Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Ottoman poetical miscellany].
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 854
Identifier
ark:/88435/6d570312w
Publisher
963 [1553 or 1554]
Language
Ottoman Turkish
Date Created
1553
Format
Manuscript
Extent
228 pages : paper ; 193 x 106 (146 x 60) mm. bound to193 x 110 mm.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Physical description: pages 1-225 divided into two columns, all text within a golden frame, titles cover both columns. 21 lines per page, expertly written nasta'liq (more than one hand), illuminated opening piece (page 2), full leather Oriental binding with gilded ornamentation (borders) with marbled inside paper. Previous owners name in Latin: Haggi Osman Nuriddin (page 1). Page numbers added later on top.
Unidentified poetical composition (mostly Mathnawi, and a number of dubayt), entitled Khazinat al-Bayan wa-Safinat al-'Irfan fi Muhimmat al-Insan wa-Maqasid al-Ginan (title on p. 13), or Nizam al-Maram (title on pp. 222, 224), or Nizam-i Balaghat (p. 220). Headings of sections are often in Persian. There is no indication of an author.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
240

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
Holding location
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IIIF Manifest URL

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