Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, 1634-1718, playing card maker
Published / Created:
[1690?]
Call Number:
ITA16
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN ITA15: On cards 120 x 58 cm. Added by hand to the Ace of Coins: MDXXVI. Tax stamp on 6 of Cups, black: MILANO CENT. 25. [seated figure]. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., BEIN ITA16: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., BEIN ITAsheet285: Uncut sheet of 10 cards (trumps Angel, World, Sun, Moon, Star, Tower, Devil, Death, Hanged Man, Hermit; card 115 x 53 mm, sheet 272 x 355 mm). From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Italian suit system., Composition of deck: 62 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-6, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., and Aces: AS: CUSTOS / CUSTODIAE; AB: VIRTUS / ARDUA; AD: GIOSEPPE MARIA / MITELLI INV / DIS: E: INT:.
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550 شاهيدي ابراهيم ده ده
Published / Created:
1500-1699.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 257
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Kitāb-Şāhidī by Muġlavī Şāhidī İbrāhīm Dede, a Persian-Turkish dictionary in mes̲nevī rhyme
Alternative Title:
Ṭuḥfe-i Şāhidī and تحفه شاهيدي
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Persian., Title from text opening., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 15 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Naskh., Binding: Flap binding, marbled paper over paper pasteboards, brown leather spine. Upper board covered in repoussé/chased metal depicting two peacocks standing in a vegetation., Decoration: Illuminated opening bifolium with full-page miniature of a seated man on verso and floral decoration on facing recto. Illuminated floral headpiece at head of text; illuminated text frames; rubrication., and Later manuscript annotations on front and back pastedown. Calligraphic Besmele ( بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) (f. 1a).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Turkish, Persian language, and Turkish
Manuscript, on paper, of Ustuvani Mehmet Efendi, a treatise on Islamic jurisprudence which also discusses principles of faith, worship, and prayer
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title from text heading (f. 1b)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 11 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Naskh., Binding: Flap binding, blind-tooled leather, repaired and rebacked. Covers with blind-tooled central mandorla and other decoration; spine in six compartments with blind-tooled flowers., Decoration: Text frames throughout, rubrication., Mathematical calculations in contemporary hand on front pastedown. Pen trials on rear pastedown., and Some loss of text due to repairs.
BEIN Fielding F750L: Inscription on front free endpapers for volumes 1-3: Louis Le Seur a Merieves. Unidentified inscription [Sibon?] on title pages of all volumes., An adaptation by La Place., Translator identified as La Place in BN., Actual place of publication from: Weller, E.O. Die falschen und fingierten Druckorte, v. 2, p. 126., Vol. 1: [4], xj, [1], 336 pages, [4] leaves of plates; v. 2: [4], 344 pages, [4] leaves of plates; v. 3: [4], 282 pages, [4] leaves of plates; v. 4: [4], 341, [1] pages, [4] leaves of plates., and This translation, by P.A. de La Place, published later under title: Tom Jones, ou L'enfant trouvé. Cf. Quérard, la France litteraire, v. 3, p. 120.
A collection of Islamic prayers, invocations and decorations, as follows: 1. Part of an invocation in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic (folio 1a). The first leaf seems to be missing. 2. Asmāʼ Allāh al-ḥusná (The 99 most beautiful names of God), written within gold squares (folio 1b-3a). 3. The name of the Prophet Muḥammad (folio 3a-4b). 4. Duʻāʼ istighfār kabīr (A prayer for seeking God's forgiveness) (folios 4b-5a). 5. Sharḥ muhr kabīr sharīf (An explanation of the noble seal of God) (folio 5b). 6. The seal itself written in large thulth script (folio 6a). 7. The word "Allāh, jalla jalāluh", written within a crescent moon surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 6b). 8. The word "Muḥammad, ʻalyhi al-salām" written in a similar fashion (folio 7a). 9. The name of "Adam" written within a circle surrounded by a decorative rectangle in gold and blue (folio 7b). 10. The names of Noah, Muḥammad, Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn in a similar fashion (folios 8a-12a). 11. The names of the famous companions of the Prophet Muḥammad, written within decorative circles: Abū Bakr, ʻUmar, ʻUthmān, ʻAlī, Ṭalḥah, Zubayr, ʻAbd Allāh, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān, Ibn ʻAwf, Saʻd, Saʻīd, Abū ʻUbaydah, Ḥasan, Ḥusayn (folios 12b-19a). 12. The names of "Ahl al-Kahf" (Seven sleepers of Ephesus): Yamlīkhā, Makshalīnā, Mithlīnā, Marnūsh, Bardanūsh, Shādhanūsh,Kafshaṭṭayyūsh and their dog "Qaṭmīr" (folios 19b-23a). 13. A prayer in the form of cypress trees (folios 23b-32a). 14. Invocation seals "muhrs": "Yā Ḥannān", "Yā Mannān" (Oh Merciful, Oh Generous), "Wa-huwa ʻalá kull shayʼ qadīr (He is able to do anything), Unity of God, Shifāʼ al-Qurʼān (Quranic medicine), seal of a prayer for getting well, seal for the great prayer of getting well, the seal of the Prophet, the seal of Sulaymān (Solomon), explanation of the seal of Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq (the sixth Shiʻī Imām, died 765), the seal of the Almighty, all written within decorative circles (folios 32b-38a). 14. Drawings of: "Hand of Faṭimah", "Dhū al-Fiqār" (ʻAlī's sword), foot of the Prophet Muḥammad, the Prophet's shoes, "Tawakkalū ʻalá Allāh" (Rely upon God), the staff of Moses, an ax, a rose, the banner of gratitude, the cloak of the Prophet Muḥammad, his rosary, his ewer and his basin, all drawn in gold (folios 39b-43a). 15. Decorative sketches of Mecca and Medina in gold and other colors (folios 43b-44a). 16. A prayer for attaining "al-Maqām al-Maḥmūd" (the Glorious Station "a place in Heaven") (folios 44b-45a). 17. Various Islamic flags drawn in gold (folios 45b-47a). 18. Various prayers for variety of occasions (folios 47b-69a). 19. Various talismanic numerology squares (folios 69b-72b). Name of copyist and place and date of copying not mentioned, probably from the 18th century
Description:
In Arabic and Ottoman Turkish., Title supplied by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: The first leaf seems to be missing., Secundo folio: al-rāfiʻ al-muʻizz al-mudhill., 12 x 19 cm; written surface: 6 x 10 cm; lines per page vary., Binding: In brown leather binding with flap; covers richly gilt with central medallion on both sides and corners decorations; edges slightly rubbed., In large and beautiful naskh or thulth scripts, in black ink on thin white paper; with headings in white ink on gold background; catchwords., and Colophon: Last page seems to be missing; ends with a magic square and the katchword "barkamsah".
BEIN 1977 1657: Binder's stamp: C. Nederveen. Unidentified inscriptions on )(3 and following leaf. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Signatures: )(⁴ A-2O⁴., Last leaf blank., Publisher's name from colophon., T.p. in red and black with woodcut., and Foreword signed Carl Sigmund Feyrabend.
Publisher:
in Verlegung Johann Feyrabends
Subject (Topic):
Art, Study and teaching, Figure drawing, Horses in art, and Tournaments, Medieval, in art
BEIN SPA10: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from wrapper., Latin/Italo-Spanish suit system., Type: Cadiz., Composition of deck: 48 [A, K, C, J, 9-2]., Issued in wrapper: blue and gold: LA CRIOLLA / MARCA REGISTRADA / CLASE PRIMERA / AVISO / MARCA: LA CRIOLLA:., Tax stamp on 5 of Swords, purple: TIMBRE DEL ESTADO / [heraldic device] / EXPORTACION., Aces: AD: SEGUNDO / DE / OLEA., CourtCards: CC: AHI VÁ., and PipCards and Jokers: 6S: VITELA DE HILO; 5S: SEGUNDO / DE OLEA / CADIZ; 8D: VITELA SUPERIOR-OLEA; 7D: No. 5; 4D: LA CRIOLLA / [woman with hat] / MARCA REGISTRADA; 2D: 1898 CADIZ 1898; 4C: LEGITIMA / DE / SEGUNDO / DE / OLEA / CADIZ; 2C: SEGUNDO DE OLEA.
BEIN Lemaître Lettrism S21: From the library of Maurice Lemaître., "Publication dirigée par le Mouvement lettriste et le Soulèvement de la jeunesse, sous la surveillance théorique et pratique des comités de vigilance des universités, des lycées et des écoles. Fondateur-directeur: Gérard-Philippe Broutin.", No 3 (décembre 1974) consists of "Contre Pierre Restany et les 'nouveaux-réalistes' / par Isidore Isou." No 4 (octobre 1975) consists of "Sur la côte des toiles lettristes / de Isidore Isou.", No 1 (avril 1973)., and No 4 (octobre 1975).
Publisher:
Centre international de création kladologique
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Lettrism, Painting, French, History and criticism, and Student movements
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Maktabī Shīrāzī's Laylī va Majnūn, a poem in mathnawi style tells the romantic love story of Layla and Majnun
Alternative Title:
Laylī va Majnūn.
Description:
In Persian., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 10 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'līq., Binding: Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards; gold-tooled inlaid central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces and frames; light brown leather doublures., Decoration: Volume is paginated, so Illuminated miniatures with scenes from the story are on "pp. 9, 47, 158, 174, 194, 212. Illuminated headpiece, cloudbands, floral page decorations; text frames in blue and gold., and Contemporary pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Persian, and Persian poetry