[al-Jild al-thānī min al-Kashshāf, 14th to 15th century?].

An odd second volume of al-Zamakhsharī's celebrated commentary on the Qurʼān treating Sūrat al-Aʻrāf (7) through verse 12 of Sūrat al-Sajdah (32) [see Isl. Ms. 5 v.1 for a first odd volume treating Sūrahs 1-25]. Description provided by Alison Vacca.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 5 v.2Origin: Lacks a colophon. Paper would suggest 14th to 15th century.Accompanying materials: Several inserted slips: between fol.68-69 (p.136-7) additional traditions (with rubricated قوله) on European paper -- between fol.109-110 (p.218-9) possible study note written on European paper torn from another ms. -- between fol.189-190 (p.378-9) insert on European paper, different hand/ink, tipped in.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "British Museum, London. No. 48. Zamakhshari's Commentary on Kuran VII - XXXII."Binding: Pasteboards covered in European paper over dark brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap, though now missing) ; endbands in yellow and blue ; in fair condition with spine slant (codex severely cocked), abrasions on the edges, front cover partially detached, missing foreedge and envelope flap, and some insect damage.Support: non-European (likely Persian and Arab) laid paper ; main type a Persian (?) laid paper, perhaps 14th century with laid lines running horizontally spaced roughly 7-8 laid lines per cm., chain lines as sporadic short lengths or perhaps paired in some leaves, lightly sized and burnished, some sagging of laid lines, many inclusions, and undissolved fibers ; second type (from hand change on) likely Arab laid paper of 15th century with chain lines grouped in threes, 9-10 mm. between the chain lines of each group and roughly 48 mm. between the groups (see fol.304), laid lines running horizontally spaced roughly 8 laid lines per cm., lightly burnished ; front flyleaf/pastedown in European laid paper with laid lines running horizontally spaced 7 laid lines per cm. chain lines running vertically spaced evenly about 28 mm. apart with crown, star, crescent watermark ; back flyleaf/pastedown in European laid paper with laid lines running horizontally spaced roughly 11 laid lines per cm. and watermark with serpent on cross above bull's head with eyes, ears, and horns (compare Heawood, 3784, pl. 508) ; some moisture and insect damage, obstructing text.Decoration: Text rubricated with occasional headings, overlinings, etc. in red ; ink burn throughout.Script: Naskh ; two main hands, with fol.235b (p.470) and following supplied in second hand; first a Transoxanian or Persian hand, virtually serifless, with slight effect of words descending to baseline and mainly closed counters ; second a Persian or Turkish hand, quite rounded with mainly closed counters, mainly sans serif but with occasional right sloping head-serif on lām, ṭāʼ, etc. ; headings in larger heavier script approaching tawqīʻ, quite consistent use of the lām alif al-mukhaffafah ; occasionally vocalized.Layout: Written in 27-30 lines per page (most often 29) ; frame-ruled with impression of ruling board evident.Collation: i, III (6), 18 V (186), III (192), III+1 (199), 12 V (319), i ; chiefly quinions ; quire numbering in the form of "juzʼ" with an underlined number, appearing at the beginning of the quire ; however, many quires are not marked (perhaps cut off in trimming) and some juzʼ marks do not correspond to the beginning of the quires ; appears to be lacking matter at close where it cuts off abruptly (see catchword) ; fols. 192a-194a (p.383-387) blank and unmarked, Surat Maryam (19) is started on p.382, but continues for only half a page then restarts on p. 388 ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals with many mistakes, repaginated during cataloguing.Explicit: "ويجوز ان يخاطب به كل احد كما تقول فلان لئيم ان اكرمته اهانك وان احسنت اليه"Incipit: "سورة الاعراف مكية غير ثمان ايات و[هي قوله ا]سئلهم عن القرية الى [قوله] واذ نتقنا [الجبل فوقهم] وهي مائتان وخمس ايات بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم كتاب خبر مبتدا محذوف اي هو كتاب وانزل اليك صفة له"Title supplied by cataloguer from spine title.Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,An odd second volume of al-Zamakhsharī's celebrated commentary on the Qurʼān treating Sūrat al-Aʻrāf (7) through verse 12 of Sūrat al-Sajdah (32) [see Isl. Ms. 5 v.1 for a first odd volume treating Sūrahs 1-25]. Description provided by Alison Vacca.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase along with Abdul Hamid Collection (funds donated by Horace Rackham).Bookplate of British Museum, London on inner front cover,"British Museum, London. No. 48. Zamakhshari's Commentary on Kuran VII - XXXII." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "307" in Western numerals on front flyleaf ; a few ownership statements on front flyleaf including one in the name of Aḥmad al-Khāṭif Khayyāṭīʹzādah ; octagonal seal impression in black ink on front flyleaf, inscription difficult to make out ; on paper (tinted) pasted on fol.1a (p.1), a detailed waqf statement in the name of al-Sayyid ʻAbd Allāh Adīb (Abdullah Edip), known as Jannatʹzādah (Cennet-zade), qāḍī of Erzurum, accompanied by his seal, reads: "وقفت وقفا صحيحا شرعيا على ان لا يخرج من بيت الكتب الملتصق بداري الا لعلماء سكنوا بارضروم بكفيل مرعى اورهن قوي وانا الفقير اليه عز شانه السيد عبد الله اديب الشهير بجنت زاده القاضي بمدينة ارضروم في سنة اثنى وستين ومائتين والف" also inscription in inner margin on fol.138a (p.275) "وقف جنت زاده" ; finger tabs in the form of blue threads serve as bookmarks ; collation statement on fol.1a (p.1 / p.3) "عدد اجزا 33" ; marginal corrections

al-Rubʻ al-thālith min Kitāb al-Kashshāf, [750, i.e. 1349 or 1350].

Third part of four from al-Zamakhsharī's celebrated commentary on the Qur'an, beginning with Sūrat Maryam (19) and ending with Sūrat al-Ṣāffāt (37)Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 458Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.300a, copied by Maḥmūd ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm. Finished copying in the year 750 [1349 or 1350].Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas.Former shelfmark: From inner front cover, "IL 57 II" (likely supplied by Yahuda).Binding: Pasteboards covered in red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) though flap and lower cover are now missing ; upper cover carries stamped central mandorla (compare Déroche class. OAi2 7) and pendants ; pastedown of blue laid paper ; pasted label on spine bears former shelfmark ; sewing in light pink thread, four stations and worked chevron endbands in pale pink and blue over red leather core, damaged with only remnants of threads and exposed cores remaining (contribution to cataloguing from Aisha Wahab) ; overall in poor condition with lifting and losses of leather, upper board delaminating, sewing failing, etc ; repair to upper joint across part of spine in brown leather.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper; laid lines running horizontally and spaced roughly 7-8 laid lines per cm; heavy and flocculent with many undissolved fibers.Decoration: Sūrah headings and Qurʼānic text rubricated; ink has faded in several places.Script: Naskh; clear Turkish or Persianate hand in a medium line; mainly sans serif but with occasional serifs on lām of definite article, kāf mashqūqah preferred, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, curvilinear descenders, point of nūn set down within wide bowl (nearly encircled).Layout: Written in 23 lines per page; frame-ruled.Collation: V (10), V+1 (21), 6 V (81), IV+1 (90), 4 V (130), II+1 (135), 5 V (185), V+1 (196), VI (208), IV +1 (217), 8 V (297), I+1 (300); chiefly quinions; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals (referenced in cataloguing).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تم الربع الثالث من كتاب الكشاف عن تفسير الكلام الوهاب على يدي اضعف عباد الله جرما ... الراجي عفو ربه الكريم محمود بن عبد الرحمن بن علي بن عبد الكريم حامد الله تعالى ومصليا على نبيه وعلى اله الطيبين في سنة خمسين وسبعمائة والحمد لله اولا واخرا وله الحمد ظاهرا وباطنا والسلام"Explicit: "عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من قرى والصافات اعطي من الاجر عشر حسنات بعدد كل جني وشيطان وتباعدت عنه مردة الشيطان ويبرى من الشرك وشهد له حافظاه يوم القيامة انه كان مؤمنا بالمرسلين والحمد لله رب العالمين وهو حسبنا نعم المعين"Incipit: "سورة مريم عليها السلام ثمان وسبعون اية ويروى [؟] تسع وتسعون ايات"Title from colophon on fol.300a.Ms. codex.Third part of four from al-Zamakhsharī's celebrated commentary on the Qur'an, beginning with Sūrat Maryam (19) and ending with Sūrat al-Ṣāffāt (37)Mode of access: Internet.Acquired in 1926 from the bookseller Isaac Benjamin S.E. Yahuda via purchase transacted on his behalf by Abraham Shalom Yahuda (1877-1951), his younger brother.Several ownership marks on fol.1a, many obliterated, faded or incomplete ; gift / bequest statement on fol.1a, from Shaykh Muḥammad al-Tabrīzī via al-Ustādh ʻAmmār [ʻImād ?] al-Nashāʼī [?] to Ṭāhir ibn Shams [...?], satement reads "صار بحق الهبة من شيخ محمد التبريزي على يد الاتساذ عمار [عماد ؟] النشائي الى العبد الضعيف طاهر بن شمس [؟] المقرى [؟] ..." ; study note on fol.300a dated 971 (1563 or 4) in name of Jalāl al-Dīn ibn al-Shaykh ʻUmar, reads "طالعه [؟] مع اكثر فوايده وحواشيه الفقير جلال الدين بن الشيخ عمر حسن [؟] ... غفر الله تعالى له امين ..." ; many fine examples of taḍbīb throughout for syntax clarification ; numerous glosses