- Language(s)
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Turkish, Ottoman
- Published
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[17--?].
- Subjects
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Muḥammad,
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Muḥammad, /
Prophet,
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Muḥammad, / Prophet, /
-632
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Muḥammad, / Prophet, / -632 /
Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Turkish
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Manuscripts, Turkish /
Michigan
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Manuscripts, Turkish / Michigan /
Ann Arbor.
Headpieces (layout features)
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Headpieces (layout features) /
18th century.
- Summary
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Elegant copy of Veysî's (d.1628) work on the sīrah of the Prophet through the battle of Badr in two parts, followed by the continuation (dhayl / zeyl) composed by Nâbî (d.1712). Table of contents on added leaves at opening (pp.2-11). Contribution to the cataloguing from H. Mottaghi.
- Note
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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 377
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; dated inscription on recto of second front flyleaf provides a rough terminus ante quem of 1796 ; paper, decoration, etc. also suggest late 18th century.
Former shelfmark: "464 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "٤٥٠" also on verso of front flyleaf.
Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in gold-flecked yellow-tinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry exquisite stamped (with gold-painted orange recessed onlays) mandorla (filled with symmetrical vegetal composition incorporating chī clouds, compare Déroche class. NSd), pendants and cornerpieces with tooled and gold-painted accents (rosettes, strokes, etc.) as well as elaborate guilloché roll borders built up from a series of s-shaped stamps and defined by gold fillets ; sewn in dark pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in dark pink and thread and with gold sheed, good condition ; overall in fairly good condition with minor abrasion, etc. ; subtle repair to fore edge flap.
Support: non-European laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (mainly vertical, curved, fairly distinct) and irregular chain lines occasionally visible, some inclusions, beige in color, crisp and transluscent though quite sturdy, highly burnished ; added table of contents mainly on European wove paper, well-burnished (burnisher's marks visible) ; partial offset of upper portion of headpiece in margin of incipit facing page (p.21) ; flyleaves in European laid paper.
Decoration: Brilliant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of Siyer-i Veysî on p.20, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in pink, orange, red and yellow on fields of gold, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pale green, pink, yellow, red, etc. on a gold ground, itself surmounted by elaborate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold and red accents, entire piece set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, pink with red accents, and gold interlace ; another illuminated headpiece at opening of second part of Siyer-i Veysî on p.178 ; still another superb illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of Zeyl-i Nabi on p.320, consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by floral motifs in gold and pink, surmounted by scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pale green, pink, orange, etc. on a gold ground, itself surmounted by elaborate vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue with gold and red accents, entire piece set in a well consisting of bands of red with white accents, pink with red accents, and heavy gold interlace ; written area surrounded by heavy gold frame defined by black fillets, divisions within (poetic passages, etc.) defined by narrow faint gold bands outlined by black fillets ; section headings, key words and passages, and occasional vocalization rubricated or overlined in red ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas.
Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Turkish hand ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in conjoined dots ; partially vocalized.
Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.
Collation: i, 34 V(340), ii ; exclusively quinions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.
Explicit: [Siyer-i Veysî] "جناب پيغمبرى اولمديغنه دليل جليل لا ينتطح فيه عنزان نابفه سيله [؟] تسليت بخش خاطر عمير اولدقلريدر والله تعالى اعلم بحقايق الامور" ; [Zeyl-i Nabi] "اشتماليله اعلاى درجات امتيازده جلو كر قلنمق شيوۀ خفيۀ تقديردن مستبعد دكلدر والله تعالى اعلم"
Incipit: [Siyer-i Veysî] "كنون وقتست كزكلك سخن كوى بسوى ذكر پيغمبر نهم روى" ; [Zeyl-i Nabi] "يا رب سحاب فيضى باران ايله اول فيضله كشت كامى ريان ايله ..."
Title from opening of added table of contents (p.2).
Ms. codex.
Inscription on recto of second front flyleaf dated 1 Jumādá I 1211 [ca. 2 November 1796] ; occasional marginal corrections.
- Physical Description
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340 leaves :
paper ;
242 x 145 (173 x 75) mm.