Copied in A.H. 1269 (A.D. 1852 or 53). and Muhammad Shafiq (died 1879 AD) was a major Ottoman calligrapher, who excelled in his instructional calligraphic pieces. This particular work is one of them. It exhibits the most important features of one of the Arabic calligraphic styles, the naskhi script. As can been seen, it surveys the art of connecting the various Arabic letters with other Arabic letters in a harmonious way, which results, ultimately, in the final beauty of the calligraphic piece. The two opening pages show the type of late Ottoman illumination, revealing the clear European influences. The shown pictures exhibit intricate arabesque floral design, typical of the late Ottoman period. Of interest in this particular manuscript is the binding, which reveals its Islamic origin. Beside the typical flap, which is the hallmark of most cherished Islamic bindings throughout history, the covers are richly gilt in floral decorations echoing the floral design of the opening pages.
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Calligraphic naskhi. Decorated in gold and colors. and Islamic binding, in maroon, with flap.
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature --Primers (Calligraphy)
A genealogical account of the legendary and historical Persian and Arab kings before Islam and Preceded by 1 leaf of notes
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Text in Arabic, some notes in Persian., The manuscript was probably copied not long after the date of composition of the final treatise, A.H. 982 (A.D. 1574 or 75)., Fair naskhī, in red and black; ʻunwān in gold and blue on leaf 1 verso. Leaves 1-2 with gold rectangular borders., A note pasted in the front cover lists the contents of the volume in French., Islamic binding, in contemporary brown calf., Bookplate of Le Ch. Ferrão de Castelbranco., Bookplate of Thomas E. Marston., Unidentified bookstamp in Turkish on title page., and With: 2 other titles.
Copied about A.H. 931 (A.D. 1525). and Three notes on al-Kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq al-tanzīl (commentary on the Koran) of Maḥmūd al-Zamakhsharī.
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Hasty nastaʻlīq., Islamic binding, in brown., No. 15 of 15 titles bound together., Purchased from Captain Tekeş, Istanbul in February 1965 on the Beinecke fund., The authorship is uncertain. The first note is dedicated to Selim I, who ascended the throne in 1512 (cf. Ibn Kamāl Pāshā's other tract in this volume, leaf 281 verso, which is dedicated to the same); hence the author could unlikely be al-Dawwānī (d. 1512 or 13). Ibn Kamāl Pāshā was mufti in Istanbul., and The third note is dedicated to an unnamed sultan, presumably again Selim I.
Subject (Name):
Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar, 1075-1144. Kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq al-tanzīl. and Zamakhsharī, Maḥmūd ibn ʻUmar,--1075-1144.--Kashshāf ʻan ḥaqāʼiq al-tanzīl.
Subject (Topic):
Islamic binding. and Theology--Koran--Commentaries.
Copied in A.H. 1164 (A.D. 1750 or 51). and Supergloss on Mīr Abī al-Fatḥ's gloss on Mullā Ḥanafī's commentary on al-Ījī's Ādāb al-baḥth.
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Authorship uncertain., Islamic binding, paper-covered, with flap., No. 1 of 3 titles bound together., Purchased from Oskar Rescher in 1969 on the Edwin J. Beinecke fund., and Some marginalia.
Subject (Name):
Ījī, ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, d. 1355? Ādāb al-baḥth, Ījī, ʻAḍud al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad, d. 1355?--Ādāb al-baḥth, Mīr Abī al-Fatḥ, d. ca. 1567. Ḥāshiyah ʻalá Sharḥ Mullā Ḥanafī, Mullā Ḥanafī, Muḥammad. Sharḥ al-Ādāb al-ʻAḍudīyah, and Rescher, Oskar 1883-1972--Ms. notes
Holograph. and Traditions and prayers relating to the fast of Ramaḍān.
Description:
Good naskhī, in red and black. and The author signs himself on leaf 1 recto as: Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar al-Anṣārī; "Ibn al-Mulaqqin" was supplied on the Landberg card (son of ʻUmar ibn al-Mulaqqin, Brockelmann, II, 92).