Item Summary

A divan.

Descriptive Information

Title
ديوان باقي.
Transliterated Title
Divan-i Baki.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1565
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc9z9039369
Date Created
1600-1799
Extent
107 leaves : paper ; 163 x 92 (139 x 69) mm. bound to 168 x 105 mm.
References
For a complete published divan, see Bâḳî Dîvânı, tenkitli basım, haz. Sabahattin Küçük (Ankara, 1994).
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from spine.
17 lines per page. Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with occasional use of red. Text is written inside a frame made with gold leaf outlined in black ink, with columns and verses inside the frame also separated with gold leaf. Fol. 1b-2a are illuminated: fol. 1b has a head piece made in gold leaf and flower pattern in gold leaf and light blue, purple, orange and white watercolors on dark blue background; similar pattern between the columns and around separated verses on fol. 1b-2a; all verses on both fol. are in cloud-bands with gold leaf around them. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Cream paper with visible laid lines and prominent pulp. Paper is water and insect damaged, especially the illuminated pages at the start, and has been repaired (and rebound).
Incipit: هنكام شب كه كنكرهء قصر آسمان زين اولمشيدى شعله لنوب شمع اختران
Explicit: غبار در كه شاهه سورر يوز يرده يوز باقى سليمانه مقارن اولمق استر سير ايدك مورى
Binding Note
New binding in dark blue leather. Spine has the title tooled in gold. Endleaves are in a patterned paper, dark blue gometrical pattern on light purple background. The ms. was resewn and text block was trimmed with rounded tips.

Physical Characteristics

File Count
224

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d0fa2660-4d93-4e90-9f82-d3555244681b/manifest