[al-Jild al-thānī min Sharḥ Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn, 860, i.e. 1456].

Fine early copy of Firişteoğlu's (Firiştezade, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz al-shahīr bi-Ibn Malak) commentary on Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn of Ibn al-Sāʻātī (d. 696/1296), a compendium on Ḥanafī law, based on the Mukhtaṣar of al-Qudūrī (d. 428/1037) and the Manẓūmah of al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 82Origin: As appears in colophon on p.677, copied by Yaʻqūb ibn [?] with transcription finished in Ramaḍān 860 [August 1456].Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 125. Commentary on Majma al-bahrain II."Binding: Pasteboards once covered in blue and white marbled paper (see envelope flap) with spine and edges/turn-ins in brown leather (marbled paper faced, leather edged, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; board linings in paper ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; endbands virtually gone with only primaries remaining (in green and yellow) ; in poor condition with much moisture damage, abrasion, staining, delamination of boards (layers of manuscript "waste" visible in lower board), etc. ; spine is intact but detaching from textblock along lining ; severe spine slant (cocked).Support: non-European laid paper ; laid lines fairly distinct, spaced 7-8 laid lines per cm., running horizontally ; chain lines running vertically, but difficult to examine, may be in groups of 5 with roughly 13 mm. between the chains ; very smooth, well-burnished ; some ink burn ; a few repairs to initial and final leaves.Decoration: Text rubricated with headings, overlining, sigla, etc. in red.Script: Naskh ; fine Turkish hand ; virtually serifless ; quite rounded with many freely assimilated letters ; mainly closed counters ; slight effect of words descending to baseline ; kāf mashkūlah preferred ; hāʼ mudghamah looking like two inverted commas ; final words of line often superscript.Layout: Written in 21 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: i, 27 IV(216), IV-1 (223), 12 IV(319), IV+2 (329) ; chiefly quaternions ; leaf has been removed from mid-latter quire but without loss of text (copyist apparently skipped a leaf inadvertently) ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals (mistakenly repeats ۲٤٨ and ٣٢٣) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (off by 20 pages, mistakenly skips from p.533 to p.554).Colophon: "Scribal," triangular, reads: "قد وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذا الكتاب المبارك على يد العبد الضعيف الفقير المحتاج الى رحمة ربه يعقوب بن [كذا] في يوم السبت من ايام شهر رمضان قبل مضي نصفها في سنة ستين وثمانمائة"Explicit: "واجازها محمد حملا لكلامه الى الصرف الى مصالحة تصحيحا له هذا اخر الكلام الحمد لله على التمام ولرسوله افضل السلام"Incipit: "كتاب الحوالة وهي اسم بمعنى الاصالة وهي النقل وفي الشرع نقل الدين من ذمة الى ذمة و هي مشروعة لقوله عم من احيل على ملي اي غني فليتبع ..."Title supplied by cataloguer from inscriptions on front flyleaf and fore-edge flap label.Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Fine early copy of Firişteoğlu's (Firiştezade, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz al-shahīr bi-Ibn Malak) commentary on Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn of Ibn al-Sāʻātī (d. 696/1296), a compendium on Ḥanafī law, based on the Mukhtaṣar of al-Qudūrī (d. 428/1037) and the Manẓūmah of al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142).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, "No. 125. Commentary on Majma al-bahrain II." ; on front flyleaf, partially legible ownership statement reads "من كتب الفقير ... يوسف بن الحاج محمد ..." ; seal of Solomon inscription (with greatest name of God / al-Ism al-Aʻẓam) on front flyleaf ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "57" in Western numerals on fol.1a (p.1) ; also on a white slip affixed to 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 بشرط ان لا يخرج من بيت الكتب الذي بنيته في اتصال داري الا لعلماء نفس ارضروم بكفيل مرعى اورهن قوي وانا الفقير السيد عبد الله اديب الشهير بجنت زاده القاضي بمدينة ارضروم في سنة اثنى وستين ومائتين والف" ; on fol.1b (p.2) a waqf statement reads "وقف اولاد لحاجي حسن المرحوم" ; numerous glosses and marginal corrections ; occasional notabilia (side-heads)

Sharḥ Manār al-anwār fī uṣūl al-fiqh, [1052, i.e. 1642].

Fine composite copy of the commentary by Ferişteoğlu (Feriştehoğlu) Abdullatîf İbn Melek (ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Firishtah, al-maʻrūf bi-Ibn Malak) upon al-Manār fī uṣūl al-fiqh (Manār al-anwār), a concise account of the foundations of law by Abū al-Barakāt ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Nasafī (d.1310).Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 544Origin: As appears in colophon on p.429, transcription of final section completed Ṣafar 1052 [May 1642]. Opening section (pp.17-214) likely copied somewhat earlier, perhaps early 17th century.Accompanying materials: a. Inventory cataloguing slip in hand of Winifred Smeaton Thomas -- b. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda -- c. Eighteen inserts mainly carrying glosses (paginated pp.25-26, 29-30, 35-36, 39-40, 43-44, 49-50, 55-56, 59-60, 69-70, 73-74, 79-80, 83-84, 103-104, 111-112, 121-122, 133-134, 147-148, 191-192).Former shelfmark: From interior of upper cover and spine label "IL 218" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in once marbled laid paper with dark red-brown leather over edges/turn-ins (likely once also spine and fore edge flap, framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap, now lost) ; board linings in untinted laid paper ; sewn in heavy light blue thread, two stations ; overall in poor condition with loss of flap, significant abrasion, lifting and losses of paper and leather, delamination of boards, staining, shrinkage, etc. ; housed in box for protection.Support: European laid paper of several types ; earlier section includes type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 28-30 mm. apart (horizontal), and crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.26, 38, 92-93, 160, etc.) and type with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and crossbow in circle (trefoil above) watermark (see p.24, 42, etc.) ; later, final section includes type with 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 30 mm. apart (horizontal), and a different crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.224, 225, etc.) and a type with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26 mm. apart (horizontal), and anchor in circle watermark (see p.330, etc.) ; some leaves tinted yellow.Decoration: Keywords and abbreviation symbols rubricated ; overlining in red ; in early section text of written area surrounded by red rule-border (pp.17-214) ; some textual dividers in the form of red dots.Script: Naskh ; at least two elegant Turkish hands ; following replacement leaves at opening (from p.19) an elegant Turkish hand, partially but irregularly seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on some ascender letters, effect of tilt to the left, only casually pointed, curvilinear descenders, extension of horizontal strokes, free assimilation of letters (kāf followed by alif, etc.), point of final nūn set deep in bowl (even fully encircled occasionally), alif maqṣūrah often mardūdah, etc. ; from p.215 to close, another elegant though more compact Turkish hand, seriffed (nearly all ascender letters) with sharp tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders, free assimilation of letters, and pointing in curves rather than distinct dots ; replacement leaves at opening in still another naskh and a nastaʻlīq (talik).Layout: Written mainly in 25 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: V-9+8 (9), 18 V(189), III+2 (197) ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads "الحمد لله على التمام ولرسوله افضل السلام فرغت عن تنميق هذه النسخة في ان من الزمان ويسر اتمامه في صفر الخير لسنة اثنى وخمسين والف"Explicit: "حتى قتل صار شهيدا لانه يكون بادلا نفسه لعزاز دين الله تعالى ولاقامة حق الشرع تم تم"Incipit: "لله الحي الاحد حمد لا يحتويه الحد على ما اولانا علم الفروع ... اما بعد يقول عبد اللطيف بن فرشته ... ان ارباب البطانة واصحاب الفطانة من خلص احبابي ... قالوا ان كتاب المنار للامام ... حافظ الدين النسفي ... صائر اهالي الامصار انار ... نسألك ان نشرحه شرحا على طريق الحل مختصرا ..."Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).Ms. composite codex.Ḥājjī Khalīfah. Kashf al-ẓunūnBrockelmann, C. GAL,Fine composite copy of the commentary by Ferişteoğlu (Feriştehoğlu) Abdullatîf İbn Melek (ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Firishtah, al-maʻrūf bi-Ibn Malak) upon al-Manār fī uṣūl al-fiqh (Manār al-anwār), a concise account of the foundations of law by Abū al-Barakāt ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Nasafī (d.1310).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.Numerous marginal and interlinear glosses and corrections ; occasional notabilia (some rubricated) ; collation marks ("بلغ") and collation note at head of p.237 "نصف الاوراق عدد [؟] ٩٧"

Mabāriq al-azhār fī sharḥ Mashāriq al-anwār, [17th and 18th century?].

Fine composite copy of the commentary by Ibn Malak on al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣaghānī’s (d.1252) collection of traditions from Bukhārī and Muslim. Incomplete, ending abruptly.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 484Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; paper, hand, etc. of original sections suggest 17th century and date in seal impression provides only approximate terminus ante quem of 1684. Replacement sections likely 18th century as suggested by paper and hand.Accompanying materials: a. Acquisitions slip from Yahuda (pp.1-2).Former shelfmark: From spine label and inner front cover, "IL 312" (likely supplied by Yahuda, see acquisitions slip).Binding: Pasteboards covered in marbled paper (in light blue, blue-green, blue, pink and yellow) with dark purple leather over spine and fore edge flap ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in fuschia surface-dyed laid paper ; bronze / gold tooling on interior and exterior of fore edge flap ; sewn in cream thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in yellow and purple, quite good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather (spine in particular), staining, etc. ; fore edge flap far too narrow.Support: European laid paper of several types ; one type with 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23-25 mm. apart (horizontal), and hand / glove watermark (see p.39, 186, etc.), sturdy and fairly thick, burnished ; another type with 8-9 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 26-28 mm. apart (horizontal, quite thick), and crown-star [possibly crown-star-crescent] watermark (see p.33, 43, 242, 243, etc.) ; staining and tidelines ; replacement sections on paper with 11 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 23 mm. apart (horizontal) and grapes (raisin) under crown watermark ; watermarks of "P & G" under double-headed eagle with single crown above (see back flyleaf) and shield likely with crescent with face inside (see front flyleaf).Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece at opening on p.4 consisting of rectangular piece with empty gold cartouched flanked by floral accents in red (now pinkish), white, orange and lavender, surrounded by pinkish red border and surmounted by scalloped semi-circular piece with floral vegetal decoration (in white, orange, gold, and pink) on fields of gold and blue, itself surmounted by crude vertical stalks (tīgh) with blue accents ; keywords and abbreviation symbols (mainly sigla) rubricated ; some overlining in red ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs ; text of written area (through p.88) surrounded by gold frame.Script: Naskh ; two main Turkish hands ; original sections (including opening to p.88, 109-308, etc.) in an elegant Turkish naskh, seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on most ascenders (even free-standing alif), effect of tilt to the left, rounded with manily curvilinear descenders, many open counters, pointing in conjoined dots or strokes ; replacement sections (pp.89-108, 309-392, 477-519, 531 to close except where some original leaves appear) mainly in a clear Turkish naskh, virtually serifless with effect of only slight tilt to the left (fairly vertical), occasional words descending to baseline, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots.Layout: Written mainly in 21 lines per page.Collation: ii, VI+1 (13), 5 V(63), VII (75), 15 V(225), I (227), V (237), V+1 (247), 3 V(277), IV+2 (287), I (289), IV+1 (298), ii ; chiefly quinions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes insert and mistakenly skips two pages each between pp.205-206 and pp.241-242).Explicit: "وكان اشد بالنصب خبر كان وامسه ضمير عائد الى المفعول المحذوف ما"Incipit: "الحمد لله على هدية الهداية والاسلام وعطية الدراية والاعلام ... وبعد يقول الضعيف العويز عبد اللطيف بن عبد العزيز المعروف بابن الملك ... لما وضح وجوه المقال وصح النظر في المآل صودف العلم اعلاها منارة ومنالا ... ومما صنف فيه من الكتب الفاخرة ... كتاب مشارق الانوار في صحاح الخبار ... وكانت له شروح ... فصرت ادير في نفسي واستخير الله يومي وامسي ان اشرحه شرحا ... سميته مبارق الازهر في شرح مشارق الانوار ..."Title from opening matter (preface) on p.5.Ms. composite codex.Brockelmann, C. GALFine composite copy of the commentary by Ibn Malak on al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣaghānī’s (d.1252) collection of traditions from Bukhārī and Muslim. Incomplete, ending abruptly.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.Effaced waqf statement on 'title page' (p.3) accompanied by oval seal impression (repeated twice) in name of ʻUmar ibn ʻĪsá (عمر بن عيسى) with inscription "اليس الله بكاف عبده عمر بن عيسى" and possibly dated 1095 [1683 or 4] ; "وقف" repeated periodically elsewhere in margins ; marginal and interlinear glosses and corrections ; occasional notabilia (side-heads)

Mabāriq al-azhār fī sharḥ Mashāriq al-anwār, [875, i.e. 1470].

Fine copy of the commentary by Ibn Malak on al-Ṣaghānī's ḥadīth treatise which integrates the ṣaḥīḥ of Bukhārī and the ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim as well as incorporating traditions from other collections. Description provided mainly by Sarah Mirza.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 20Origin: As appears in colophon on fol.302a (p.613), copied by Qār ʻAlī bin Pīr ʻAlī [?]. Transcription finished ("waqaʻa al-farāgh min hādhihi al-nuskhah al-sharīfah...") Rabīʻ II 875 [Sep-Oct 1470].Accompanying materials: Several inserts with notes, quotations, etc. most included in pagination.Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 131. Collection of Traditions from Ibn Malik."Binding: Pasteboards covered in light brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures in light brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry blind-stamped mandorla (lower cover with paper onlay) and pendants filled with floral vegetal composition (compare Déroche class OSh5) ; pendant on envelope flap ; sewn in white thread, two stations, original sewing may have been four stations ; endbands of white and dark orange, tailband lost, some remains of headband ; spine and fore-edge flap have been repaired with later leather ; fore-edge flaps with some cracks and lifting of leather ; spine covering almost entirely lost, some remains of original layer of leather and green linen lining ; loss and delamination of boards at all corners.Support: European laid paper in at least two types ; mainly with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal) and chain lines spaced 45 mm. apart, with scissors watermark (compare Piccard no. 122413, Rom 1478) ; fol.9-fol.78 supplied in a different paper ; antique repairs and fills made to leaves in laid paper.Decoration: Chapter and section headings rubricated ; text commented on overlined in red ; full use of rubrication ends part way through text.Script: Naskh ; two main hands ; majority hand partially serifed with right-sloping head serif on alif, closed counters, pointing in distinct dots, some vowel markings ; text of fol.9-fol.78 supplied in a different hand, sans serif, with open counters, strokes rather than dots.Layout: Written in 23 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: 9 IV (72), III (78), 4 IV (110), IV + 2 (120), 22 IV (296), III (302) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaf and inserts).Colophon: "Scribal," rectangular, reads: "تم الكتاب المزين المرفوع المودود و ربنا المحمود و له الكرم والفضل والجود الحمد لله على التمام و على رسوله و اصحابه افضل السلام وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذه النسخة الشريفة المباركة الميمونة على يد العبد الضعيف المذنب المحتاج الى رحمة ربه الحليم الرحيم الكريم قار على بن پير على غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه في اليوم الثلثاء في شهر الربيع الاخر اللهم احسن على حالي في الاول والاخر بعد مرور الاخراء من الظهر القريب الى الوقت الاخر اللهم ارزق ايمانا في الوقت الاخر اللهم ارحم لمن قال امينا امين في تاريخ سنة خمس و سبعين و ثمانية"Explicit: "صح الروايات فيه في اول الباب التاسع تم تم"Incipit: "الحمد لله على هدية الهداية والاسلام و عطية الدراية ولاعلام خصوصا من بيان حديث خير الانام محمد المختص بمقام على المقام عليه احاسن التحيات و اكامل الاسلام ... و بعد يقول الضعيف العويزعبد اللطيف بن عبد العزيز المعروف بابن الملك ... لما وضع وجوه المعالي [المقال؟] و صح النظر في المآل صودف العلم اعلاها منارة و منالا ... ومما صنف فيه من الكتب الفاخرة و الزبر الوافدة كتاب مشارق الانوار في صحاح الاخبار فانه مرتب بالتراتيب البديعة ... ... فصرت ادير في نفسي واستخير الله يومي وامسي ان اشرحه شرحا ... وسميته مبارق الازهار في شرح مشارق الانوار"Title from opening on fol.1b (p.2).Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Fine copy of the commentary by Ibn Malak on al-Ṣaghānī's ḥadīth treatise which integrates the ṣaḥīḥ of Bukhārī and the ṣaḥīḥ of Muslim as well as incorporating traditions from other collections. Description provided mainly by Sarah Mirza.Mode of access: Internet.Acquired by purchase along with Abdul Hamid Collection (funds donated by Horace Rackham).Bookplate of British Museum, London on interior of upper cover, "British Museum, London. No. 131. Collection of Traditions from Ibn Malik." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "31" in Western numerals on 'title page' (p.1) ; also on 'title page' (p.1) waqf statement accompanied by octagonal seal impression, statement reads "وقفت بكتبخانه عبد الله افندي المفتي بارزنجان نمقه الفقير السيد مصطفى افندي سلامى [؟] زاده" ; numerous glosses and marginal corrections

Sharḥ Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn, [862, i.e. 1459].

Fine copy of Firişteoğlu's (Firiştezade, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz al-shahīr bi-Ibn Malak) commentary on Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn of Ibn al-Sāʻātī (d. 696/1296), a compendium on Ḥanafī law, based on the Mukhtaṣar of al-Qudūrī (d. 428/1037) and the Manẓūmah of al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142). Arranged in two sections within the single volume with leaves between left blank. Second section opens with Kitāb al-Waqf (see p.390). Table of contents provided at opening (pp.2-4) dated 1098 [1686 or 7].Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 80Origin: As appears in colophon on p.388, first section copied by Muḥammad ibn Ḥājj Faraj ibn Amīr ibn Darvīshān [?] with transcription completed ("waqaʻa al-farāgh min taḥrīr hādhihi al-nuskhah al-sharīfah al-mubārakah...") in Shaʻbān 863 [June-July 1459]. As appears in colophon on p.810, second section copied by Yaʻqūb ibn Saʻādat Yār (یعقوب بن سعادت یار) with date of transcription not specified, though likely contemporary with opening section.Accompanying materials: a. Scrap of European laid paper (portion of three circles watermark visible) carrying text opening "الحمد لله الحمد لله الذي لا مالك للدارين الا هو الخالق الذي لا خالق للكونين الا هول ..." (paginated pp.25-26) -- b. Slip of European laid paper with notes and excerpts (paginated pp.121-122) -- c. Scrap carrying glosses (paginated pp.169-170) -- d. Scrap with notes in Turkish (paginated pp.277-278) -- e. Scrap of European laid paper with notes (paginated pp.355-356) -- f. Scrap of European laid paper with glosses (paginated pp.445-446).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 117. Majma al-bahrain."Binding: Pasteboards coverd in dark brown (to black) leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; doublures, interior of envelope flap, and some repairs (at fore edge flap and spine) in dark red brown leather ; upper and lower covers carry blind-tooled mandorla divided to three fields filled with interlace design, bordered in interlace band and with fleuron pendants faintly visible (compare Weisweiler 89-95), as well as tooled border in a series of s-shaped stamps ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; overall in poor condition with much abrasion, lifting and cracking of leather, boards delaminating, moisture damage, spine slant (cocked), etc. ; cover quite ill-fitting (small) ; repairs (see spine, fore edge, etc.) and reinforcements (see lower doublure) in leather and recycled paper (manuscript 'waste').Support: non-European and European laid paper ; opening section mainly in a non-European laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and chain lines (vertical) possibly grouped with roughly 15 mm. between the chains (see pp.108/117), sturdy and dense though transluscent, well-burnished, medium cream in color, thread visible in leaf carrying p.213 ; second section mainly in a non-European laid paper with roughly 10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and chain lines (vertical) possibly grouped with roughly 14-17 mm. between chains, some inclusions visible, sturdy, transluscent, well-burnished ; replacement leaves at opening of second section (pp.389-394) and repairs in a later European laid paper with crown-star-crescent watermark visible (see p.394) ; table of contents (dated 1098 [1686 or 7]) on still another paper with different crown-star-crescent watermark (see p.4) ; staining and tide lines ; tears in a few leaves, likely artifact of burnishing process, in some cases lines of text adjusted around tear (see pp.575-575 and 687-688).Decoration: Headings, text being commented upon, etc. rubricated (mainly first section) ; overlining (in red, first section and opening of second section, elsewhere in black) ; some headings set off by rubricated floral or interlace accents (see p.45, 84, etc.), ansae (p.91, 106, etc.) or full rectangular headpieces filled with geometric designs incorporating the word "كتاب" (see pp.116, 146, 162, 203, 262, 276, and 282), chiefly in red and black (or black only).Script: Naskh ; two main Turkish hands, one for each section, with replacement leaves and repairs in still another hand ; main hand of first section virtually sans serif, kāf mabsūṭah preferred, slight effect of slant to left, some swooping descenders, point of final nūn set deep within bowl by which it is often fully encircled, freely ligatured, pointing in both distinct dots and curved strokes ; main hand of second section compact and virtually sans serif, elongated in the vertical, freely ligatured, with curvilinear descenders, pointing in curved strokes rather than distinct dots, point of final nūn set deep within nearly circular bowl.Layout: Written in 29 lines per page (text of final line often entered on the diagonal) ; frame-ruled.Collation: I (2), IV+2 (12), 9 IV(84), IV+1 (93), III (99), IV (107), III (113), 3 IV(137), IV+1 (146), 2 IV(162), III (168), 2 IV(184), IV-2 (190), 4 IV(222), IV+1 (231), 21 IV(399), II-1 (402) ; chiefly quaternions ; catchwords present ; foliation in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals, ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and mistakenly repeats pp.26-27 and skips two pages between pp.415-416).Colophon: [1] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب على يد الاضعف [كذا] العباد واحوجهم الى رحمة الله المعبود محمد بن حاج فرج بن امير بن [؟] درويشان غفر لهم وقع الفراغ من تحرير هذه النسخة الشريفة المباركة بعون الله تعالى وحسن توفيقه في شهر الله المبارك شعبان في يوم المبارك الثلثاء في وقت الضحوة الكبرى في تاريخ [؟] سنة ثلث وستين وثمانمائة من هجرة النبوية [كذا] صلى الله عليه وسلم ... هر که خواند دعا طمع دارم زان که من بنده گنه کارم" ; [2] "Scribal," reads: "هذا اخر الكلام حرره العبد الضعيف المذنب الراجي الى غفران الله الملك المبارك يعقوب بن سعادت يار غفر الله له ولوالديه واحسن اليهما واليه"Explicit: "واجازها محمد حملا لكلامه الى الصرف الى مصالحة تصحيحا له"Incipit: "كتاب الطهارة اختار لفظ كتاب على باب لان فيه معنى الجمع يقال كتبت الخيراي جمعت..."Title from inscription on fol.3a (p.5).Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Fine copy of Firişteoğlu's (Firiştezade, ʻAbd al-Laṭīf ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz al-shahīr bi-Ibn Malak) commentary on Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn of Ibn al-Sāʻātī (d. 696/1296), a compendium on Ḥanafī law, based on the Mukhtaṣar of al-Qudūrī (d. 428/1037) and the Manẓūmah of al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142). Arranged in two sections within the single volume with leaves between left blank. Second section opens with Kitāb al-Waqf (see p.390). Table of contents provided at opening (pp.2-4) dated 1098 [1686 or 7].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, "No. 117. Majma al-bahrain." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as inscription "61" in Western numerals on fol.1a (p.1) ; on fol.3a (p.5), 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 الذي بنيته في اتصال داري الا لعلماء نفس ارضروم 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 on fol.3a (p.5) collation statement ("عدد ورق ٣٥٠"), book price and decorative ownership statement beginning "تملكه..." ; on fol.3b (p.6) an oval seal impression "طالب لطف قديم [؟] ابراهيم ٧٢" seemingly dated 1072 [1661 or 2] ; brief waqf statement "وقف" in margins of pp.435, 437, 439, 442, 443, 485, 652) ; marginal corrections, glosses and occasional notabilia ; tail edge inscription (illegible) ; traces of paper label on fore edge flap

Sharḥ Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn li-Ibn Malak, [854, i.e. 1450 and 867, i.e. 1463].

Commentary on Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn by Ibn al-Sāʻātī (d. 696/1296), a compendium on Ḥanafī law, based on the Mukhtaṣar of al-Qudūrī (d. 428/1037) and the Manẓūmah of al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142). Arranged as two volumes in one.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 79Origin: [1] According to colophon on fol.199a, first part copied by Saʻīd ibn Ḥājjī ibn Sayyid ʻAlī Bik ibn Qaʻlī [?] Bik. Copying finished Muḥarram 854 [February-March 1450] ; [2] according to colophon on fol.343a, second part copied by Ḥājjī ʻAlī ibn Sayyid ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad. Copying finished Jumādá II 867 [February 1463].Accompanying materials: Slip with reading notes, quotes (inserted between fol.185 and 186).Former shelfmark: British Museum, London "No. 58. Majma al-bahrain, with commentary."Binding: Pasteboards faced in dark brown (to black) leather and now edged in brown leather (leather faced and edged framed binding) ; Type II binding (with flap) ; pastedowns and flyleaves in bright green surface-dyed, coated paper ; upper and lower covers carry large gold-stamped mandorla with pendants ; design continues on flap ; now sewn in golden yellow thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in golden yellow and red, good condition ; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, minor pest damage, etc. ; repairs (subtle fills and edging).Support: mainly non-European (likely Arab) laid paper of a few types ; opening part in a type with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, indistinct) and chain lines grouped (likely in threes) with 9-11 mm. between chains and 33-40 mm. between groups (see p.344, 350, etc.), cloudy furnish, quite sturdy, fairly thick, well-burnished ; second part in a type with 9-10 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, fairly distinct) and chain lines grouped in threes (see p.512) with 10-11 mm. between the chains and 47-50 mm. between groups, somewhat cloudy furnish, quite sturdy, well-burnished ; a few replacement gatherings on European laid paper with three crescent watermark (see fol.86, 88, 90, etc.).Decoration: Text rubricated, overlining and section headings in red ink; some overlining in green (see fol.317ab, etc.).Script: Naskh-nastaʻlīq (talik) ; several Turkish hands ; colophons in taʻlīq ; distinct hand for each part and several hands in first part, particularly distinct for quires of European laid paper added later (replacement leaves).Layout: Written in 23 lines per page ; impression of ruling board evident.Collation: i, I+1 (3), III+1 (10), IV (18), V (28), 7 IV (84), III+1 (91), 13 IV (195), II (199), 3 V (229), IV (237), II (241), 9 V (331), VI (343), ii ; first part chiefly quaternions, second part chiefly quinions ; divided into two parts, foliation in black ink with Hindu-Arabic numerals distinct for each part ; foliation of first part is corrected in red ink to account for two quires inserted later ; pagination in pencil with Hindu-Arabic numerals (top center of each page) is continuous ; continuous pagination in pencil with Western numerals added later; catchwords present.Colophon: [1] "Scribal," triangular, reads: "تم المآب [؟] لحسن التوفيق وقد وقع الفراغ لكتاب ... [؟] النسخة الشريفة ... [؟] على يد العبد الضعيف النحيف المحتاج [؟] الراجي الى رحمة ربه ... وكاتبه سعيد بن حاجي بن سيد علي بك بن قعل بك في قرى كلاجوك ... [؟] غفر الله لهم ولوالديهم ولجميع المسلمين والمسلمات وقد وقعه ... [؟] النسخة الشريفة ... [؟] شهر محرم في ... [؟] تم سنة اربعة وخمسين وثماني مائة" ; [2] "scribal," rectangular, reads: "تم المآب بعون الله الملك الوهاب للمؤمنين سبيل الصواب وقد وقع الفراغ من ... النسخة الشريفة ... امين يا رب العالمين على يد العبد الضعيف النخيف الراجي الى رحمة ربه اللطيف حاجي على ابن سيد على ابن محمد غفر الله لهم ولوالديهم ولجميع المسلمين والمسلمات والمؤمنين والمؤمنات في اوائل جمادى الاخير ليلة الجمعة [?] ... سنة سبعة وستين وثمانمائة."Explicit: "واجازها محمد حملا لكلامه الى الصرف الى مصالحة تصحيحا له تم"Incipit: "يا من لا يحوط كمال كماله نطاق وصف الصفحاء [كذا, اي الفصحاء] ... وبعد يقول الضعيف النحيف المديني [؟] عبد اللطيف بن عبد العزيز بن امين الدين ختم الله بالخير عمله ... الحمد لله ابتداء المصنف رحمه الله باول تصنيفه بالتحميد اقتداء بكتاب الله الحميد"Title from 'title page' on fol.4a.Ms. codex.Brockelmann, C. GAL,Commentary on Majmaʻ al-Baḥrayn by Ibn al-Sāʻātī (d. 696/1296), a compendium on Ḥanafī law, based on the Mukhtaṣar of al-Qudūrī (d. 428/1037) and the Manẓūmah of al-Nasafī (d. 537/1142). Arranged as two volumes in one.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, "No. 58. Majma al-bahrain, with commentary." ; circular seal impression with figure of goat/gazelle in purple ink as well as purple penciled inscription "65" in Western numerals on recto of front flyleaf ; "80" inscribed on verso of front flyleaf ; octagonal seal impression on fol.4a ; larged circular waqf seal impression on fol.4a dated 1324 [1906 or 7] in the name of the Ottoman sultan Abdülhamit II (1842-1918, r.1876-1909) for the library of the müftü Abdullah el-Erzincani (كتبخانه مفتي عبد الله الازنجانى ) reads "قد وقفت هذا الكتاب السلطان الغازي عبد الحميد خان ثانى [؟] لكتبخانه مفتى عبد الله الارزنجانى بشرط ان لا يخرج منها ١٣٢٤" (compare appearance in Isl. Ms. 68) ; oval/almond shaped seal impression fol.108a; many reading notes and marginal corrections