Kitâb-i Cihan-nüma; كتاب جهان نما

Contributor:

Nöldeke, Theodor, 1836-1930 (scribe)

Name:

Neşrî, -approximately 1520; Neşrî, -approximately 1520

Timespan:

1288-1453

Date:

1857

Description:

19th-century copy of Flügel 386 (Nationalbibliothek, Vienna), a late 15th-century history of the Ottoman sultans, by Neşrı̂. A note in the hand of Theodor Nöldeke, who copied the manuscript, was laid in the manuscript, with the heading Varianten, lemmata in Turkish, and notes in German.

Language:

Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)

Provenance:

Acquired after 1970.; Formerly owned by Franz Taeschner, editor of an edition of this work (Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1951-1955).; Appears in the catalog of Franz Taeschner's Turkish collection (Turcica), catalogue No. 426 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), number 1204 (price, catalog, and item number in pencil, inside upper cover).; Taeschner, Franz, 1888-1967, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex38.html

Subject:

History; Chronology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Turkish; Manuscripts, 19th century; Histories; Codices (bound manuscripts); Marginalia (annotations); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

177 leaves : paper; 208-212 x 168-174 (200 x 120-130) mm bound to 225 x 185 mm + 1 note

Geographic Subject:

Middle East; Middle East -- History -- Chronology; Turkey -- History -- 1288-1453; Turkey

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; The title given inside the front flyleaf reads: Nešri. Abschrift der Wiener Handschrift von Theodor Nöldeke; spine title reads: Nešri.; Foliation: Paper, i + 177 + i; [1-168, 168[a]-176], later foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 16-24 long lines, with a wide right margin for notes; text lines written right to left, but pages proceed left to right (as foliated in manuscript).; Binding: 19th-century quarter-cloth (type 3), marbled paper covers, gilt spine Nešri.; Origin: Copied from Flügel 386, Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, in 1857 by Theodor Nöldeke (note in English, inside upper cover).; This manuscript was examined by Professor Aḥmad Mahdavī Dāmghānī. His notes in Persian are on file in the Library.; The original Vienna manuscript from which this copy was made is listed in the catalogue compiled by Gustav Flügel (1802-1870), Die arabischen, persischen un türkischen Handschriften der Kaiserlich-königlichen Hofbibliothek zu Wien (Vienna: K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1865-67; reprinted, Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1977-). Cited as Flügel 386.; Ottoman Turkish, with notes in German.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 38