THE MAQAMAT OF AL-HARIRI: A Critical Study of the Typologies in al-Wasiti's Version (Bibliotheque nationale Ms. Arabe 5847) A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University by Sean Matthew Ulmer, B.A. The Ohio State University 1991 Master's Examination Committee: Approved by Francis Richardson Howard Crane ~~J.3§~ Department of History of Art ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to express my sincere gratitude to my adviser, Dr. Francis Richardson, for his support and insight throughout this project. I also want to thank Dr. Howard Crane for his expertise, enthusiasm, and direction during the course of this project. In addition, my appreciation is extended to Dr. Barbara Haeger for her advice and support in the thesis process and to Susan Wyngaard, Head, Fine Arts Library, for generously giving of her time, advice, encouragement, and sense of humor. For their love and support, I am grateful to my parents, Bill and JoAnn Ulmer. I am particularly thankful to Tristan Yates for the giving of encouragement, assistance, patience, and love. ii VITA July 24, 1963 .................. Born - South Bend, Indiana 1985 ........................... B.A., Toledo Museum of Art/ University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio FIELDS OF STUDY Major Field: History of Art Studies in Baroque art, with Francis Richardson and Barbara Haeger Studies in Islamic art, with Howard Crane iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . ii VITA iii LIST OF PLATES . vi NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION xi CHAPTER PAGE I. INTRODUCTION TO THE MAQAMAT GENRE 1 II. ILLUSTRATED VERSIONS OF THE MAQAMAT . 16 III. BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE MS. ARABE 5847 . 26 Introduction . 26 Frontispieces (fols. lv, 2) .................. 28 Magamah 1 (fol. 3v) .. .. .. .. 30 Magamah 2 (fols. 4v, Sv, 6v) ................. 32 Magamah 3 (fols. 7, 8v) ...................... 34 Magamah 4 (fols. 9v, 10, llv) ................ 36 Magamah 5 (fols. 12v, 13v, 14v) .............. 37 Magamah 6 (fol. 16) . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 Magamah 7 (fols. 18v, 19) .................... 41 Magamah 8 (fols. 21, 22) ..................... 44 Magamah 9 (fol. 25) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47 Magamah 10 (fols. 26, 27) .................... 48 Magamah 11 (fol. 29v) . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SO Magamah 12 (fols. 30v, 31, 33) ............... 52 Magamah 13 (fo1. 35) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 55 Magamah 14 (fols. 37v, 38) ................... 57 Magamah 15 (fols: 40, 41) .................... 58 Magamah 16 (fols. 42, 43, 44) ................ 60 Magamah 17 (fol. 46v) ........................ 62 Magamah 18 (fols. 47v, 48, SOv, 51) .......... 63 Magamah 19 (fols. 52v, 53) ....•.............. 66 Magamah 20 (fols. 55v, 56, 57) ............... 67 Magamah 21 (fols. 58v, 59) ................... 69 Magamah 22 (fol. 61) ......................... 71 Magamah 23 (fols. 63v, 64, 67v) .............. 72 Magamah 24 (fol. 69v) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 Magamah 25 (fols. 74v, 75, 76) ............... 75 iv Magamah 26 (fols. 77, 79) . 77 Magamah 27 . 78 Magamah 28 (fols. 84v, 86) ................... 79 Magamah 29 (fols. 89, 90) .................... 80 Magamah 30 (fols. 9lv, 92) ................... 83 Magamah 31 (fols. 94v, 95) ................... 85 Magamah 32 (fols. lOOv, 101) ................. 88 Magamah 33 (fol. 103) . 90 Magamah 34 (fols. 105, 107) .................. 91 Magamah 35 . 93 Magamah 36 (fol. 110) . 93 Magamah 37 (fols. 114v, 117v) ................ 94 Magamah 38 (fol. 118) . 95 Magamah 39 (fols. 119v, 120v, 121, 122v) ..... 96 Magamah 40 (fols. 125, 126) .................. 101 Magamah 41 (fols. 130, 130v) ................. 103 Magamah 42 (fols. 13lv, 133v) ................ 104 Magamah 43 (fols. 134, 138) .................. 105 Magamah 44 (fols. 139v, 140, 143) ............ 109 Magamah 45 (fol. 146) ........................ 110 Magamah 46 (fols. 148v, 152) ................. 111 Magamah 47 (fols. l54v, 155v, 156) ........... 114 Magamah 48. (fol. 158v) ....................... 116 Magamah 49 (fols. 160v, 162v) ................ 117 Magamah 50 (fols. 164v, 166) ................. 119 IV. REVIEW OF TYPOLOGIES FOUND IN PARIS 5847 ........... 122 BIBLIOGRAPHY . 135 APPENDIX ............................................... 136 v LIST OF PLATES All plates are from the Bibliotheque nationale's ms. arabe 5847 and were reproduced from the microfiche that accompanies Oleg Grabar's The Illustrations of the Magamat (Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 1984). PLATES PAGE I. Frontispiece, fol. lv 137 II. Frontispiece, fol. 2 138 III. Magamah 1, fol. 3v ............................... 139 IV. Magamah 2, fol. 4v ................................ 140 V. Magamah 2, fol. 5v ................................. 141 VI. Magamah 2, fol. 6v 142 VII. Magamah 3, fol. 7 143 VIII. Magamah 3, fol. 8v .............................. 144 IX. Magamah 4, fol. 9v ................................ 145 X. Magamah 4, fol. 10 ................................. 146 XI. Magamah 4, fol. llv ............................... 147 XII. Magamah 5, fol. 12v .............................. 148 XIII. Magamah 5, fol. 13v ............................. 149 XIV. Magamah 5, fol. 14v .............................. 150 XV. Magamah 6, fol. 16 ................................ 151 XVI. Magamah 7, fol. 18v .............................. 152 XVII. Magamah 7, fol. 19 .............................. 153 XVIII. Magamah 8, fol. 21 ............................. 154 vi XIX. Magamah 8, fol. 22 ............................... 155 XX. Magamah 9, fol. 25 ................................ 156 XXI. Magamah 10, fol. 26 .............................. 157 XXII. Magamah 10, fol. 27 ............................. 158 XXIII. Magamah 11, fol. 29v ........................... 159 XXIV. Magamah 12, ·fol. 30v ............................ 160 XXV. Magamah 12, fol. 31 .............................. 161 XXVI. Magamah 12, fol. 33 ............................. 162 XXVII. Magamah 13, fol. 35 ............................ 163 XXVIII. Magamah 14, fol. 37v .......................... 164 XXIX. Magamah 14, fol. 38 ............................. 165 xxx. Magamah 15, fol. 40 .............................. 166 XXXI. Magamah 15, fol. 41 ............................. 167 XXXII. Magamah 16, fol. 42 ............................ 168 XXXIII. Magamah 16, fol. 43 ........................... 169 XXXIV. Magamah 16, fol. 44 ............................ 170 xxxv. Magamah 17, fol. 46v 171 XXXVI. Magamah 18, fol. 47v 172 XXXVII. Magamah 18, fol. 48 ........................... 173 XXXVIII. Magamah 18, fol. SOv ......................... 174 XXXIX. Magamah 18, fol. 51 ............................ 175 XL. Magamah 19, fol. 52v .............................. 176 XLI. Magamah 19, fol. 53 .............................. 177 XLII. Magamah 20, fol. 55v ............................ 178 XLIII. Magamah 20, fol. 56 ............................ 179 XLIV. Magamah 20, fol. 57 ............................. 180 vii XLV. Magamah 21, fol. 58v 181 XLVI. Magamah 21, fol. 59 ............................. 182 XL VII. Magamah 22, fol. 61 ............................ 183 XLVIII. Magamah 23, fol. 63v .......................... 184 XLIX. Magamah 23, fol. 64 ............................. 185 L. Magamah 23, fol. 67v ............................... 186 LI. Magamah 24, fol. 69v .............................. 187 LII. Magamah 25, fol. 74v 188 LIII. Magamah 25, fol. 75 ............................. 189 LIV. Magamah 25, fol. 76 .............................. 190 LV. Magamah 26, fol. 77 ............................... 191 LVI. Magamah 26, fol. 79 .............................. 192 LVII. Magamah 28, fol. 84v ............................ 193 LVIII. Magamah 28, fol. 86 ............................ 194 LIX. Magamah 29, fol. 89 .............................. 195 LX. Magamah 29, fol. 90 ............................... 196 LXI. Magamah 30, fol. 9lv ............................. 197 LXII. Magamah 30, fol. 92 ............................. 198 LXIII. Magamah 31, fol. 94v ........................... 199 LXIV. Magamah 31, fol. 95 ............................. 200 LXV. Magamah 32, fol. lOOv 201 LXVI. Magamah 32, fol. 101 ............................ 202 LXVII. Magamah 33, fol. 103 ........................... 203 LXVIII. Magamah 34, fol. 105 .......................... 204 LXIX. Magamah 34, fol. 107 ............................ 205 LXX. Magamah 36, fol. 110 ............................. 206 viii LXXI. Magamah 37, fol. 114v ........•..............•... 207 LXXII. Maqamah 37, fol. 117v 208 LXXIII. Maqamah 38, fol. 118 209 LXXIV. Maqamah 39, fol. 119v 210 LXXV. Magamah 39, fol. 120v 211 LXXVI. Maqamah 39, fol. 121 212 LXXVII. Magamah 39, fol. 122v 213 LXXVIII. Magamah 40, fol. 125 214 LXXIX. Maqamah 40, fol. 126 ...••.•..•..............•.. 215 LXXX. Maqamah 41, fol. 130 ..•.............•........... 216 LXXXI. Maqamah 41, fol. 130v ...............•.......... 217 LXXXII. Maqamah 42, fol. 131v ....•.••...........•..... 218 LXXXIII. Maqamah 42, fol. 133v ...•.•..............•... 219 LXXXIV. Maqamah 43, fol. 134 ....•...••.....•...... .' ... 220 LXXXV. Maqamah 43, fol. 138 ...•.....•..•..•........... 221 LXXXVI. Magamah 44, fol. 139v 222 LXXXVII. Magamah 44, fol. 140 223 LXXXVIII. Maqamah 44, fol. 143 ................•....•.. 224 LXXXIX. Maqamah 45, fol. 146 ....•.....•.......•....... 225 XC. Maqamah 46, fol. 148v .........•..•..•.•.•....•.... 226 XCI. Magamah 46, fol. 152 227 XCII. Maqamah 47, fol. 154v ......•..•.....•.•.•....... 228 XCIII. Magamah 47, fol. 155v ....•..•.•........•.•..... 229 XCIV. Maqamah 47, fol. 156 ...•...•..•...•.......•....