[Poetry anthology in Ottoman Turkish, Persian and Arabic]

Date:

1650

Description:

Small collection of poetry written on a long, narrow notebook bound along the top (safīnah style) chiefly in Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic and Persian; a number of pages are blank.

Language:

Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)

Provenance:

Sold at Bloomsbury Auctions (London), lot 59, April 30, 2019.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex2009.html

Subject:

Turkish poetry; Persian poetry; Arabic poetry

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, Persian; Manuscripts, Turkish; Manuscripts, 17th century; Manuscripts, 18th century; Manuscripts (documents); Codices (bound manuscripts); Poems; Blind tooled (decoration); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

80 leaves : paper; 213 x 75 (200 x 65) mm bound to 213 x 75 mm.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Ottoman Turkish and Persian with some Arabic.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Contemporary foliation in red ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper center verso.; Layout: 15-21 lines, often at a slight angle; often lines will be offset or in two columns.; Script: Written in naskh and nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed; some Arabic vocalized.; Decoration: Rubrications in red; pasted on headpiece decoration (front flyleaf recto).; Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with faint blind-stamped central mandorla, frame and corner lines; plain paper doublure;; Origin: The item is undated, probably copied in the mid- to late 17th or 18th century.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2009