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Almanac (Taqvīm) from Ottoman Istanbul

Title	Almanac (Taqvīm) from Ottoman Istanbul
Publication Date:	1620 (1029H)
Type	Document
Language	Turkish
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	221 mm x 167 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	T 434
Library Location	Turkish collection
Date	1620 (1029H)
Notes	Almanac (Taqvīm) from Ottoman Istanbul. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 59 folios, Turkish text in naskh script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v), labelled diagrams and tables (throughout), adjustable diagram (volvelle, fol. 7r), paintings of Zodiac constellations (fols. 8v-14r), planets (fols. 17r-20r) and angels (fols. 21v-24v), with paintings of single flowers in margins (throughout), Almanac (Taqvīm), compendium of calendar information on astronomy, astrology, the natural and occult sciences and comparative calendar systems, composed by Amīr Muḥammad ibn Amīr Ḥasan al-Su`ūdī, copied (and possibly also compiled) by Muḥammad al-Uskudārī (signed fols. 34v, 55r), probably Istanbul, Turkey, dated Sha`ban 1029H (fol. 55r), July 1620.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı	Codex
Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri	Muḥammad al-Uskudārī, Istanbul (probably)
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script

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Almanac (Taqvīm) from Ottoman Istanbul

Publication Date 1620 (1029H)

Type Document

Language Turkish

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 221 mm x 167 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID T 434

Library Location Turkish collection

Date 1620 (1029H)

Notes Almanac (Taqvīm) from Ottoman Istanbul. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, 59 folios, Turkish text in naskh script, with illuminated heading (sarlawh, fol. 1v), labelled diagrams and tables (throughout), adjustable diagram (volvelle, fol. 7r), paintings of Zodiac constellations (fols. 8v-14r), planets (fols. 17r-20r) and angels (fols. 21v-24v), with paintings of single flowers in margins (throughout), Almanac (Taqvīm), compendium of calendar information on astronomy, astrology, the natural and occult sciences and comparative calendar systems, composed by Amīr Muḥammad ibn Amīr Ḥasan al-Su`ūdī, copied (and possibly also compiled) by Muḥammad al-Uskudārī (signed fols. 34v, 55r), probably Istanbul, Turkey, dated Sha`ban 1029H (fol. 55r), July 1620.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)

Nesne Adı Codex

Müstensih ve Üretim Yeri Muḥammad al-Uskudārī, Istanbul (probably)

Yazı Tipi Naskh script