- Language(s)
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Arabic
- Published
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[15--?]
- Summary
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Fine multi-work codex containing several works on grammar, namely the Kāfiyah of Ibn al-Ḥājib, the Miṣbāḥ of al-Muṭarrizī, al-ʻAwāmil al-miʼah [Miʼat ʻāmil] of ʻAbd al-Qādir al-Jurjānī, and Iẓhār al-asrār of Birgevi Mehmet Efendi.
- Note
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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 139
Origin: Lacks dated colophon. Dated study/reading note on p.151 provides a terminus ante quem of 5 Ramaḍān 1045 [ca. 12 February 1636]. Paper suggests late 15th century, turn of the 16th century and late 16th century.
Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 68. Alfiyah, Misbah, Miat Amil, & Izhar." ; "٥٩۱" on tail of textblock.
Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped scalloped mandorla filled with vegetal composition (compare Déroche class. OAi 4) ; flap in different design with gold-painted red leather onlays ; sewn in light pink thread, two stations ; worked endbands, quite soiled but intact ; overall in poor condition with abrasion, lifting of leather, delamination of boards, warping in textblock, etc. ; repairs in various leathers (brown, tan, red, etc.).
Support: European laid paper of several types ; one type with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal), bird [?] on triple mount in circle watermark ; another type with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal), anchor in circle with star above [?] (compare Piccard no.119016) ; another type with 10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 31-32 mm. apart (horizontal), bull's head with eyes and mouth, 5-lobed flower on rod above ; still another type with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (vertical), lion passant above a tied bow (ribbon).
Decoration: Keywords, section headings and abbrevation symbols rubricated ; written area surrounded by red-rule border (including margins) ; simple headpiece (ʻunwān) in red ink on p.268, carries title.
Script: Nastaʻlīq, naskh-nastaʻlīq and naskh ; several hands ; extensively vocalized.
Layout: Written in 7 [al-Kāfiyah], 11 [al-Miṣbāḥ], 7 [al-ʻAwāmil] and 11-13 [al-Iẓhār] lines per page ; frame-ruled.
Collation: i, 5 V(50), IV (58), V (68), III (74), 4 V(114), IV (122), III+3 (131), I (133), 1 (134), IX (152), V (162), VI (174) ; catchwords mainly present (absent or cutoff in al-ʻAwāmil) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.157-158 and pp.121-122).
Incipit: "الكلمة لفظ وضع لمعنى مفرد وهي اسم وفعل وحرف ..."
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Ms. composite codex.
Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 68. Alfiyah, Misbah, Miat Amil, & Izhar." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "441" in Western numerals on upper board lining ; 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) ; study/reading note on p.151 dated 5 Ramaḍān 1045 [ca. 12 February 1636] ; on p.346 ownershp statement reads "صاحب ومالك سليمان افندى" ; all but final work extensively glossed (marginal and interlinear), with glosses often very decoratively arranged (especially in al-Kāfiyah) ; occasional marginal corrections ; occasional notabilia (some rubricated).
- Physical Description
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174 leaves :
paper ;
170 x 110 (75-125 x 45-65) mm. bound to 170 x 120 mm.