for each name) and following by notes and excerpts.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Ḥamzah ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb, active 1424 or 1425, scribe., Karīm al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Karīm, -1448, patron, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Ibn Taghrībirdī, Ḥawādith al-duhūr fī madá al-ayyām wa-al-shuhūr. Bayrūt, 1990. (v.2 p.169)
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
