Author
Vefa, Şeyh, -1490.
Publication Date
[1744 or 1745?]
Subject
Manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Turkish /
Michigan, Manuscripts, Turkish / Michigan /
Ann Arbor., Perpetual calendars, Perpetual calendars /
Early works to 1800., Islamic calendar, Islamic calendar /
Early works to 1800.
Type
kitap
Language
ota,tur
Digital
No
Manuscript
Unknown
Pages Count
9
Physical Dimensions
9 leaves : paper ; 205 x 143 (176 x 103) mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
006814094
Library Location
University of Michigan
Notes
About: Fine copy of the calendar or almanac of Şeyh Vefa (Muslihittin Mustafa, d.1490) comprised mainly of tables for calendar conversion, etc. with instructions in Turkish. | Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 821
Origin: Lacks dated colophon though discussion on p.1 addresses the year 1126 [1714 or 15] as an example and discussion on p.3 address the years 1064-1066 [1653-6] ; date in diagram on p.3 1157 [1744 or 5] may suggest a date of transcription ; paper, etc. would suggest 17th or 18th century.
Accompanying materials: Slip with notes inserted at close.
Binding: Pasteboards (quite thin) covered in black, red, orange and white mottled paper (sponge painted or faux marbled look) with red leather over spine and edges/turn-ins ; Type III binding (without flap) ; board linings in yellow-tinted wove paper ; sewn in white thread, two stations ; overall in fair with minor pest damage, abrasion, etc.
Support: European laid paper with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical), chain lines spaced 29 mm. apart (horizontal), and three crescents watermark (roughly 80 mm. long, perpendicular to chains, see p.12, etc.), sturdy, cream in color, well-burnished.
Decoration: Written area surrounded by double rule-border in red and black ; keywords, headings and some numerals (in tables and diagrams) rubricated ; numerous tables and diagrams.
Script: Naskh ; clear Turkish hand ; serifless with slight effect of tilt to the left, many closed counters, curvilinear descenders, pointing (for two and three dots) mainly in strokes rather than distinct dots.
Layout: Varies though each page after opening two with circular diagrams (see pp.2-3) typically with 3 lines of text above table and a varying numer of lines adjacent to table ; frame-ruled.
Collation: III+3 (9) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization.
Incipit: "شرح دائره سال حرف يكشنبه اسان وجهله بيان اولندى ... روزنامۀ حضرت شيخ وفا قدس سره اكر يكشنبه حرفندن غفلت اولور ..."
Title from inscription on 'title page' (p.1).
Ms. codex.
Inscription in pencil on 'title page' suggesting contents and book price "Calendar | 8 Piastres" ; effaced inscription below title on 'title page' (p.1) ; excerpts in Arabic following close opening with excerpt from Manāhil al-samar fī manāzil al-qamr of Abū al-Wajāhah al-Murshidī (d.1628 or 9) that opens "الحمد لله الذي ابدع ما في الارض من خلق وما فوق السماء وعالم بالسر والاعلان ومظهر الايات والبرهان ..." (pp.16-17) followed by "صفة المنازل في السماء ..." (p.18) ; relatively clean copy.
