Manuscript Library Research Articles

The fettered and the flea: a new poem by Edmund Waller☆

AbstractThis contribution explores for the first time a 22‐line poem in a British Library manuscript, ‘To a young lady that kept a flea chay'nd in a box’, which can be convincingly ascribed to Edmund Waller. Its most famous relative is Donne's ‘The Flea’, but its ancestry differs. Moreover Waller's is addressed, as a playful compliment, to a child, not a lover. Several traditions combine in it: that deriving from the pseudo‐Ovidian Pulex; that of ‘multum in parvo’ in poetry of and beyond the English Renaissance; the French verse of the contemporary précieuses. Its close relationship to Waller's ‘To a very young Lady’/‘To my young Lady Lucy Sidney’ is examined. A coda places into the same tradition a ‘flea poem’ of the later seventeenth century by Joshua Barnes.

‘Risala Tahaffuz Min al-Nazla’, Al-Rāzi’s Legacy in Cold Remedy and Prevention

Nazla (Catarrh) is a condition in Unani medicine that involves the flow of catarrhal fluids, or mucus, from the brain downwards into the throat and chest, leading to symptoms similar to what we consider a cold today. This condition is characterized by congestion, irritation in the respiratory pathways, and in some cases, can progress to more serious respiratory complications if left untreated. While preparing a detailed catalogue of Unani medical manuscripts housed at the Telangana Government Oriental Manuscripts Library and Research Institute (TGOMLRI) in Hyderabad, a significant discovery was made: a concise yet vital manuscript titled Risala Tahaffuz min al-Nazla (A Treatise on the Prevention of Cold and Catarrh), cataloged under Accession No. 8880. This manuscript, written by the eminent physician Muhammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzi (865–925 AD), offers invaluable insight into the traditional understanding and prevention of the common cold. Al-Rāzi, also known as Rhazes in the Latin world, was one of the most influential figures in the history of medicine, contributing profoundly to clinical practices and medical theories that remained relevant for centuries. This treatise, written in Arabic, reflects al-Rāzi's keen focus on preventive medicine, specifically on measures to avoid the onset of cold and catarrhal conditions. It is a paper manuscript, notable for its brevity, consisting of only 8 pages. Each page contains 14 lines, with an average of 16 letters per line, displaying a compact and highly structured layout that suggests its use as a practical guide. Its focus on prevention rather than solely treatment is particularly notable, as it aligns with al-Rāzi’s broader medical philosophy emphasizing lifestyle and precautionary health measures. Moreover, Risala Tahaffuz min al-Nazla outlines remedies based on herbal medicine, prescribing specific herbs and natural compounds known to alleviate symptoms of cold and prevent its occurrence. These herbal prescriptions include ingredients that are easily available in Unani medicine and have historically been used for their anti-inflammatory, expectorant, and warming properties, which can relieve respiratory congestion and discomfort. Interestingly, another copy of this treatise exists in Iran, underscoring the historical and scholarly connections between Indian and Persian centers of Unani medicine. This manuscript’s discovery in Hyderabad adds to the rich collection of Unani medical texts in India, showcasing the traditional medical knowledge that continues to be studied for its relevance to modern alternative medicine practices. Through such manuscripts, Unani medicine remains an enduring part of the cultural and scientific heritage in regions with strong historical ties to Persian medical traditions. The concise nature of Risala Tahaffuz min al-Nazla and its practical content makes it a valuable text for both historical research and contemporary applications, providing insights into how ancient Unani physicians approached the common cold with holistic, plant-based remedies.

Średniowieczne rękopisy w zbiorach polskich w świetle projektu Manuscripta.pl

The article aims to comprehensively summarize the project ‘Inventory of National Heritage in the Field of Medieval Manuscripts’ (commonly known as Manuscripta.pl) conducted from 2016 to 2023 at the L. & A. Birkenmajer Institute for the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences. This project builds upon the tradition of cataloging and examining medieval library manuscripts, which began in Polish scholarship in the 19th c. and has recently benefited significantly from advancements in computer technology, including websites, databases, and digital libraries. The author discusses earlier initiatives for nationwide medieval manuscript inventories, the origins of the Manuscripta.pl project, its main objectives, and the website created as part of this initiative, along with the database supporting it. The article subsequently describes the methodology and results obtained from the project’s four primary components: (1.) registration of manuscripts, (2.) registration of manuscript fragments preserved in Polish collections, (3.) registration of manuscripts and fragments housed in foreign collections, and (4.) registration of lost manuscripts. In the course of the project, numerous important discoveries were made. The summary concludes by outlining the prospects for further work on the developed database.

Arthur Vööbus Collection at Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

This article is a report of the transfer of the Arthur Vööbus collection from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago to permanent location at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA. These include microfilms and photographs of Syriac manuscripts which Vööbus found in numerous Middle Eastern churches, monasteries and libraries, along with his personal papers. Special pages on Vööbus and the contents of the collection are available on the hmml.org website.

An intelligent character segmentation system coupled with deep learning based recognition for the digitization of ancient Tamil palm leaf manuscripts

Palm-leaf manuscripts, rich with ancient knowledge in areas such as history, art, and medicine, are vital cultural treasures, making their digitization essential for preserving this heritage. Digitization of these organic and fragile manuscripts is required to safeguard the essential ancient data. This requires optimal character segmentation and recognition algorithms. A limited number of studies have been carried out in Tamil character recognition in literature. Handling row-overlapped characters, noise introduced due to lightning issues, and dirt, as well as the removal of punch holes, auto-cropping the content, filtering out noisy or improper segmentation, etc. are the essential concerns carried out in our proposed work. This work is executed as a four-step process (1) Palm Leaf Manuscript Acquisition (2) Pre-Processing (3) Segmentation of Tamil Characters and (4) Tamil Character Recognition. During acquisition, the scanners are used for recording palm leaf manuscripts from the Tamil Nadu-oriented manuscript library. In the Pre-processing step, the Fast Non-Local Means (Fast-NLM) method, paired with median filtering is used for Denoising the scanner output image. Later, the pixels that make the characters and borders (i.e., the foreground) are identified using Sauvola thresholding. The proposed methodology introduces efficient techniques to remove Punch hole impressions from the pre-processed image, and to crop the written content from the edges. After pre-processing, the Segmentation of Tamil Characters is performed as a three-step process (a) Manuscript (b) Line, and (c) character segmentation, which addresses conjoined lines, partially/completely empty segmentations that are not previously addressed by existing techniques. This work introduces an Augmented HPP line-splitting algorithm that accurately segments written lines, handling wrong segmentation cases that were previously not considered by existing techniques. The system achieves an average segmentation accuracy of 98.25%, which far outperforms existing techniques. It also proposes a novel Punch hole removal algorithm that can locate and remove the punch-hole impressions in the manuscript image. This algorithm, along with the automated content cropping technique, increases recognition accuracy and eliminates any manual labor needed. These features make the proposed methodology highly suitable for real-time archaeological and historical researches that include manuscripts. All 247 letters and 12 numeric digits are analyzed and separated into 125 distinct writable characters. In our work, characters are segmented and used for recognition of all 247 letters and 12 digits in Tamil using a multi-class CNN with 125 classes, which drastically reduces the complexity of the neural network compared to having 257 output nodes. It offered a notable performance of 96.04% accuracy. As compared with existing Tamil and other character recognitions, this work is effective in essence of considering real-time images and the increased number of characters used.

The Completo Tratado de Cosmographia y Geographia , by Juan de España (1561–1626)

Abstract: In his Biblioteca nueva de los escritores aragoneses: que florecieron desde el año de 1600 hasta 1640 (Pamplona, 1799), Félix de Latassa y Ortín lists Juan de España, a Dominican friar and priest, as the author of Completo Tratado de Cosmographía y Geographía , a manuscript that never reached the printing house. In 1799, Latassa claims to have seen it in the Archivo de la Librería del Real Convento de Predicadores. Owing to the authority of Latassa, this manuscript work by Fray de España continued to be mentioned by various historians interested in the historiography of science in Spain. However, until now very little has been known about its content and fate. The purpose of this note is to introduce this work by Juan de España to the academic community and announce its discovery in the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library (RBML) of The Ohio State University (OSU) Library in Columbus, OH.

Reproductions of Lost Manuscripts in the Rand Collection

Abstract: During the Second World War, a great number of medieval manuscripts were lost. In many instances, researchers have had to rely on cursory descriptions since, frequently refraining from considering lost manuscripts at all as a result. This annotation provides a catalog of recently found reproductions of several lost manuscripts that were commissioned by Edward K. Rand (†1945). Today, these reproductions and Rand's handwritten notes on several lost manuscripts are preserved in the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (MN) as part of the Rand-Collection.

“Everywhere Was I Greeted with Great Courtesy”: V.V. Bartold’s Research Visit to Turkey on the Pages of His 1926 Constantinople Diary

The paper continues the history of Academician V.V. Bartold’s research visit to Turkey in the first half of 1926. The trip was partly reflected in the scholar’s diary, which he kept from January 15 to February 17, 1926. Despite the small volume and brevity of the entries, they are very informative and present a valuable source for studying Bartold’s research activities. The diaries show that, during that period, the Academician was mainly engaged in the study of Oriental manuscripts in Istanbul libraries. In addition, Bartold communicated a lot with Turkish and European researchers working in Turkey at that time, and, on behalf of the USSR Academy of Sciences, discussed with them the possibility of organizing joint research projects. The diary also reflects Barthold’s preparations for the trip to Baku to participate in the First All-Union Turkological Congress. The information provided allows us to detail Bartold’s research work in Turkey and his activities in strengthening academic cooperation between the two countries.

On Smallpox and Measles according to works of the Islamic world in the Middle Ages-Age of Decline-I: Kitāb al-Mukhtārāt fī al-Ṭibb

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the chapters on smallpox and measles in the Kitāb al-Mukhtārāt fī al-Ṭibb of Muhadhdhab al-dīn b. Hubal al-Baghdādī, one of the most important authors of the Islamic world in the Middle Ages, by translating them into Turkish and introducing them into the Turkish medical history literature. Materials and Methods: This study analyzed a printed copy of Muhadhdhab al-dīn b. Hubal al-Baghdādī’s Kitāb al-Mukhtārāt fī al-Ṭibb and a manuscript copy in İstanbul, Süleymaniye Manuscript Library, Fatih Collection, No. 3632. The sections of the work on smallpox and measles were translated from Arabic into Turkish by the author of the article and presented in the Results section of the article. In the Discussion section of the article, the information presented in the findings section is compared and evaluated with the information on the subject in the relevant literature of the period. Results: In the fourth volume of the printed copy of Kitāb al-Mukhtārāt fī al-Ṭibb and the fourth volume of the manuscript, there are two chapters (faṣl) on smallpox and measles. One of them is titled “Chapter on smallpox and measles/faṣl fī al-jadarī wa l-ḥaṣba” and the other is titled “The chapter on removing the scars of ulcers, measles and smallpox/faṣl fī qalʿ āthār al-jadarī wa l-ḥaṣba wa l-qurūḥ”. Conclusion: Al-Baghdādī’s writings appear to be in the context of the theory of humoral pathology, the medical paradigm of his time, and are similar to the information contained in the works of his predecessors. In writing these chapters, Ibn Hubel seems to have relied on the relevant chapters in ʿAlī b. al-ʿAbbās al-Majūsī’s Kāmīl al-Ṣınāʿa al-Ṭibbiyya and al-Rāzī’s al-Manṣūrī fī al-Ṭibb rather than Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Zakariyyā al-Rāzī’s Kitāb al-Jadarī wa al-Ḥaṣba and Kitāb al-Ḥāwī fī al-Ṭibb and Ibn Sīnā’s Kitāb al-Qānun fī al-Ṭibb, where the subject of “smallpox and measles” is discussed in detail. It is noticeable that Ibn Hubel summarized the information in Kāmīl al-Ṣināʿa al-Ṭibbiyya in the pre-treatment section and mostly in al-Manṣūrī fī al-Ṭibb in the section on treatment, while avoiding detailed etiological explanations.

Poetic recipes from Nidāʾī, an important sixteenth-century physician, in Durr-i Manzūm

It has been known that some of the medical works in the Islamic world in the Middle Ages were composed in verse to create concise information, be easily memorised, and be beneficial for students and the public. This practice has also been observed in Turkish medicine throughout history. The present study aims to introduce Physician Nidā’ī from Ankara, an important sixteenth-century physician, and his renowned poetic work, Durr-i Man ūm, focusing on the sections related to urinary system problems. In this study, we evaluated Durr-i Man ūm, which has many copies in Turkish and European libraries and has been found in Istanbul Süleymaniye Manuscript Library, Nuruosmaniye Collection, Nr. 3556. Nidā’ī has poetic compositions regarding six common nephrological problems: Urinary incontinence, bedwetting in children, haematuria, urinary retention, urination difficulty, and bladder stones. Every subject consisted of a different number of couplets; the difficulty of the disease was briefly mentioned in some couplets, and then appropriate compositions were written in detail in a poetic style. Nidā’ī used poetic recipes excellently and wanted to show that medicine is not an incomprehensible and complicated science by recommending concise and straightforward treatments for certain diseases. The fact that it was copied until the beginning of the nineteenth century, with numerous copies available in both national and international libraries, demonstrates that his work is readily comprehensible to both the public and medical professionals, thereby earning it considerable respect.

V.V. Bartold’s Research Visit to Turkey in 1926 on the Pages of His Constantinople Diary

Based on new archival materials, the paper briefly highlights the history of V.V. Bartold’s research visit to Turkey in 1926, particularly, its preparation, reasons, and goals. It is shown that the invitation was made by the Turkish government and supported by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and by the People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs. Bartold mostly spent his time in Turkey preparing a series of lectures on the history of Central Asian peoples at the request of the Turkish side, and studying Oriental manuscripts in Istanbul libraries. Besides, he was busy carrying out the mission entrusted to him by the Academy of Sciences, to establish academic contacts with Turkish researchers. The period of Bartold’s stay in Constantinople (Istanbul) from January 2 to February 17, was reflected in his small diary. In daily entries, the Academician thoroughly recorded events, meetings with Turkish and European researchers, made brief notes about manuscripts and libraries. He also noted his impressions of scientific institutions and changes in the cultural space of the former Ottoman capital. The research visit of the renowned orientalist Academician V.V. Bartold to Turkey was an important contribution to strengthening scholarly contacts between Russian and Turkish researchers. The part of the diary from January 2 to January 14, 1926, in which Bartold describes the first two weeks of his stay in Constantinople, is published as an appendix.

Establishment and Continuity of the Rüstem Pasha Madrasa Library

This article aims to contribute to Ottoman book culture studies regarding collections and foundation libraries. It examines the book collection of Rüstem Pasha, one of the viziers of the Süleyman the Magnificent, in the Süleymaniye Manuscript Library. Rüstem Pasha's wealth of books is emphasized in historical sources. He established a high-grade madrasa in Istanbul in the mid-16th century and endowed a book collection necessary for education. This article compares the books specified in Pasha's endowment deed with the catalog of the collection issued during Abdulhamid II's reign, and its current state to reveal the formation of the collection and how it has survived to the present day. While the endowment deed provides detailed information about the first books endowed to the madrasa, the collection itself and the Hamidian-era catalog provide information about the books that were lost and added to the collection over time.

Preliminary study for evaluation of some fungicides against Aspergillus flavus isolated from historical illuminated paper manuscript dated back to the Mamluk period

Various valuable illuminated paper manuscripts in museums and libraries suffer from fungal deterioration. The treatment and protection of illuminated paper manuscripts from fungal damage is an important process. Therefore, the current study aimed to evaluate different fungicides against fungi isolated from historical illuminated paper manuscript dated back to the Mamluk period (1250–1516 AD). Fungi isolated from infected historical illuminated paper manuscripts were identified and their cellulolytic enzyme activity was performed. The identified fungi were A. fumigatus, A. niger, A. flavus, Alternaria alternate, and Trichoderma sp. Isolate (4-1), identified as Aspergillus flavus, possessed the highest cellulase activity. This isolate was tested against the following fungicides: azoxystrobin, boscalid, difenoconazole, dimethomorph, propiconazole, pyraclostrobin, and thiophanate-methyl at concentrations from 1 to 200 ppm, nanoparticles of TiO2 and SiO2 at concentrations of 0.5%, and 1% and mixtures of fungicides [difenoconazole + propiconazole (1:1)] at 100 and 200 ppm and [boscalid + pyraclostrobin (2:1)] at 150 and 300 ppm. The disc diffusion method (DDM) was used to evaluate the efficiency of the prepared individual and mixed fungicides against Aspergillus flavus (4-1) isolate. The results of this study revealed that treatments with individual difenoconazole at 200 ppm exhibited the best antifungal activity, followed by the propiconazole fungicide. Further research is needed to evaluate the in vitro practical application of these fungicides with infected illuminated paper samples with Aspergillus flavus agents in the field.

Paradise lost and found: The story of an Irish manuscript in Illinois

abstract: This article draws attention to a nineteenth-century Irish-language manuscript, thought until now by scholars to have been irretrievably lost. The early history of the manuscript is set out and, by careful interrogation of an extant microfilm copy in the National Library of Ireland, the current whereabouts and identity of the manuscript are traced to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, POST-1650 MS 0115, where it has been since 1958. A description of the manuscript is appended to this article.

The Urgency of Digitizing Ancient Indonesian Manuscripts in Libraries: A Literature Review

The Urgency of Digitizing Ancient Indonesian Manuscripts in Libraries: A Literature Review

Out of Sight, Out of Catalogue: The Neglected Grey Collection Medical MS G.4.c.14, Its Problematic Provenance, and Its Colonial Context

Cape Town National Library of South Africa’s Grey Collection MS G.4.c.14 is a fifteenth-century paper manuscript that contains three medical works and a series of recipes. This article briefly explores MS G.4.c.14’s contents before examining the story of the manuscript itself. Containing commentaries on Book IV, fen 4 of Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine by well-known instructor of surgery Leonardo di Bertipaglia (d. 1448), and by the more obscure Maffeus di Laudi (fl. 1392–1417), and a summary of Benevenutus de Grassus’s De oculis (ca. 11–13th c.), MS G.4.c.14 has the potential to add greatly to our understanding of medieval medicine. However, medieval manuscripts also have histories outside the texts they contain. An exploration of the provenance and history of MS G.4.c.14 brought to light how it moved from Rome to Cape Town, through the antics of an infamous book thief, Guglielmo Libri (1802–69), and its purchase by Sir George Grey, colonial governor of the Cape Colony in South Africa between 1854 and 1861. Although neither British in origin nor explicitly Christian in content, like many other European manuscripts, MS G.4.c.14 played an important role in informal processes of colonialism and cultural imperialism. We examine why MS G.4.c.14 had been ignored in research and catalogues of medieval medical and ophthalmological works for decades, despite being digitized and available at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library in 1990 and being included in a modern catalogue of the Grey Collection since 2002. We suggest that looking outside Europe to find manuscripts like MS G.4.c.14 requires scholars to confront the colonialist history in the disciplines of medieval and manuscript studies. This has become even more important as technologies of digitization have made it possible to examine a manuscript without any recognition of its history or provenance.

The History and Management of the Materials of the Kuomintang People Such as Huang Fu-Focusing On American Archival Institution

Huang Fu was important in the political history of the Republic of China. But regarded as a pro-Japanese "traitor", there are few studies on him in China and most of his original materials aren't in mainland China. Against this background, this article focuses on Huang Fu. It determines the collection and utilization of his materials by analyzing books, papers and references. It also introduces in detail the collection information of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University based on archive books and official website information. It aims to provide material storage locations for modern and contemporary history researchers to promote in-depth research on Huang Fu and other Kuomintang figures in the Republic of China period.

„Nie idzie tylko o poziom przekładu – osobowości nie mniejsza tu przypada rola”. Listowna współpraca Zofii Jachimeckiej z Mieczysławem Brahmerem

The purpose of this article is to complete the portrait of Zofia Jachimecka, who went down in history as an entertainer in one of the most important salons of Interwar Kraków and a model for the great portraitists, with her professional profile, most often presented either in residual form, or all together omitted from works focusing on the translator. The article presents an analysis of Zofia Jachimecka’s professional correspondence with Professor of Romance Studies Mieczysław Brahmer, who worked closely together from 1950 on the publication of the Polish translation of Goldoni’s comedies in the Ossolineum National Library series (Goldoni 1951, 1951, 1971), and later maintained social and professional contact for many years. The collaboration between the editor of the Goldoni editions and the translator, very well documented in the surviving correspondence (found in the Scientific Library of the PAAS and the PAS in Kraków archives and Jagiellonian Library manuscript collection), goes beyond the project and develops into a long-standing exchange of reading experiences, workshop and repertoire choices, comments on works sent to each other, as well as information on literary and repertoire news, which clearly show that in many fields it was Jachimecka, and not Brahmer, who assumed the role of the expert on Italian and French literature. According to the letters, Brahmer tries to help the translator to, among other things, find a publisher for the Pirandello dramas she translated, while Jachimecka repeatedly suggests Italian readings to the professor, and helps him find his way through the maze of contemporary literature. The article draws attention to the considerable issue of cooperation in resolving financial matters and Brahmer’s intermediation not only in the negotiations of remuneration for the translator for the volumes prepared jointly, but also when the professor was not directly involved in the project. The article is supplemented by an appendix presenting a compilation of Jachimecka’s theatrical translations.

Trend Penelitian terkait Digital Preservasi Naskah Kuno

Bibliometric analysis is a quantitative method for analyzing data in existing databases at journal publishers. This method is used to find out how much a particular topic has been researched and discussed by researchers in the field concerned. This method is to find out current research trends and what types of research are still lacking and need to be explored more deeply for future needs regarding digital preservation of ancient library manuscripts. The data presented comes from existing analysis drawn from the SCOPUS Journal database and then the data is also processed through the VOSviewer application. In the research trends regarding digital preservation that exist in this modern era, it is considered important to know the trends and directions of research related to this issue, especially as we currently live in a fast-paced modern world. This is also because we are in the digital era and digital preservation has become an important topic to discuss in recent years. Various kinds of challenges and opportunities are very interesting to discuss regarding the research topic of digital preservation of manuscripts in libraries.

İBNÜ’L-ARABÎ VE SADREDDİN KONEVÎ KÜTÜPHANESİNİN İZİNDE: YUSUF AĞA YAZMA ESER KÜTÜPHANESİ 4690 NUMARADA KAYITLI MECMUA ODAĞINDA İLERLEYEN BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Bu çalışma İslam ilahiyat ve felsefe ilimlerinin önemli eserlerini barındıran kıymetli bir mecmuayı (Yusuf Ağa YEK, nr. 4690) merkeze alan bir araştırmadır. Mecmuada farklı zamanlarda istinsah edilen tasavvuf, fıkıh, hadis, teorik fizik, tıp, zooloji, psikoloji ve metafizik muhtevasına sahip altı ayrı metin bulunmaktadır. Tamamı eksik bu nüshaların çoğunun hangi eser ve müellifinin kim olduğu özel incelemeyle anlaşılabilecek durumdadır. Ayrıca, geç tarihli ciltlemede varaklar yanlış yerleştirilmiş, metinlerin iç sırası bozulmuştur. Mecmuada üçüncü sırada yer alan metin, İbnü’s-Salâh eş-Şehrezûrî’ye ait Ma‘rifetü envâi ilmi’l-hadîs’tir. Bu nüshanın zahriye sayfasında Sadreddin Konevî’nin mülkiyetinde ve vakfedilmiş kitapları arasında olduğuna yönelik kayıtlar mevcuttur. Bu bilgiyi merkeze alarak ilerleyen çalışma, mecmuadaki eserlerin Konevî’nin kendi zaviyesine vakfettiği kitaplar arasında yer aldığı, zamanla bu eserlerin cilt bütünlüklerinin bozulduğu ve mevcut kısımların çok sonraları oluşturulan bu mecmua içine derç edildikleri sonucuna ulaşmıştır. Ma‘rife’nin diğer yarısının, aynı kütüphanenin 5439 numaralı mecmuası içinde yer aldığı tespit edilmiştir. Çalışma, mecmuadaki ilk metnin İbnü’l-Arabî’ye ait Ukletü’l-müstevfiz olduğu, 598/1202 öncesinde telif edilmiş olan bu eserin 627-638/1229-1240 arasında müellif tarafından düzenlenerek ikinci kez telif edildiği ve elimizdeki nüshanın ikinci versiyonun müellif metni olduğu sonucuna ulaşmıştır. Bir diğer önemli metin, Ebü’l-Berekât el-Bağdâdî’ye ait el-Kitâbü’l-mu‘teber nüshasıdır. İlk sayfasında Konevî’nin bizzat yazdığı içerik tasvirini barındıran nüsha, büyük ihtimalle filozofun öğrencisinin öğrencisi Şemseddin İbn Hebel’in, I. Keykâvûs döneminde Konya’ya gelmesi vesilesiyle Konevî kütüphanesine intikal etmiştir. Mecmuadaki durumu tam bir muamma olan ikinci metin, Alâeddin el-Üsmendî’nin Muhtelefü’r-rivâye’sidir. Mecmua, müteahhir dönem âlimlerinin dinî ve felsefî ilimlere yönelik kapsamlı ilgilerinin açık bir örneğidir. Makale ekinde, kıymetine binaen Ukletü’l-müstevfiz metni neşredilmiştir. Ayrıca, bilgi ve karşılaştırma imkânı sağlamak için, mecmuadaki eserlerin ilk-son sayfalarının ve İbnü’l-Arabî ile Konevî’nin el yazılarının görsellerine yer verilmiştir.