Jamʻ al-wasāʼil : manuscript, [17th century?].

On the life and personal characteristics of the prophet Muḥammad, commentary on a work by Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá al-Tirmidhī called al-Shamāʼil al-Muḥammadīyah. Pp. [1-48] are apparently older. Pp. [55-313] may be from the same work and is much later in date. Copy defective (end missing).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 208Text rubricated; on pp. [1-48], words of Prophet in gold, notes laid in on slips of paper, commentary in hand of copyist. On p. [1], illuminated ʻunwān. Marginal commentaries, arranged in decorative shapes.Text (not this copy) published.GAL,On the life and personal characteristics of the prophet Muḥammad, commentary on a work by Muḥammad ibn ʻĪsá al-Tirmidhī called al-Shamāʼil al-Muḥammadīyah. Pp. [1-48] are apparently older. Pp. [55-313] may be from the same work and is much later in date. Copy defective (end missing).Mode of access: Internet.AnonymousEncyclopedist and polyhistorian who wrote extensively on prophetic tradition (ḥadīth).Purchased in Cairo, 1924. Once part of the personal manuscript collection of Sultan Abdülhamid II of Turkey

[Kitāb al-Shamāʼil, 16th century?].

Fine copy of al-Tirmidhī's collection of traditions comprising the Prophet's characteristics as transmitted eventually to Abū al-Thanāʼ Ḥammad ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ḥammād ibn Fuḍayl al-Fayḍalī al-Ḥarrānī, whose name appears at the beginning of the opening ascription.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 211Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper suggests 16th or early half of 17th century.Former shelfmark: "٤" in black ink on recto of front flyleaf ; "513 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "134" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.3) ; "۹۲" on tailedge of text block.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; flyleaves and pastedowns in mauve surface-dyed wove paper ; upper and lower covers bear exquisite gold-tooled central scalloped lozenge (filled with vegetal composition reminiscent of Déroche class. OSd 9) with pendants, gold-painted accents, and guilloché roll border ; sewn in yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and purple, excellent condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, etc.Support: non-European (Persian) laid paper with 9 laid lines per cm. (mainly horizontal, with some curving and sagging) and chain lines, possibly grouped ; well-burnished to glossy ; crisp though thick and sturdy ; some pest damage.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece at opening on p.4 consisting of two rectangular panels ; the lower with gold-filled cartouche carrying the basmalah in white set in a field of lapis lazuli with swirling floral vegetal pattern in black, gold, light blue, lavender, red, and green ; surrmounted by rectangular panel with floral pendant shapes in gold accented by similar swirling floral vegetal pattern on a field of lapis lazuli ; all surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in lapis lazuli and set in a well of gold extending from the frame surrounding the written area below ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; written area surrounded by frame consisting of gold band outlined by black fillets.Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq ; elegant hand ; virtually serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline ; pointing in distinct dots, occasionally oriented vertically ; hāʼ looking like two inverted commas ; mainly closed counters.Layout: Written in 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, II+2 (6), 8 IV (70), IV+1 (79), ii ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf and skips two pages each between pp.5-6 and pp.21-22).Explicit: "حدثنا محمد بن علي اخبرنا النضر اخبرني ابن عون عن ابن سيرين قال هذا الحديث دين فانظروا عمن تاخذوا دينكم تم"Incipit: "الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين اخبرنا الشيخ الفقيه الامام العالم رضي الدين ابو الثناء حماد بن هبة الله بن حماد بن فضيل بن الفضيلي الحراني قال اخبرنا الشيخان الامامان الثقتان ابو المحاسن مسعود بن محمد بن غانم الغافقي قرأة عليه بمنزله بهواه في اوائل سبع واربعين وخمسمائة وابو شجاع عمر بن ابي الحسن محمد بن ابي عبد الله بن محمد بن عبد الله بن نصر البسطامي اجازة قال ... اخبرنا ابو عيسى بن محمد بن عيسى بن سورة الترمذي الحافظ قال باب صفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حدثنا ابو رجاء قتيبة ابن سعيد عن مالك بن انس عن ربيعة بن ابي عبد الرحمن عن انس بن مالك انه سمعه يقول كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ليس بالطويل البائن ولا بالقصير وليس بالابيض الامهق ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Fine copy of al-Tirmidhī's collection of traditions comprising the Prophet's characteristics as transmitted eventually to Abū al-Thanāʼ Ḥammad ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ḥammād ibn Fuḍayl al-Fayḍalī al-Ḥarrānī, whose name appears at the beginning of the opening ascription.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).Inscription on front flyleaf "٤" ; inscriptions in pencil on front flyleaf "513 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and covered 'title page' (p.3) "134" ; traces of inscription and seal impression under leaf glued over recto of opening leaf ('title page' p.3) ; faint oval seal impressions appear occasionally through out (pp.15, 31, 75, 91, 97, 156, etc.) and sometimes accompany effaced waqf mark "وقف" (see pp.9, 130, 138, etc.) ; marginal corrections and glosses