[ʻIṣām al-Dīn ʻalá al-Waḍʻīyah ... etc.,
1113, i.e. 1702].
[عصام الدين على الوضعية ... الخ، 1113ه, 1702م].
Description
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Arabic
- Published
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[1702]
- Summary
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Fine copy of three of the principal commentaries on al-Ījī's seminal treatise in ʻilm al-waḍʻ, al-Risālah al-waḍʻīyah, namely that of ʻIṣām al-Dīn al-Isfarāʼinī (d.1537), ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Qūshjī (Ali Kuşçu, d.1474), and ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Jurjānī, al-Sayyid al-Sharīf (d.1413). Followed by a brief anonymous treatise on the same subject.
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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 109
Origin: As appears in colophon on p.114, transcription of the sharḥ by ʻAlī al-Qūshjī completed 3 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1113 [ca. 1 May 1702] ; paper suggests that other works were copied around the same time, even late 17th century.
Accompanying materials: Inserted slip bearing glosses (paginated pp.3-4).
Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 61. Two commentaries on Al-Risalat al-wadiyah."
Binding: Pasteboards (very thin, semi-limp) covered in marbled paper (mainly in white and shades of blue) with brown leather over spine and edges/turn-ins (marbled paper faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in European laid paper ; sewn in light pink thread, four and two stations ; overall in fair condition with significant abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather, delamination of boards, etc.
Support: European laid paper in a few different types ; text of first work on type with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of flower on stem with leaves ; next work on another type with laid lines spaced 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal), and three crescents watermark ; final works on still another type with 14 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 20 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of bar carrying name/initials with grapes ; all types well-burnished.
Decoration: Abbreviation symbols and keywords rubricated ; overlining in red ; text of the sharḥ by ʻAlī al-Qushjī surrounded by frame consisting of a gold band flanked by black fillets.
Script: Naskh and naskh-nastaʻlīq ; at least three different hands ; all virtually serifless with elongation of horizontal strokes ; naskh freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, final yāʼ and alif maqṣūrah mardūdah, and pointing in curved lines rather than distinct dots ; naskh-nastaʻlīq shows slight effect of words descending to baseline and letterforms characteristic of nastaʻlīq.
Layout: Written in 15, 21 and 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.
Collation: 2 V(20), IV (28), III (34), V-1 (43), V (53), I+1 (56), III (62) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes insert).
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Ms. composite codex.
Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 61. Two commentaries on Al-Risalat al-wadiyah." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "285" in Western numerals on 'title page' (p.1) ; on paper (blue-tinted) pasted on 'title page' (p.1), a detailed waqf statement in the name of al-Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh Adīb (Abdullah Edip), known as Jannatʹzādah (Cennet-zade), qāḍī of Erzurum, accompanied by his seal, reads: "وقفت وقفا صحيحا شرعيا على ان لا يخرج من بيت الكتب الملتصق بداري الا لعلماء سكنوا بارضروم بكفيل مرعى اورهن قوي وانا الفقير اليه عز شانه السيد عبد الله اديب الشهير بجنت زاده القاضي بمدينۀ ارضروم في سنة اثنى وستين ومائتين والف" ; extensive glosses ; occasional marginal corrections.
- Physical Description
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62 leaves :
paper ;
213 x 142 (149-155 x 61-85) mm.
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