Author Original
Lâmiî Çelebi, 1472-1532, creator
Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Karīm, scribe.
لامعي چلبي،, 1472-1532
محمد عبد الكريم،, scribe.
Publication Place
No place, unknown, or undetermined -
Subject
Islamic ethics--Early works to 1800
Islamic stories--Early works to 1800
Tales--Islamic countries--Early works to 1800
Type
Book
Language
Ottoman
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
136 leaves, bound ; 20 cm.
Library
Harvard University | CURIOSity Collections
Record ID
990114381930203941
Library Location
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Date
1572
Notes
Praise be to me, praise and praise be to me, the first one who had mercy on me and the one who knew me, his talent, such inscriptions of my world and the souls of human beings, types of example and added imagination... :Incipit
This honorable book was edited by the poor, weak slave, Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Nahif, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month... :Colophon
19.2 x 13 cm (13.5 x 7.5-8 cm).
Light-cream laid glazed paper. Water stains. Brown leather binding.
According to colophon (f. 136v), copy completed on 25 Shaʻbān 979 AH [January 12, 1572 AD] in the hand of Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Karīm.
Written in naskh script, in one column, 15 lines per page, in black with rubrics and Qur’anic verses in red or red overlined. Red ornamental and punctuation marks in text. Catchwords.
Work composed in 932 AH [1525 or 26 AD].
With: Nasîhat-nâme (ff. 137v-140v) which is an advice poem on health matters, dealing mostly with consumption habits (recommendations include eating small amounts of food, not drinking too much water, not eating fish with milk).
In Ottoman Turkish.
Açıklama
A work in two parts on legendary accounts of holy persons and stories with moral significance.
Tür
Early works to 1800
Şöyle Atıf Yapınız
MS Turk 45. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Dizi
Open Collections Program at Harvard University
