Author
Lami Çelebi, Mahmud b. Osman, 1472-1532, Mahmud ibn Othman Lami al-Chalbi
Publication Date
1590
Subject
Ikhwan al-Safa, Islamic philosophy, Islamic ethics, Turkish manuscripts-İstanbul-Turkey
Type
Book
Language
ota ,ara ,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
ii, 86 leaves
Library
IRCICA Library
Library Asset ID
Ms.3
Record ID
a70a510b-d04b-4506-865b-2d9707def7c0
Library Location
IRCICA Library
Date
1590
Notes
1v-84v; Title from fol. 1r, bottom edge; Name of the author from fol. 1r; Colophon dated 998 (1590); A loose translation of the 21st risala of Rasail Ikhwan al-Safa., Layout: Written in 25 lines per page, one column in gold and black borders (1v-2r in gold, black and blue borders), some poems in 3 or 4 columns., Script: Calligraphic nastaliq script, name of the author and the title in riqa` script, black ink with headers, overlinings and dots (durak) in red and blue, unwan in white., Decoration: Illuminated unwan in gold background; dots (durak) with gold (1r)., Binding: Brown leather binding, with gold borders., A few stains and wormholes, but a good copy., With watermark; Catchwords present., Incipit (1v):
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Merciful, the Fatiha of Kanj, the old word of this book, we speak to you with truth, we were not copying it, we were doing it, Explicit (84v):
Farmanak Olub Toghra line of Qadha. Orson's decrees, every time the signature of fate..., Colophon (84v): The theme of the book is Ba'un Allah al-Malik al-Wahhab
Atıf
Boogert, Nico, Catalogue 635: Islamic manuscripts, Leiden: Smitskamp, 2002, pp. 43-44, 46
Edinim Yöntemi (DCTerms)
Gift of Sultan b. Muhammad al-Qasimi (Ruler of Sharjah), 2002
