Publication Date
1534
Publication Place
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[1534]
Subject
Sufism—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton, Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic Empire—16th century
Type
kitap
Language
Ottoman
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
116
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9973463813506421
Record ID
sf268d283
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 1706
Date
1534-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1534
Notes
Unidentified Sufi prose treatise (fol. 1b-94a), described by the author as a name-yi firak or name-yi firqa (fol. 3a), and an incomplete mesnevi poem (94b-114b). Take a look at it. ia-1a, 115a-116b. | Ms. codex., Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in miniscule nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Some leaves are dyed yellow. Text framed in gold on fol. 1b-2a, with small illuminated unvan in gold and blue. Remainder of text framed in red; mesnevi in two columns separated by double red lines. Fol. 1-10 and other leaves in ms. detached. Some staining, smudging, and insect damage., Origin: 1 Rabīʻ I 941 H [10 September 1534], by Mehmet bin Yahya (fol. 94a)., Incipit (text 1): In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, the beginning of the lights of an ancient speech, the beginning of a copy, the signature of a religion whose conclusion is “Raa’a” and not those who go astray., Incipit (text 2): Joe, in the name of God God Al-Badr is in the form of a key * I am here, Fatah, Key, Atdi Fatah | Full brown leather over boards with blind-stamped central mandorla and fillets; yellow paper doubles. Front cover and first five leaves detached. | Owner's note by Mehmet Nurî Efendi on inner front cover, fol. ib. The date 1243 H [1827 or 8] is noted on fol. ia. Two owner's stamps on fol. 1a.
Koleksiyonlar
Digitized Manuscripts, Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts, Patron Requests
