Item Summary

An anthology of Ottoman poetry. According to a note on fol. 2a, it contains 1151 pieces of poetry by 87 poets.

Descriptive Information

Title
مجموعه.
Transliterated Title
Mecmua.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1173H
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcmp48sr51x
Publisher
[between 17--? and 18--?]
Language
Ottoman Turkish
Date Created
1700-1899
Extent
421 leaves : paper ; 242 x 164 (182 x 96) mm bound to 242 x 75 mm.
Provenance
Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Moghadam, M., 155.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title derived from fol. 2a.
Flyleaves (i.e. fol. 1 and 421) and several sheets within the text are in different, white glazed European paper. Many leaves are blank throughout the ms. and especially at the end (the text finishes on fol. 401a). Fol. 1b-3a have incomplete indexes and fol. 3b-5a a short table of contents, outlined in red ink. Fol. 5b-13b have an unfilled table for a detailed contents, also outlined in red ink.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 420 + ii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 21 lines per page in two columns ; frame-ruled in red ; hemistitches separated with red lines.
Description: Watermarks.
Incipit: تركيب بند روحىء بغدادى كه در دار السلام شام واقع شد سنه 1012
Explicit: باقيجك آينهء عارض پاك ياره دل غمديده مزه روى صفا كوسترسه
Binding Note
Later half-bound type III (without flap) binding in burgundy leather with brown embossed paper in a foliage pattern. Yellow paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Turkish poetry—Collections
Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton
Poetry
Headbands
Embossed papers
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
854

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/15f13886-8a3e-4900-b46f-a4b541568999/manifest