- Language(s)
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Arabic
- Published
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[1410-1431?].
- Summary
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Shorter commentary by al-Taftāzānī on Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ by Jalāl al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī (d. 739/1338), an abridgment of the third part of Miftāḥ al-ʻulūm by al-Sakkākī (d. 626/1229), on ʻIlm al-maʻānī wa-al-bayān.
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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 147
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, hand, etc. suggests early 15th century, ca. 1410-1417 ; dated statement on 'title page' provides a rough terminus ante quem of 1431.
Accompanying materials: A few slips carrying notes, glosses, etc. (paginated pp.115-116, pp.183-184, and pp.205-206).
Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 99. Al-Mukhtasar of Taftazani." ; "٤١٣" on tail of textblock.
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.
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 (see p.94, 176, 202, 210, 250, 260, 268 274, 300, etc. and compare Briquet 8968 dated 1410, Piccard nos. 29028, 29029, and 29031 dated 1410, Piccard no.29027 dated 1416, and Briquet 8969 dated 1417) ; also, toward close and here and there throughout codex, non-European (likely Arab), non-watermarked laid paper with grouped chain lines, perhaps in a couple of types, mainly with chain lines grouped in threes with 8-9 mm. between the chains (horizontal) and 46 mm. between the groups, 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, see p.286, 318, etc.) but also with chain lines grouped in threes with 9-12 mm. between the chains (horizontal), 40-42 mm. between groups, and 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, see p.220).
Decoration: Some section headings rubricated ; overlining in red ; occasional textual dividers in the form of red discs.
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.
Layout: Written in 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled.
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).
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"
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"
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Ms. codex.
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) ; statement on 'title page' (p.3) dated 4 [?] Shaʻbān 834 [ca. 17 April 1431] "... يوسف بن مصطفى بن ابراهيم ... حسنا ليلة الثلثاء الرابعة ... شعبان ... شهر النبي عليه السلام ... عمر هذا المولود الشريف بالخير والسعادة ... تاريخ سنة اربع وثلثين وثمانمائة" ; faint circular seal impression on p.328 ; extensive glosses ; occasional corrections.
- Physical Description
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161 leaves :
paper ;
180 x 140 (125 x 85) mm. bound to 180 x 142 mm.