Item Summary

Selections of poetry by a variety of poets, including Nabî, Hamî, Nedim, Hâzık, Ragıp, Lebip, Şaşzade, and Vahit.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Collection of Turkish poetry].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1150
Identifier
ark:/88435/zp38wm779
Publisher
[between 1775 and 1799]
Language
Ottoman Turkish
Date Created
1775-1799
Format
Manuscript
Extent
122 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 193 x 130 (147 x 89) mm bound to 195 x 132 mm
Provenance
On fol. 1b, note dated 1191 H [1777 or 8].
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Physical description: Varying lines per page, in two columns; written mainly in small naskh in black on glazed, laid Arabic paper. Simple illuminations on fol. 2a, 117a in gold and color. Text framed in gold; columns separated by double gold lines. Rubrication. Mild insect damage; fol. 115-122 detached. On some leaves the paper has split along the gold frame.
Origin: Dates ranging from 1187-1191 H are noted on fol. 106-107.
Binding Note
Full maroon leather with painted floral arrangment and green and gold fillets; back cover missing. Yellow paper doublure and marbled flyleaf.

Discovery Information

Subject
Turkish poetry—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton
Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—18th century

Physical Characteristics

File Count
246

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d8239e93-185f-4eea-a06d-bce72c410002/manifest