Descriptive Information

Title

رونق البستان.

Transliterated Title

Revnak ül-bustan.

Call Number

Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 733

Identifier

ark:/88435/sb397d592

Publisher

[Athens, 1600 or 1601].

Language

Ottoman Turkish

Date Created

1600-1601

Format

Manuscript

Extent

42 leaves : paper ; 179 x 104 mm. bound to 179 x 104 mm.

Source Acquisition

Purchase; Bouwman Oriental Books, 2010/01/05 (2010-72).

Rights Statement

No Known Copyright

Contents

1. fol. 1a-29b: Revnak ül-bustan. A work on gardening by Inayet Efendi, also known as Felâhatname.

2. fol. 33b-36a: Magical formulas.

3. fol. 38a-41b: Medicinal recipes.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title from fol. 2b.

Physical description: 20-23 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white paper. Headings and overlinings in red; text on fol. 2b-29b bordered by red frame. Fol. 1b-2a contain a simple gold illumination and are framed in gold. Foliation written by a later hand is incorrect. Fol. 30a-33a, 36b-37b, 42 blank.

Origin: Text 1 copied in Athens in 1009 A.H. (1600 or 1601) (fol. 29b); author is from Edirne (fol. 1a).

Binding Note

Half-leather binding with flap; pasted boards with marbled paper.

Discovery Information

Subject

Gardening—Turkey—Early works to 1800

Islamic magic—Early works to 1800

Traditional medicine—Turkey—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count

90

Institutional Information

Collection

Manuscripts of the Islamic World

IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e2e02784-c66f-43f0-8c8f-97e176a925e2/manifest

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