Şemail-i şerif,
[early 18th century?].

شمائل شريف, [اوائل القرن 18م؟].

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Main Author
Ayn-ı Ekber Mehmet Efendi, d. 1722?
Related Names
Şehri Emin Efendizade Mehmet Reşat, flourished 1893, former owner.
Language(s)
Turkish, Ottoman
Published
[1700-1747?].
Subjects
Muḥammad, > Prophet, > -632 > Biography > Early works to 1800.
Manuscripts, Turkish > Michigan > Ann Arbor.
Hadith > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > Early works to 1800.
Headpieces (layout features) > 18th century.
Summary
Elegant copy of Ayn-ı Ekber Mehmet Efendi's (d.1722) versified Turkish work on the characteristics of the Prophet.
Note
Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 411
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; statement on 'title page' identifying work and author appears to be dated 1160 [1747] and provides a rough terminus ante quem ; paper, decoration, etc. also certainly suggest 18th century.
Former shelfmark: "478 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.
Binding: Pasteboards covered in maroon leather ; Type II binding (with flap), likely two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in pink surface-dyed, textured wove paper (embossed in vegetal pattern of large leaves, flowers and vines) ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted border and outline of central panel ; sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in magenta and dark blue, good condition ; overall in good condition with minor abrasion, etc.
Support: European laid paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (horizontal), and watermark of grapes (raisin) under crown (see p.18, 28, etc.), transluscent and crisp though sturdy, well-burnished to glossy.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of gold rectangular piece surmounted by scalloped dome filled with floral vegetal decoration in white, pink, light blue, and lavender with red accents on a gold ground, entire piece set in a well of red with white accents and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; written area (and divisions within) surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets ; section headings chrysographed.
Script: Naskh ; elegant Ottoman hand ; seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on most ascenders (even occasional free-standing alif), effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly open counters, pointing in conjoined dots, fully vocalized.
Layout: Written in 15 lines per page with written area mainly divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.
Collation: ii, 5 V(50), IV (58), ii ; quinions followed by a quaternion ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.
Explicit: "سهو وعصيانه افندم بقمه فرقتك آتش ايله يقمه"
Incipit: "حمد اول خالقه كه يكتادر حكمنده عقلا شيدادر ..."
Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).
Ms. codex.
Ownership statement on 'title page' (p.1) in name of one Şehri [?] Emin Efendizade Mehmet Reşat ( شهرى امين افندى زاده سيد محمد رشاد ) dated 15 Jumādá II 1311 [ca. 24 December 1893], statement reads "من كتب الفقير شهرى [؟] امين افندى زاده سيد محمد رشاد ... ١٥ ح سنه ٣١١ ..." (compare statement and oval seal impression in Isl. Ms. 217) ; effaced statement and oval seal impression on p.3 ; extensive marginal glosses, many in Arabic.
Physical Description
58 leaves : paper ; 195 x 125 (117 x 70) mm.
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