Item Summary

Text consists of poetry dealing with Sulaymān the Magnificent, the Ottoman conquest of Cyprus, and other topics. Text lacks beginning and end.

Descriptive Information

Title
ديوان محمد بن مامية الرومي الحلبي.
Transliterated Title
Dīwān Muḥammad ibn Māmīyah al-Rūmī al-Ḥalabī.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 85
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pv63g4022
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1566-1600
Format
Manuscript
Extent
[408] p. (17 lines) ; 21 cm.
Provenance
11854.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Title from accompanying materials.
Text not completely collated.
Ms. in naskh script on glazed paper. 20.3 x 15.2 cm. Headings, some vocalization, some punctuation in red ink. Text partially vocalized. Catchwords; some marginalia.
Paper bears watermark depicting an anchor with two flukes in a circle and a star at the top outside the circle. Some sections damaged by insects but damage is limited primarily to gutters and margins.

Discovery Information

Subject
Turkey—History—Süleyman I, 1520-1566—Poetry
Cyprus—History—Turkish Conquest, 1570-1571—Poetry
poetry
Poetry

Physical Characteristics

File Count
412

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d485054e-b22c-43eb-a839-bd7e4226b34f/manifest