Hādhihi Majmūʻah min taʼlīfāt al-muʻallim al-thānī Abī Naṣr al-Fārābī tashtamilu ʻalá thamāniyat rasāʼil awwaluhā Risālat al-Jamʻ bayna al-raʼyayn al-Aflāṭūnī wa-al-Arisṭī, [1355, i.e. 1937].

Careful copy of a collection (majmūʻah) of works by the renowned Muslim philosopher, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Tarkhān al-Fārābī, referred to as Alfarabius or Avennasar in Latin texts, known as "the second teacher" (المعلم الثاني), the first being Aristotle.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 906Origin: As appears in colophon on p.162, transcription completed 19 Dhū al-Qaʻdah [13]55, corresponding to the 1st of February [19]37 and the 24th of Ṭūbah [1653].Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 55Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title, author and owner, as well as decorative accents over raised bands "مجموعة ابي نصر الفارابي | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine but appears to be over cords, in white thread, five stations ; stuck-on endbands ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Lined / ruled wove paper.Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact, modern hand in a medium line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written mainly in 26 lines per page.Collation: i, 20 II(81), i ; quire numbering in the form of Hindu-Arabic numerals surmounted by kāf appears on the opening recto of each of the first three quires ; pagination in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "وكان الفراغ من تسويد هذه الرسالة في يوم الاثنين الموافق ١٩ من ذي القعدة ٥٥ وغرة فبراير س ٣٧ ق ٢٤ طوبة"Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.10. p.85-p.162 : al-Risālah al-tāsiʻah min al-rasāʼil al-Fārābīyah hiya al-risālah al-maʻrūfah bi-Ārāʼ ahl al-madīnah al-fāḍilah wa-hiya fī al-aṣl al-Risālah al-Aflāṭūnīyah al-shahīrah bi-Jumhūrīyat Aflāṭun / al-Fārābī.9. p.83-p.85 : Min al-Risālah al-thāminah wa-hiya Nukat Abī Naṣr fīmā yaṣiḥḥu wa mā lā yaṣṣiḥu min aḥkām al-nujūm / al-Fārābī.8. p.79-p.83 : Min al-Risālah al-sābiʻah fī masāʼil wa-ajwabatihā / al-Fārābī.7. p.62-p.79 : al-Risālah al-sādisah min al-thamāniyah Risālat al-Fuṣūṣ/ al-Fārābī.6. p.48-62 : al-Risālah al-khāmisah min al-thamāniyah ʻUyūn al-masāʼil / al-Fārābī.5. p.41-p.48 : al-Risālah al-rābiʻah min al-thamāniyah fīmā yanbaghī an yuqaddam qabla taʻallum al-falsafah / al-Fārābī.4. p.33-p.41 : al-Risālah al-thālithah min al-thamāniyah fī maʻānī al-ʻaql / al-Fārābī.3. p.30-33 : al-Risālah al-thānīyah min al-thamāniyah Maqālah sharīfah lil-muʻallim al-thānī Abī Naṣr al-Fārābī fī aghrāḍ al-muʻallim al-awwal fī kull maqālah min maqālāt Kitāb Mā baʻd al-ṭabīʻah al-mawsūm bi-al-Ḥurūf / al-Fārābī.2. p.3-p.29 : al-Risālah al-ūlá fī al-jamʻ bayna al-raʼyayn / al-Fārābī.1. p.1-p.2 : [preface].Walzer, R. "alFārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Tark̲h̲ān b. Awzalag̲h̲(uzlug̲h̲?)." In EI2,Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy of a collection (majmūʻah) of works by the renowned Muslim philosopher, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Tarkhān al-Fārābī, referred to as Alfarabius or Avennasar in Latin texts, known as "the second teacher" (المعلم الثاني), the first being Aristotle.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in the Fall of 1950.On upper pastedown label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No 7945" ; possible former inventory mark in pencil on 'title page' (p.1) "231 / 53" ; UM Library inscription on p.5 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; many marginal glosses ; notabilia (side-heads)