Miṣbāḥ al-ḥukamāʼ wa-nibrās al-khawāṣṣ al-hādī ilá al-najātayn wa-al-saʻādatayn, [193-?].

Careful copy of an apparently anonymous philosophical work arranged here in five parts.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 963Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 112Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "مصباح الحكماء | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Wove paper.Decoration: Written mainly in a blue-black ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, modern hand in a medium line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written mainly in 14-19 lines per page.Collation: Pages between sections left blank, some serving as 'title pages' (see pp.33, 65, 97, 129) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "ثم الفاعلة الباسطة القابضة والى هنا انتهى الكلام على عالم الطبيعة الصرفة ويلي هذا الجزء الكلام على البرز في الجامع"Incipit: "الحمد لله وحده والصلاة على سيدنا محمد واله وبعد فالانسان من بين سائر الاكوان ممتاز بالعقل والظن ومؤهل بذلك لسعادة ..."Title from 'title pages' for the various sections on pp.1, 36, 65, 97, 129.Ms. codex.Careful copy of an apparently anonymous philosophical work arranged here in five parts.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. 7907" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; marginal glosses

Risālah fī al-nafs, [193-?].

Careful copy (despite lacking preamble) of a philosophical treatise on the soul, or perhaps an abridgment thereof, arranged in four parts. Attributed on the 'title page' of the fourth section to al-Ṭūsī (d.1274), but seemingly not his Risālat Baqāʼ al-nafs baʻda al-fanāʼ.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 969Origin: Lacks dated scribal colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 118Binding: Boards covered in black textured cloth ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a geometric pattern (resembling a scale pattern) in dull gold ; cover gold-stamped with "رسالة في النفس" ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Machine wove paper, sturdy, beige in color.Decoration: Text executed entirely in red ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; careful, compact modern hand initially in a medium to bold line, in final section in a thinner line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed.Layout: Written in 14-17 lines per page.Collation: i, 4 II(16), i ; exclusively binions ; pages between sections (corresponding to gatherings) left blank, some serving as 'title pages' (see pp.9, 17, 25) ; final leaves also left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, presumably supplied during digitization.Explicit: "اما الابرار فيشتركون في دوام البقاء بلا فناء وفي المعرفة الكاملة والعلم التام فيكون ذلك منتهى لذتهم وانسهم بربهم ولله الحمد رب العالمين"Incipit: "ان وجود النفس الانسانية امر فطري لأنها معلومة لكل انسان بالعلم الحضوري والكاسب والمكتسب هو العلم الحصولي ..."Title from inscription on opening 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy (despite lacking preamble) of a philosophical treatise on the soul, or perhaps an abridgment thereof, arranged in four parts. Attributed on the 'title page' of the fourth section to al-Ṭūsī (d.1274), but seemingly not his Risālat Baqāʼ al-nafs baʻda al-fanāʼ.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. 7914" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; occasional corrections

[Ṣaḥāʼif al-aʻlām sharḥ Tahdhīb al-kalām ...etc., 193-?].

Careful copy of selected commentary in 47 and 29 sections on the second and third bābs of al-Taftāzānī's (d. 793/1390) Tahdhīb al-manṭiq wa-al-kalām, followed by further commentary on the Tahdhīb including glosses by the copyist, the anonymous "ا ع" .Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 988Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and eventually bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). As appears on the 'title page' for certain sections (see p.245, i.e. 'title page' for the 15th Ṣaḥīfah on the third bāb, etc.), copied by the anonymous "ا ع" who has identified himself as the copyist of other manuscripts eventually bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), see Isl. Ms. 905, Isl. Ms. 910, Isl. Ms. 937, Isl. Ms. 981, Isl. Ms. 998 and likely Isl. Ms. 929.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 137Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "تهذيب المنطق والكلام | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Machine wove paper of two main types ; one type, cream in color with watermarks of what appears to be a head portrait (bordered in branches with a ribbon) and tuğra / ṭughrā of the sultan (see pp.2, 4, 16, 18, etc.) ; another type brown in color, with no watermarks visible ; one bifolium in ruled (graph) wove paper near opening (see pp.5-8).Decoration: Text executed entirely in red ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand initially in a bold line, later in a much thinner line ; serifless and freely ligatured with effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed.Layout: Written mainly in 17-21 lines per page.Collation: Leaves between sections left blank ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (follows p.299 with p.230, and thereafter off by 70).Incipit: [Ṣaḥāʼif al-aʻlām sharḥ Tahdhīb al-kalām] "الباب الثاني في الامور العامة لما عتد لكل من الواجب والجوهر والعرص بابا على حده يبحث فيه عنه كان من حسن الصناعة ان يضع بابا للامور العامة الشاملة الثلاثة ..." ; [Tajrīd kalām al-ḥukamāʼ min al-Tahdhīb] "هذا تجريد اقوال الحكماء المحكية في تهذيب السعد للكلام بباب الجواهر من اقوال غيرهم مع تعليقاتنا : ا ع ص قالوا الجوهر إن كان قابلا للابعاد فجسم ولا فإما جزء له بالفعل فصورة او بالقوة فمادة واما خارج يتعلق به فنفس والافعقل ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.3. p."235"-p."272" : Tajrīd aqwāl al-ḥukamāʼ al-maḥkīyah fī Tahdhīb al-Saʻd maʻa taʻlīqāt Alif ʻAyn.2. p."234" : [blank].1. p.1-p."233" : Ṣaḥāʼif al-aʻlām sharḥ Tahdhīb al-kalām.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy of selected commentary in 47 and 29 sections on the second and third bābs of al-Taftāzānī's (d. 793/1390) Tahdhīb al-manṭiq wa-al-kalām, followed by further commentary on the Tahdhīb including glosses by the copyist, the anonymous "ا ع" .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. 7932" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark "231/53" on verso of final leaf (p."274") ; a few marginal glosses

[Madkhal ilá al-falsafah, 193-?],

Careful (though seemingly acephalous) draft copy (مسودة) of an introductory work on philosophy addressing the history of philosophy (p.5), the Eastern philosophers (p.15), the Ancient Greek philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, etc.) (p.24), Medieval philosophers (p.145), Modern philosophy (p.191) and contemporary philosophy (p.497).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 908 v.2Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 57Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title, owner and decorative accents over raised bands "الاسفار | 2 | 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 wove paper of several types.Decoration: Some headings rubricated.Script: Naskh and ruqʻah ; both in a medium to bold line ; naskh, a clear, modern hand, mainly serifless (though right-sloping head-serif appears on lām of occasional lām alif) and rounded with curvilinear descenders, open and closed counters, freely ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots ; ruqʻah, compact, quick hand, serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of inclination to the left, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written in 26 lines per page.Collation: Pagination in pencil and black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Incipit: "قد لا يكون في غير محله ان نطيل البيان في هذا الملخص الاجمالي فنضيف الى ذلكم [ذلك] التبيان السالف مجملا من العبارات عما وقع الكلمة فلسفة في هذه المملكة من التحريف تارة ومن التطور في الاطوار المختلفة التي تقلبت فيها الى الوقت الحاضر تارة اخرى ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Careful (though seemingly acephalous) draft copy (مسودة) of an introductory work on philosophy addressing the history of philosophy (p.5), the Eastern philosophers (p.15), the Ancient Greek philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, etc.) (p.24), Medieval philosophers (p.145), Modern philosophy (p.191) and contemporary philosophy (p.497).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 7948" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; many marginal and interlinear corrections (in the manner of a draft copy) ; marginal glosses ; "المسودة" appears in various marginal notes (see p.215, 219, 299, 371, 411)

Aqwāl al-aqdamīn fī al-kawnīyāt, [193-?].

Careful copy of a collection of excerpts from ancient philosophy, including that of Socrates (سقراط), Plato (افلاطون), Pythagoras (فيثاغورث), Empedocles (ابندقلس), Plutarch (فلوطرخيس), Porphyry (فرفوريوس), etc., addressing cosmology.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 987Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 136Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "اقوال الاقدمين في الكونيات حكم سقراط | J.H.D." ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition though with curvature in boards (negative draw in upper board, positive draw in lower board).Support: Wove paper of two types ; opening type (first gathering, through p.32), machine wove, lined / ruled in blue ; thereafter in a sturdy machine wove type, dark cream to beige in color.Decoration: Text executed entirely in red ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless and freely ligatured with effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page.Collation: i, 2 VIII (32), V (42), IV (50), i ; catchwords present ; pages left fully or partially blank between sections (each comprising a single gathering), some (corresponding to the opening recto of the gathering ) to serve as 'title pages' (see pp.33, 65, 85) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "فانه يفتضح بها على رؤوس الاشهاد يوم الدين"Incipit: "حكم سقباط الباري لم تزل هوية فقط وهو جوهر فقط وهو غير مدرك من جهة كنهه ووصفه الاخص لان الحقائق كلها من جهة جوهره ..."Title from inscription on opening 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Careful copy of a collection of excerpts from ancient philosophy, including that of Socrates (سقراط), Plato (افلاطون), Pythagoras (فيثاغورث), Empedocles (ابندقلس), Plutarch (فلوطرخيس), Porphyry (فرفوريوس), etc., addressing cosmology.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. 7931" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark "231/53" on verso of final leaf (p.100) ; occasional marginal glosses in pencil

Madārik al-ʻulūm, [193-?].

Careful copy of a philosophical treatise on logic (perhaps representing abridgment of another), lacking preamble and ending somewhat abruptly.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 974Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 123Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "مدارك العلوم | J.H.D." ; seemingly sewn over three recessed cords, tightly bound and difficult to examine ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Wove paper of at least three different types.Decoration: Text executed entirely in a pinkish-red ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand in a medium to bold line ; serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written mainly in 10-15 lines per page.Collation: i, 5 IV(40), 2 V(60), VI (72), 3 (75), i ; chiefly quaternions ; pages between sections (corresponding to gatherings) left blank, some serving as section 'title pages' (see pp.17, 33, 47, 63, 79, 97, 117, 141) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (mistakenly skips two pages between pp.39-40 and 95-96).Explicit: "والكون الى الدنيا حبالة الوهم التي يقود بها الناس الى حزن طويل بل خالد"Incipit: "الغرض من المنطق التمييز بين الصدق والكذب في الاقوال والخير والشر في الافعال ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Careful copy of a philosophical treatise on logic (perhaps representing abridgment of another), lacking preamble and ending somewhat abruptly.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. 7918" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; some corrections and marginal glosses in red ink and pencil

Majmūʻat adab, [ca. 1158, i.e. 1745].

Careful copy of a vast collection (majmūʻah) of assorted poems, including qaṣāʼid, muwashshaḥāt, etc. by various authors, most identified.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 945Origin: Lacks dated colophon, though a birth notice for Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Zayn al-ʻĀbidīn al-Ghazzī al-ʻĀmirī (احمد بن محمد بن زين العابدين الغزي العامري) dated 24 Ramaḍān 1158 [October 1745] in Damascus as well as accompanying poetic excerpts (on the occasion of his birth) appears at close on pp.298-99 in what appears to be the second copyist's hand. Paper, hand, etc. certainly suggest a mid-18th century dating.Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 94Binding: Boards covered in black cloth with black leather over spine (quarter binding) ; Western style binding ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in pink and green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "مجموعة ادب" ; now stab sewn in white thread ; stuck-on endbands in maroon cloth ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: European laid paper ; mainly with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 22-24 mm. apart (vertical), and watermark of grapes under crown and cartouche with heart and initials (see p.14, 20, 68, 106, 298), sturdy, well-burnished to glossy, dark cream to buff in color ; final leaf (perhaps originally served as flyleaf) in type with three crescent watermark (see p.304).Script: Naskh ; at least two, clear though somewhat awkward Syrian hands ; opening hand serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, mainly open counters, pointing in distinct dots ; elsewhere a more angular hand with dramatic inclination to the right, more rectilinear descenders, still mainly serifless.Layout: Highly varies, though roughly 12-21 lines per page, divided to two columns.Collation: Gatherings virtually impossible to examine due to tight sewing ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes front flyleaf and skips two pages between pp.11-12).Title from inscription on verso of front flyleaf (p.2).Ms. codex.Careful copy of a vast collection (majmūʻah) of assorted poems, including qaṣāʼid, muwashshaḥāt, etc. by various authors, most identified.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 numbers, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No.7768" ; UM Library inscription on p.5 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; marginal glosses

[al-ʻIlm wa-al-ʻirfān ...etc., 193-?].

Careful copy a selection of philosophical extracts and commentary in sections under the headings al-ʻIlm wa-al-ʻirfān (see p.1), Sharḥ qiṭʻah min awwal al-Fuṣūṣ al-ʻArabīyah (see p.56), al-ʻĀlam wāḥid (see p.65) and Shudhūr min al-Fann al-rubūbī min Funūn al-ḥikmah al-ʻulyā (see p.98). Sections from the opening text appear also in the final transcript (e.g. compare text of p.7 and p.121 under the heading "انقسام العلم على النظري والعلمي").Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 999Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 148Binding: Boards covered in dark blue textured cloth with dark blue leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in pink and green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "العلم والعرفان" ; sewn in white thread over three recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands in brown ; overall in fairly good condition.Support: Wove paper of at least two different types (and cut to different sizes), ruled and unruled.Decoration: Text of opening and closing sections entered in a pinkish red ink.Script: Ruqʻah and naskh ; opening and closing sections in a quick, compact hand in a thin to medium line , serifless and freely ligatured with effect of inclination to the left and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed ; central section in first an elegant modern naskh (see pp.98-142), and then a heavy ruqʻah (see pp.142-172).Layout: Written mainly in 15-20 lines per page.Collation: i, V (10), IV (18), VII (32), VI (44), II (48), VI (60), VII (74), IV (82), 4 (86), III (92), i ; catchwords present in opening sections (through p.95) ; pagination in red ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals through p.8 ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "ولما كانت الموارد اربعة كان العرش محمولا على اربعة اركان"Incipit: "قال الله تعالى ومن يؤت الحكمة فقد اوتى خيرا كثيرا وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم الحكمة يمانية والعلم يمان اشراة الى انهما آتيان من قبل القوة النظرية فانها الجهة اليمنى والتي منها اليمن والبركة ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscription on opening 'title page' (p.1).Ms. composite codex.Careful copy a selection of philosophical extracts and commentary in sections under the headings al-ʻIlm wa-al-ʻirfān (see p.1), Sharḥ qiṭʻah min awwal al-Fuṣūṣ al-ʻArabīyah (see p.56), al-ʻĀlam wāḥid (see p.65) and Shudhūr min al-Fann al-rubūbī min Funūn al-ḥikmah al-ʻulyā (see p.98). Sections from the opening text appear also in the final transcript (e.g. compare text of p.7 and p.121 under the heading "انقسام العلم على النظري والعلمي").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. 7943" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; occasional glosses

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)

al-Qawl al-tāmm fī al-niẓām : al-nuẓum al-ilāhīyah fī al-akwān, [193-?].

Careful copy of excerpts from a philosophical work attributed to Ibn Sīnā (d.1037).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 986Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974).Former shelfmark: Mich. Isl. Ms. temp. no. 135Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetal pattern in green ; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "النظم الالهية | ابن سينا | J.H.D." ; sewn in white thread over two recessed cords ; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe) ; overall in fairly good condition though with curvature in boards (negative draw in lower board, positive draw in upper board).Support: Wove paper.Decoration: Text executed entirely in red ink.Script: Ruqʻah ; quick, compact hand in a medium line ; serifless and freely ligatured with effect of inclination to the right and of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed.Layout: Written mainly in 15-17 lines per page.Collation: i, IV (8), II (12), 2 IV(28), II (32), VI (44), I (46), 2 IV(62), I (64), i ; mainly quaternions and binions or single bifolia ; catchwords present ; pages left blank between sections with a few serving as 'title pages' (see pp.57, 65, etc.) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.Explicit: "عماهم فيه فسألوا ربكم درجاتهم واصبروا على نوائب دهركم تدركوا سعيهم"Incipit: "ومما يدل على ذلك ان المانع من قبول الفيض التضاد والكثافة الطبيعية ولذا اذا تركبت الاجسام البسيطة المتضادة الطبائع واعتدلت استعدت بذلك لقبول الفيض والحياة بقدر الاعتدال والتوسط الذي هو تنزه عن جميع الاضداد وجمع لها باسرها ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Careful copy of excerpts from a philosophical work attributed to Ibn Sīnā (d.1037).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. 7930" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; occasional marginal glosses