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[Mukhtaṣar fī al-maʻānī, early 15th century].
[مختصر في المعاني, اوائل القرن 15م].
| Main Author: | Taftāzānī, Masʻūd ibn ʻUmar, 1322-1389? |
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| Language(s): | Arabic |
| Published: |
[1400-1431]. |
| Subjects: |
Qazwīnī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān,
> 1267 or 8-1338.
> Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ.
Arabic language > Rhetoric > Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Arabic > Michigan > Ann Arbor. |
| Note: |
Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloguer. Incipit: "نحمدك يا من شرح صدورنا لتلخيص البيان في ايضاح المعاني ... وبعد فيقول الفقير الى الله الغني مسعود بن عمر المدعو بسعد التفتازاني ... قد شرحت فيما مضى تلخيص المفتاح" Explicit: "مشتملة على لفظ الفاتحة ومنطوية على حسن الخاتمة ختم الله لنا بالحسنى ويسر لنا الفوز بالذخر الاسنى بحق النبي صلى الله عليه وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب" Collation: i, IV (8), IV+1 (17), 3 IV(41), III (47), 13 IV(151), IV-1+1 (161) ; chiefly quaternions ; final leaf replaced ; proper catchwords mainly present but occasionally lacking (though last word of final line on the verso of the leaf is repeated at the beginning of the first line on the following recto) ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf and inserts). Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled. Script: Naskh ; bold hand with influence of nastaʻlīq ; virtually serifless, though occasional head serif appears on alif of lām alif ligature ; slight effect of tilt to the right ; mainly closed counters ; some elongation of horizontal strokes ; freely ligatured with final tāʼ marbūtah assimilated with preceding rāʼ and lām alif ligatured occasionally forming a closed loop ; alif maqṣūrah often mardūdah ; kāf mashkūlah (mashqūqah) preferred. Decoration: Some section headings rubricated ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red discs. Support: Mainly European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 32 mm. apart (horizontal), and gothic 'R' (in two lines) watermark (compare Piccard no.29031). Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in laid paper ; upper and lower covers bear border in tooled fillets and faint central motif resembling an inverted lamp ; sewn in heavy cream thread, two stations ; worked endbands in cream and dark brown or black, intact and in fair condition ; overall in poor condition with abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, delamination of boards, some negative draw in both upper and lower cover, some spine slant (slightly cocked), etc. ; repairs in tan leather. Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 99. Al-Mukhtasar of Taftazani." ; "٤١٣" on tail of textblock. Accompanying materials: A few slips carrying notes, glosses, etc. (paginated pp.115-116, pp.183-184, and pp.205-206). Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, hand, etc. suggests 15th century ; dated statement on 'title page' provides a rough terminus ante quem of 1431. Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 99. Al-Mukhtasar of Taftazani." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "453" in Western numerals on front flyleaf (p.1) ; ownership statement on front flyleaf (p.1) reads "صاحب ومالك هذا المختصر محمد ..." ; circular waqf-seal impression in black ink appears on ’title page’ (p.3) and several places throughout, reads: "هذا وقف الراجي فيض الصمدي الشيخ احمد ضيا الدين ابن مصطفى الخالدي فمن بدله بعد ما سمعه فانما اثمه على الذين يبدلونه" in name of Aḥmad Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn ibn Muṣṭafá al-Khālidī (i.e. Ahmed Ziyâüddîn Gümüşhanevî, d. 1893 or 4) ; possible birth statement on 'title page' (p.3) dated 4 [?] Shaʻbān 834 [ca. 17 April 1431] "... يوسف بن مصطفى بن ابراهيم ... حسنا ليلة الثلثاء الرابعة ... شعبان الشعبان شهر النبي عليه السلام ... عمر هذا المولد الشريف بالخير والسعادة ... تاريخ سنة اربع وثلثين وثمانمائة" ; faint circular seal impression on p.328 ; extensive glosses ; occasional corrections. |
| Physical Description: |
161 leaves :
paper ;
180 x 140 (125 x 85) mm. bound to 180 x 142 mm.
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| Original Format: |
Book Manuscript |
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