Author
Abdullah Yenişehirli, -1742 or 1743
Publication Date
[1759]
Subject
Fatwas—Turkey—Early works to 1800[Browse]Islamic law—Sources—Early works to 1800[Browse]Advisory opinions (Islamic law)—Early works to 1800[Browse]Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton[Browse]
Type
kitap
Language
Ottoman
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
263
Physical Dimensions
263 leaves : paper ; 326 x 180 (232 x 84) mm. bound to 326 x 195 mm.
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
173259418
Record ID
9952877353506421
Date
[1759]
Notes
Ms. codex.Title from fol. 1a (repeated as ʻunwān on fol. 7b).Copied by Mustafa ibn Mehmet ibn Ahmet and completed the 14th of Ṣafar 1173 (1759) -- colophon (fol. 261a).27 lines per page. Written in a medium small, fairly casual naskh with elements of nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is written inside a single line frame in red ink. Margins also outlined in a single line of red ink. On fol. 7b-8a the frames and the margins are in gold ink outlined in black ink, and fol. 7b has a simple illuminated head piece (ʻunwān) in gold and red with the title inside it in black ink. Marginal annotations in Arabic. Fol. 2b-5a have a table of contents in black and red ink. Ownership statement in silver glitter ink on fol. 1a. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper.Incipit: الحمد لله الذي احكم احكام الشرع علي احسن الترتيب والنظام ... وبعد فيقول الفقير الي الله الغني محمد - Brown leather with envelope flap. Blind fillets around the edges of covers and the envelope flap. Blind stamped mandorlas (with different leather pasted over and evidence of gilding) with pendants in the centre of covers. A small medallion on the envelope flap, blind stamped, and then covered in red leather and gilt. Pastedowns and lining to the envelope flap in light purple paper. Lining to the fore edge flap in brown leather. - A collection of fetvas.
Dil Notu
In Ottoman Turkish (with marginal annotations in Arabic).
Kaynak
Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
Edinme Kaynağı
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Standart Başlık
Behcet ül-fetava maan-nükul[Browse]بهجت الفتاواى مع النقول[Browse]