Author
Süleyman Çelebi, -1422?, Süleyman Çelebi, Mehmet bin Mahmut, Mohammad bin Mahmud
Author Original
سليمان چلبي محمد بن محمود
Publication Date
1700
Subject
Muḥammad, Prophet, -632 -- Poetry, Mawlid al-Nabī in literature, Turkish poetry -- 15th century, Masnavis, Turkish -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Turkish -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
tur, ota
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
10 leaves : paper ; 182 x 116 (123 x 73) mm. bound to 187 x 118 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194863385
Record ID
990068224330106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
18th century (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from headpiece at opening (p.2) and colophon (p.17)., Incipit: “God has judged the remembrance of His hand, why is it the first duty or the most severe sentence in speech...”, Explicit: “Kardiller sez buleh sez utden nijat ashqla dardelah dan yik dan dalala yah... Your nation is old, I will serve you, I will serve you, I will serve you... Imddan Razi Olson, the first appointed person, may God have mercy on them all", Colophon: "Scribal", reads "Praise be to God who enabled me to write Mawlid Sharif, and with His grace I am pleased to complete the retouching of his books by the despicable one in need of the mercy of his Lord, the worshiped Muhammad bin Mahmoud, one of the disciples of Suleiman Effendi Al-Iskadiari, praising God Almighty and praying upon his Prophet Muhammad and his pure God.”, Collation: ii, IV+2 (10), ii ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing (skips opening leaf)., Layout: Written in 11 lines per page ; divided into two columns to set off poetry; section headings centered; frame-ruled., Script: Naskh ; elegant Ottoman hand ; Partially seriffed with right-sloping head-serifs on lām, ṭāʼ, ẓāʼ but not alif, effect of tilt to the left, curvilinear descenders (some sweeping, final nūn, etc.), rightward descenders tapered, mainly open counters, pointing in distinct dots; fully vocalized., Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece with gold cartouche carrying the title in white (This is an honorable child) surrounded by swirling floral vegetable decoration and chi clouds in gold, lavender, red, white, and turquoise (light blue-green) on fields of dark cream with gold accents and lapis lazuli, surmounted by Scalloped w-shaped piece filled with similar floral vegetable and chi cloud motifs, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh), entire piece surrounded by border or well in red with white accents; illuminated floral motifs set off headings and colophon ; written area surrounded by heavy gold frame outlined by black fillets with outermost blue rule; Section headings and musical annotations in margins rubricated., Support: non-European laid paper with 7-8 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines visible, crisp, well-burnished, sturdy, beige / buff in color., Binding: Pasteboards faced in quite dark brown (to black) leather and now edged in dark maroon leather (likely repair); now Type III binding (without flap) but not flush with text block ; pastedowns and flyleaves in bright spring green surface-dyed wove paper; upper and lower covers carry heavily recessed stamped and gold-painted scalloped mandorla (filled with vegetable decoration, compare Deroche class. NSd 9) and pendants, with gold-painted accents and tooled borders; sewn in heavy yellow thread, four stations; overall in good condition with only minor abrasion (mainly at spine and board edges), etc. ; Evidence of envelope flap on opening leaf indicates that this cover once had a flap or text block was once covered in a different binding (with a flap)., Former shelfmark: "361 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf., Origin: As appears in colophon on p.17, copied by Mehmet bin Mahmut (Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd), a student of Süleyman Efendi of Üsküdar, with date transcription completed not specified ; decoration, paper, etc. suggest 18th century., The musical modes employed in singing the verses in margins specifying degrees of the scale (Dukah, Hosseini, Saba, etc.); Fairly clean copy., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 406
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the famous poem in praise of the Prophet by Süleyman Çelebi of Bursa (d.1422?). Contributions to the cataloguing by Mehmet Uğur Ekinci.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Mehmet bin Mahmut, scribe.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251211
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Cat. Turk. MSS. Brit. Mus., p.240
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
