Istanbul, Millet Kütüphanesi, Feyzullah Efendi 1364
undated.
Or.:unknown; unknown scribe.
Prov.:a short poem in Persian attributed to Ibn Sīnā (214r). Statement of ownership by Shaykh al-Islām Feyzullah Efendi of Qusṭanṭiniyya (d. 1115/1703), dated 〈1〉112/1700-1 (1r), with his seal of endowment with the same date (Mühür Veritabanı, no. 344), which is repeated on the last page (214v); the word ‘waqf’ in bold black letters (2r, 102v, 213v). Ottoman library stamps (1r, 214v). Old shelfmark: ‘1371’ in Arabic-European numerals (1r, within a stamped frame).
Cod.: paper, II+214+Ia ff. (foliated with Hindu-Arabic numerals in pencil; pagination with Persian forms of Hindu-Arabic numerals on rectos, visible from ‘6’ on f. 4r onwards; catchwords). A nastaʿlīq hand with tendency to naskh. Almost completely undotted ductus without vowel marks, shaddas or hamzas, except for the beginning and end of the codex; use of red dots and red overlines as textual dividers on the first five pages. Book and chapter titles and qawluhu / aqūlu in red. Abjad numerals and Persian forms of Hindu-Arabic numerals overlined or in red. Mostly carefully drawn diagrams with red lines and black geometrical points and labels; reserved space for a single diagram (158r), two diagrams without geometrical points (48v, 50v), some diagrams missing. Tables with red lines. Codex in good condition; minor water or moisture damage, mostly in the upper outer corners; some stains and damage by worms; outer margin of the first folio restored. Dimensions: 21.1×12.0 cm; 27 lines per page. Type III binding, previously type II (traces of the flap on ff. IIv–1r).
Cont.: astronomy. — Index: Ptolemaica (1v–214r). Blank: IIv, Iar.
Bibl.: Ḥamīd Majīd Haddū, ‘al-Makhṭūṭāt al-ʿarabiyya fī l-Maktaba al-waṭaniyya bi-Istānbūl. Khizāna Fayḍ Allāh Efendi’, al-Mawrid 7 (1978), pp. 311–364 and 8 (1979), pp. 305–348, here vol. 7, p. 363 (no. 1206). —
1v–214r
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\1v\ السعد قرين من صدّر (كذا) كلامه بالحمد لواهب السعادة. واليمن رسيل من أعلق يمينه بشكر تمتري الزيادة — \214r\ وأن ينعم عليه لحظة فلحظة سعادة بشرى وتجدّد له ساعة فساعة كرامة وبشرى ورحم اللّه عبداً قال آمينا. = Niẓām al-Dīn al-Ḥasan al-Nīsābūrī, Tafsīr Taḥrīr al-Majisṭī (C.1.38)
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