Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
گلستان شميل.
Transliterated Title
Gülistan-ı Şemail.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3749Y
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/fj236595h
Language
Ottoman Turkish
Date Created
1614
Extent
[225] p. (11 lines), bound ; 25 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Caption title.
Front free endpaper: "Kitab-ı Gülistan-ı Şemail min teʼlif-i Âli-yi Şirin kelâm-i tercüme-yi hilye Şerif aliye efzal..."
Ms. has 113 leaves of glazed paper measuring 242 x 154 mm.; text area, ruled in gold with black and blue outlines, measures 148-160 x 90 mm. Text is on f. 1b-113b and is vocalized. F. 1b has illuminated ʻunwān; headings and keywords in red or gold.
Origin: Text composed in 1020 [1611 or 1612]; a chronogram gives date of completion as 1023 [1614 or 1615].
Binding Note
Binding is pasteboard with envelope flap covered in brown leather with stamped and gilded center medallions and borders.

Discovery Information

Subject
illuminated manuscripts
headpieces (layout features)
Chronograms

Physical Characteristics

File Count
232

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7baecf70-ccc2-48d9-a590-e3256744f525/manifest