Nesayihü'l-ebrar, [late 16th or early 17th century?].

Elegant copy of a collection of maxims and wise sayings from an assortment of philosophers, dedicated to Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595) and elsewhere attributed to one Abdülkerim b. Mehmet (see manuscripts in Milli Kütüphane-Ankara 06 Mil Yz A 2539/1 and 06 Mil Yz A 1941/5, as well as Zeytinoğlu İlçe Halk Kütüphanesi 43 Ze 321/3 and İstanbul Millet Kütüphanesi 34 Ae Edebiyat 478/2).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 389Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, decoration, etc. suggest late 16th or early 17th century.Former shelfmark: "314 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark maroon leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now lost) ; board linings and outer flyleaves in quite glossy, blue surface-dyed paper ; upper and lower covers carry large stamped and gold-painted mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. OA1 1) along with gold-painted accents and tooled border ; sewn in brown thread, four stations ; overall in fair condition (despite loss of flap) with minor abrasion, lifting of leather, etc. ; repair to spine (rebacked) in red leather.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, quite indistinct, curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, thin and fairly transluscent though sturdy, burnished but not glossy, not heavily sized ; inner flyleaves in European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28 mm. apart (horizontal) and watermark of circle with trefoil above and possibly anchor [?] inside.Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4, consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche (carrying title in black "نصايح الابرار") surrounded by elegant swirling arabesques with floral motifs in gold, lavender, red, pink, white, light blue, etc. on a cobalt and gold ground and bordered in a band of black with white or light blue crosses, surmounted by scalloped triangular piece (hasp) or dome filled with similar floral vegetal design on a cobalt and gold ground, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in cobalt with red accents ; written area gold-flecked and surrounded by gold frame defined by black fillets (with outermost cobalt rule on incipit page) ; keywords and headings rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red discs.Script: Naskh ; exquisite hand ; irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on many ascenders, slight effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing (for two and three dots) in conjoined dots or strokes.Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, VII (14), iii ; catchwords present though only occasionally visible (often cut off) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes some flyleaves).Dedication: As appears in opening matter on p.5, dedicated to Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595).Explicit: "در حال افعال ماضيه وافكار راتيه سنه استغفار ايلدى تمت الرسالة"Incipit: "حمد وسپاس وثناء بى قياس بصانع شهود عالم ومبدع وجود آدم ... اما بعد بو فقير وحقير بو رسالۀ معتبرۀ كتب حكمادن لسان فارسدن اخراج ايلدم ... اسم رساله نصايح الابرار والله الموفق والمستعان وعليه التكلان ..."Title from inscription on fly leaf (p.1), illuminated headpiece at opening (p.4), and opening matter (p.7).Ms. codex.Elegant copy of a collection of maxims and wise sayings from an assortment of philosophers, dedicated to Sultan Murat III (r.1574-1595) and elsewhere attributed to one Abdülkerim b. Mehmet (see manuscripts in Milli Kütüphane-Ankara 06 Mil Yz A 2539/1 and 06 Mil Yz A 1941/5, as well as Zeytinoğlu İlçe Halk Kütüphanesi 43 Ze 321/3 and İstanbul Millet Kütüphanesi 34 Ae Edebiyat 478/2).Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).On 'title page' (p.3), ownership statement and seal impression (seemingly dated 1274 [1857 or 8]) in name of one Mustafa Reşit ( Muṣṭafá Rashīd / السيد مصطفى رشيد ) likely son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa (d.1871), compare statements (some dated 1286 [1870]) and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 226, along with Isl. Ms. 308, Isl. Ms. 371, Isl. Ms. 399 and Isl. Ms. 409, statement reads "من كتب الفقير الحقير مصطفى رشيد مخدوم عالى پاشا" ; excerpts on front and back flyleaves (p.1 and p.34)

Mizanü'l-hak fî ihtiyari'l-ahak, [1174, i.e. 1761?].

Elegant copy of Kâtip Çelebi's final work (composed in 1067/1656), addressing controversial questions of doctrine or practice with proposed solutions, and closing with an autobiographical account of his life and works (khātimah / hatime, beginning on p.91).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 371Origin: As appears at close on p.108, transcription completed Jumādá II [?] 1174 [January-February? 1761].Former shelfmark: "425 [?] T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in marbled paper (in light and dark blue, light and dark pink, and dark green) ; upper and lower covers carry lozenge-shaped central ornament filled with gold-tooled vegetal composition, accompanied by tooled rosettes and gold-painted accents as well as guilloché roll border in gold ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in light red thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in spring green and pale pink [?], tailband damaged ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, detaching at spine (revealing spine lining in leather with primaries sewn through),etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical or horizontal, fairly distinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, thin, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, well-burnished, some leaves tinted (brown, yellow, beige, pale pink) and or gold-flecked ; a few bifolia of European laid paper.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with swirling arabesques and floral motifs (in gold, red, blue, pink, white) around an empty gold cartouche, set in a well of gold bands flanking a band of red and a heavy band of interlace and surmounted by elaborate vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue ; incipit page silver-flecked ; written area throughout bordered in a heavy gold frame defined by black fillets and outermost red rule ; keywords and section headings rubricated ; illuminated tailpiece anchoring text at close on p.108 consisting of swirling floral vegetal composition in gold, pink and red with blue chī clouds and border.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand ; serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline, mainly closed counters, elongation of horizontal strokes.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 5 V(50), III (56), i ; almost exclusively quinions (with final ternion) ; final leaf left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (skips two pages between pp.75-76).Colophon: "ح م سنه ١١٧٤ ج"Explicit: "جخى كلام بونكله انجامه ايروب رساله تمام اولدى حق سبحانه و تعالى جمله مزه حسن خاتمه ميسر ايدوب طريق برهان رضاى رحماندن آيرميه بمنه وكرمه ولطفه"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي جعل العقل حجة في خلقه وايد الشرع به فيما يفرق بين الباطل وحقه ... وبعد اول آفرينشدن برو ميان ارباب وانشده عقل ايله نقل توامان ومعقول ومنقول فرسى رهان ايدكى ... اكه بناء نزاع اولنان مسئله لرده طريق برهانى بيان ايچون ... ورق تسويد اولنوب نامنه ميزان الحق فى اختيار الاحق دينلدى ..."Title from opening matter on pp.2-3.Ms. codex.Cat. Turk. MSS. Brit. Mus.,Elegant copy of Kâtip Çelebi's final work (composed in 1067/1656), addressing controversial questions of doctrine or practice with proposed solutions, and closing with an autobiographical account of his life and works (khātimah / hatime, beginning on p.91).Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).Ownership statement on 'title page' (p.1) in name of Tahir Efendizade Mehmet Asım (طاهر افندى زاده محمد عاصم / Ṭāhir Afandīʻzādah Muḥammad ʻĀṣim) ; also on 'title page' (p.1) effaced statement and oval seal impression in name of one Mustafa Reşit ( Muṣṭafá Rashīd / السيد مصطفى رشيد ) likely son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa (d.1871), compare statements (some dated 1286 [1870]) and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 226 and Isl. Ms. 389, along with Isl. Ms. 308, Isl. Ms. 399 and Isl. Ms. 409; occasional marginal corrections

[Tuhfe-yi Şâhidî, 1123, i.e. 1711 or 1712].

Elegant copy of the well-known versified Persian-Turkish vocabulary of Şâhidî İbrahim Dede of Muğla (d.1550) with extensive marginal glosses in exquisite shapes.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 399Origin: As appears at the close in the margin of p.92, date of 1123 [1711 or 12] accompanying presentation statement to "the late" Damat İbrahim Paşa [perhaps the earlier but not Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Paşa (d.1730) who was not even married to Fatma Sultan until 1717]. Paper, etc. are entirely consistent with an 18th century dating.Former shelfmark: "428 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1) ; "122" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.5).Binding: Pasteboards (quite thin, semi-limp) covered in dark maroon leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; doublures in marbled paper (in pink, yellow, blue) ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled border and accents ; sewn in pink thread, four stations ; only traces of endband primaries remain ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of spine leather, etc.Support: European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 20-21 mm. apart (vertical) and assorted raisin watermarks including grapes under cartouche and crown (p.92, etc.), grapes alone (p.16, etc.) and cartouche alone, dark cream in color, fairly transluscent though sturdy, crisp, highly sized and burnished to glossy ; flyleaves in a different European laid paper with three hats watermark.Decoration: Superb illuminated headpiece at opening on p.6 consisting of a scalloped w-shaped piece with floral vegetal decoration in pink, lavender, blue, red, and white on fields of gold, blue and green (turquoise), set in a well of red and white and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame ; margins and columns within also outlined by gold rules ; red discs accent the text ; whole passages of the gloss rubricated or chrysographed to set off the designs.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes ; fully vocalized.Layout: Written in 7 lines per page ; written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled ; marginalia in exquisite shapes, mainly floral, quite artistically arranged.Collation: ii, 4 V(40), IV (48) ; quinions followed by a quaternion ; final four leaves left blank ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves).Explicit: "فاعلاتن فاعلاتن فاعلات بو كتابى اوكرن ايج اب وحيات شاهدى يه هر كيم ايلرسه دعا ايده محشرده شفاعت مصطفى"Incipit: "بنام خالق وحي وتوانا قديم وقادر وبينا ودانا"Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Brit. Mus. Cat. Turkish MSS.,Elegant copy of the well-known versified Persian-Turkish vocabulary of Şâhidî İbrahim Dede of Muğla (d.1550) with extensive marginal glosses in exquisite shapes.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).Several former owners' marks on front flyleaf (p.1) and 'title page' (p.5) including statement dated 15 Dhū al-Qaʻdah [?] 1219 [ca. 15 February 1805] in name of Genç Mehmet Paşazade İbrahim (كنچ محمد پاشا زاده الحاج ابراهيم), a statment dated 3 Jumādá 1221 [ca. 19 July 1806], two illegible circular seal impressions, statement in name of Abdullah Ömer (عبد الله عمر), statement in name of one Ömer (عمر وكيل حارسى شهربادى), circular seal impression in name of Mehmet Şükrü (محمد شكرى) dated 1215 [1800 or 1801], two statements (p.1 and p.5) dated 16 Jumādá I 1249 [ca. 1 October 1833] in name of Naşit Efendi (ناشد افندى), statement (likely dated 1287 [1870 or 1] in name of Mustafa Reşit ( Muṣṭafá Rashīd / السيد مصطفى رشيد ) likely son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa (d.1871), compare statements (some dated 1286 [1870]) and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 226 and Isl. Ms. 389, along with Isl. Ms. 308, Isl. Ms. 399 and Isl. Ms. 409 ; extensive marginal glosses, which through p.70 appear in a splendid layout of floral and geometric shapes (flowers in vases, cypress tree or sword, etc.) in red, black, blue and green inks. Presentation statement at close reads "داماد ابراهيم باشا مرحومه عرض اولنمشدر

Dīvān-i Ḥāfiẓ-i Shīrāzī, [1035, i.e. 1625].

Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 318Origin: As appears in colophon on p.358, copied by Niẓām ibn Mīr ʻAlī with transcription completed in Rabīʻ I 1035 [December 1625].Former shelfmark: "126 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.1).Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red leather ; Type III binding (without flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in glossy, surfaced-dyed blue wove paper ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold-painted guillioché roll (series of s-shaped stamps) and flanking rules ; sewn in dark brown or gray thread, two stations, tightly bound ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, good condition ; housed in sturdy slipcase covered in dark purple / blue leather with tooled and gold-painted borders and rosette accents, lined with yellow paper and fitted with peach / orange woven pull cord ; overall in fairly good condition ; one narrow side of slipcase detaching.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, fairly distinct) and occasional single chain lines visible, dense and sturdy though transluscent, medium cream in color, well-burnished ; some creasing, tears and cockling due to tight binding ; repairs in European laid paper and wove paper.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpieces at opening of preface on p.2 and at opening of dīvān proper (with ghazals) on p.9, each consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche surmounted by rectangular piece filled with scalloped domes in gold and lapis all overlaid with swirling floral vegetal decoration in red, yellow, green, light blue, etc., set in a rich well of heavy gold interlace and turquoise, dark red / brown, and gold bands, and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; text of incipit and facing page at opening of preface and opening of dīvān set off by gold cloud-bands ; written area surrounded by gold frame of medium gold band and outermost gold and blue fillets, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; keywords and headings chrysographed ; some overlining in gold.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; spacious, elegant hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle descent of words to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set down in somewhat narrow, slightly angled bowl.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 22 IV (176), II-1 (179), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; cathwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads "تمت بعون الله الملک الغنی فی ید العبد المذنب نظام ابن میر علی غفر ذنوبه فی تاریخ شهر ربیع الاول سنه خمس وثلثین والف من الهجرت النبویهExplicit: "گفتم سخن تو گفت حافظ گفتا شادی همه لطیفه گویان صلوات"Incipit: "حمد بیحد و ثناى بیعد خداوندی را که جمیع دیوان حافظان ارزاق بپروانه ..."Title from inscriptions on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. codex.Cat. Pers. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.627 ff.Elegant copy of the Dīvān of the masterful poet Ḥāfiẓ (Khvājah Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī, d.1390?). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).On 'title page' (p.1), ownership statement and seal impression (seemingly dated 1274 [1857 or 8]) in name of one Mustafa Reşit ( Muṣṭafá Rashīd / السيد مصطفى رشيد ) likely son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa (d.1871), compare statements (some dated 1286 [1870]) and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 226, along with Isl. Mss. 308, 371, 389, 399 and 409, statement reads "من كتب الفقير الحقير مصطفى رشيد مخدوم عالى پاشا" ; small octagonal seal impression on p.23 ; small, slender oval seal impressions (mostly effaced) on pp.25, 27, 31 ; glosses (many in Turkish) and marginal corrections

Ḥall asrār al-akhyār ʻalá iʻrāb Iẓhār al-asrār, [1197, i.e. 1783].

Elegant copy of the commentary by Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad Zaynīʻzade on Iẓhār al-asrār, the work of Arabic grammar by Birgivî (Birgili, Birkawī) Mehmet Efendi.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 226Origin: As appears in colophon on p.419, copied by Aḥmad Imāmʻzādah al-Qasṭamūnī (Ahmet İmamzade el-Kastamoni) with transcription finished in Shawwāl 1197 [September 1783].Former shelfmark: "342 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf ; "20" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.3).Binding: Pasteboards covered in tan leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns/flyleaves in gold-flecked yellow-green surface-dyed paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-stamped (over red-oranged recessed onlays) mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, similar to Déroche class. NSd 7), pendants and cornerpieces with gold-tooled and gold-painted accents as well as guilloché roll border ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and black, damaged ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of leather, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper ; opening type with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown and grapes (raisin) watermark (see p.6, 20, etc.), heavily sized and burnished, crisp and transluscent though sturdy, light beige in color ; latter gatherings (from p.181) lighter in color and with " C C W" ["G C W" ?] watermark (see p.190, 191, 230, 231, 420, 421, etc.).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and flanking floral motifs in gold, red, and green surmounted by a shallow w-shaped piece filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in green and red on a filed of gold, surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in red and blue and set in a well of decorative bands in light blue, red, white, and gold ; written area throughout surrounded by frame consisting of a series of gold bands with an outer red fillet and a separate red fillet (narrow gold band for incipit and facing page) surrounding the area of the margins ; keywords rubricated ; overlining in red.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; virtually serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline (occasionally more exaggerated), elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing (for two and three dots) mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots, kāf mashqūqah preferred.Layout: Written in 19 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: ii, 20 V(200), V+2 (212), i ; exclusively quinions (one anomalous) ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and mistakenly skips two pages each between pp.101-102 and 321-322).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تمت الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب وقد كملت هذه المعرب في شهر شوال سنة سبع وتسعين ومائة والف عن يد عبد الضعيف الحاج احمد امام زاده القسطموني غفر له"Explicit: "ويجوز ان يكون صفة رجل حملا على محله القريب كما في الرضي هذا اخر ما اوردناه من الاعراب على اظهار الاسرار بعون الملك الستار ... اللهم اجعله خالصا لوجهك الكريم ... وصلى الله علي سيدنا محمد الذي ارسل رحمة للعالمين وعلى اله واصحابه اجمعين وعلى جميع الانبياء والمرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين"Incipit: "الحمد لله الذي رفع داء الجهل عنا بانزال قرآن عربي بين الهدى علينا ونصب اطباء العلماء بيننا بمحض لطفه واحسانه وكرمه لنا ... اما بعد فيقول الراجي من ربه الحسنى والزيادة حسين ابن احمد الشهير بزين زاده غفر ذنوبهما وستر عيوبهما لما كان كتاب اظهار الاسرار للشيخ محمد البركي بديع الفضل في الاعصار منطويا على حقائق المباحث المعربية ومحويا على دقائق الاسرار الادبية ... سألني بعض الاخوان ... ان اكتب عليه اعرابا لا يغادر صغيرا ولا كبيرا الا احصاه ... فاجبتهم متضرعا الى من هو عليه هين يسير ... وسميته بحل اسرار الاخيار على اعراب اظهار الاسرار ..."Title from opening on p.5.Ms. codex.Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūn,Brockelmann, C. GAL,Elegant copy of the commentary by Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad Zaynīʻzade on Iẓhār al-asrār, the work of Arabic grammar by Birgivî (Birgili, Birkawī) Mehmet Efendi.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).Inscriptions in pencil on front flyleaf "342 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" and 'title page' (p.3) "20" ; also on 'title page' (p.3), ownership statement "من كتب الفقير مخدوم عالى پاشا مصطفى رشيد" and oval seal impression (with inscription "السيد مصطفى رشيد" and seemingly dated 1274 [1857 or 8]) in name of Mustafa Reşit (السيد مصطفى رشيد / Muṣṭafá Rashīd / Mahdum-ı Âli Paşa Mustafa Reşit), son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa (d.1871), compare statements (some dated 1286 [1870]) and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 371 and Isl. Ms. 389, along with Isl. Ms. 308, Isl. Ms. 399 and Isl. Ms. 409)

[Kitāb-i Gulistān ...etc., 16th century?].

Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292). Accompanied by the text of his Būstān in the margins and followed by further ḥikāyat, Risālah-ʼyi dah qāʻidah of Sayyid ʻAlī Hamadānī (d.1385) and a manqabat for Shaykh Saʻdī (see pp.228-249).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 308Origin: As appears in colophon on p.249, copied by Muḥammad Amīn al-Ḥusaynī al-Tirmidhī (al-Tirmiẕī) [?] ( محمد امين الحسينى الترمذى ). Date of transcription not specified but decoration, hand, paper etc. suggest 16th century.Accompanying materials: a. Slip with verses (paginated pp.55-56) -- b. Slip with short note (paginated pp.75-76) -- c. Slip with calculations and date of 1219 [1804 or 5] (paginated pp.121-122).Former shelfmark: "113 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in deep red leather ; Type II binding (with flap), possibly two piece binding ; board linings in light pink-tinted paper ; upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled border and rosette corner accents ; sewn in dark pink / red thread, two stations, failing with many gatherings loose ; worked chevron endbands in dark pink and yellow, fair condition with some damage ; overall in somewhat poor condition with abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather to spine, upper cover detaching at spine, envelope flap detaching at fore edge flap, etc. ; pieced repairs in dark red-brown leather at board corners, spine, joints, etc.Support: non-European laid paper with roughly 6 laid lines per cm. (vertical, quite diffuse) and no chain lines visible, cloudy formation, dark cream in color, quite sturdy and well-burnished ; staining and tidelines.Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche and pendants surrounded by swirling arabesque with floral motifs (in gold, white, pink, yellow, orange, and red on a lapis lazuli ground) with accent and cornerpieces in gold, black and red and border in turquoise, surmounted by a scalloped semi-circular piece (dome) filled with same swirling arabesque design on fields of lapis lazuli and gold, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue ; keywords rubricated ; textual dividers in the form of red inverted commas and gold discs ; central written area surrounded by frame consisting of heavy gold band defined by black fillets, margins and divisions within written area also outlined in gold rules ; central (and in some places marginal) written area gold-flecked.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand ; serifless with effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, mainly closed counters, pointing in distinct dots.Layout: Written in 15 lines per page, with up to 32 lines on the diagonal in the margin ; frame-ruled ; written area occasionally divided to two columns to set off verses.Collation: ii, 15 IV(120), I (122) ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present for marginal text (mainly Būstān) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," in Arabic, reads "كتبه الفقير الحقير محمد امين الحسينى الترمدى [الترمذي ؟] غفر ذنوبه و ستر عيوبه"Explicit: "و الحمد لله وحده در خاتم كتاب كلستان و الله المستعان بتوفيق بارى تعالى درين جمله چنانكه عادت مولفانست ز شعر متقدمان بطريق استعارت تلفيقى نرفت ... واطلب لنفسك من خير تريد به من بعد ذلك غفرانا لصاحبه حكايت آورده اند كه حاتم اصم از شاكردان و ميردان شيخ بود ... چون تصانيف و رسايل نظم شيخ سعدى مشهور و معروف است شروع در ذكران نكرديم والسلام"Incipit: [Gulistān] "منت خدایرا عز و جل که طاعتش موجب قربتست..." ; [Būstān] "بنام خداوند جان آفرین حکیم سخن در زبان آفرین خداوند بخشنده ی دستگیر کریم خطا بخش پوزش پذیر عزیزی که هر کز درش سر بتافت ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Rypka,Browne,Cat. Pers. MSS Brit. Mus.,Elegant copy of the Gulistān, celebrated collection of moralizing anecdotes in rhymed prose interspersed with verse (maqāmah form), composed in 1258 by the renowned Persian poet and prose writer, Saʻdī (d.1292). Accompanied by the text of his Būstān in the margins and followed by further ḥikāyat, Risālah-ʼyi dah qāʻidah of Sayyid ʻAlī Hamadānī (d.1385) and a manqabat for Shaykh Saʻdī (see pp.228-249).Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).Inscription in pencil "113 T. De. M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" on front flyleaf ; ownership statement in name of Mustafa Reşit ( مصطفى رشيد / Muṣṭafá Rashīd), son of the grand vezir Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa, statement dated 29 Shawwāl 1286 [February 1870], reads "من كتب الفقير الى الاء ربه المجيد السيد مصطفى رشيد مخدوم وزير اعظم سيد محمد امين عالى پاشا في ٢٩ ل سنه ٢٨٦" (compare statements and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 371 and Isl. Ms. 389, along with Isl. Ms. 226, Isl. Ms. 399 and Isl. Ms. 409)