Kullīyāt-i Mullā Jāmī,
[early 16th century?].
كلیات ملا جامی, [آغاز قرن 16م؟].
Description
- Language(s)
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Persian
- Published
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[1500-1520?].
- Summary
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Splendid copy of the collected poetic works (prose works are not included despite use of term "kullīyāt" in 'title page' inscription) of Mawlānā Nūr al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d.1492). Opens with the opening of one of his seven mas̲navīs, Tuḥfat al-aḥrār (contribution to the cataloguing from H. Mottaghi and İ. E. Binbaş).
- Note
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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 324
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. may suggest early 16th century (binding much later).
Former shelfmark: "130" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf and on 'title page' (p.1).
Binding: Pasteboards covered in red leather ; Type II binding (with flap), two-piece binding, overlapping flanges visible at spine ; pastedowns and flyleaves in marbled paper (mainly in yellow, blue, lavender, orange, etc.) on European laid paper ; upper and lower covers carry central rectangular panel defined by gold fillets with tooled rosette accents and guilloché roll border (flanked by gold fillets) in gold ; sewn in dark pink thread, four stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, staining, lifting of spine leather, etc.
Support: non-European (likely Persian or Indian) laid paper with 6-7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, curved and somewhat indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, dark cream in color, sturdy and quite well-burnished ; some breakthrough at frames (a few repaired).
Decoration: Exquisite double-page illumination at opening on fol.1b-2a consists of large rectangular panels each divided to central rectangular panel carrying opening text set off by cloud-bands (in gold with floral accents) and upper and lower rectangular panels with gold cartouches carrying the title and author ("قصايد و غزليات افصح فضلا و افضل فصحى جامع فنون كلامي مولانا عبد الرحمن جامى") in white flanked by pendants and surrounded by elegant swirling arabesque with floral accents in gold, red, black, light blue, lavender, yellow, etc. on fields of gold and lapis lazuli evoking book cover design, entire rectangular panel surrounded by elaborate scalloped border (marginal decoration) evoking a series of scalloped domes and rosettes accented with perpendicular stalks [tīgh] at the spandrels and apices of the scallops and filled with continuation of the vegetal and chī cloud design on fields of gold and lapis lazuli ; further elegant illuminated headpieces at the openings of the قصايد (fol.70b) and غزليات (fol.73b) ; written area throughout gold-flecked and surrounded by frame consisting of a series of red, turquoise, gold, 'white' (blind outline in black fillets), and blue fillets ; keywords and headings in white ; bands of interlace or floral vegetal decoration on a filed of gold accent the written area of many pages.
Script: Nastaʻlīq ; compact, elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes.
Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, often divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board evident).
Collation: i, IV-1 (7), 2 IV(23), III (29), 34 IV(301), III (307), 8 IV(371), IV+1 (380), i ; Chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present (occasionally lacking) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.
Explicit: "چه خوش باشد که در کاشانه غم دو همدم درد دل گویند با هم"
Incipit: "بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم هست صلای سر خوان کریم ..."
Title from inscription on 'title page' (fol.1a).
Ms. codex.
Inscription in pencil on verso of front flyleaf and on 'title page' (fol.1a) "130" ; effaced statements on 'title page' (p.1) ; ownership statement (partially obscured by repair) accompanied by oval seal impression, statement reads "من تملكات ... الطوسى [?]" ; fairly clean copy.
- Physical Description
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380 leaves :
paper ;
222 x 163 (122 x 81) mm.
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