Author
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550, Shahidi Ibrahim Dede, Mustafa Reşit, active 1870, Mustafa Rashid
Author Original
شاهدي ابراهيم دده مصطفى رشيد
Publication Date
1711
Subject
Persian language -- Dictionaries -- Turkish -- Early works to 1800, Turkish poetry -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Turkish -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor, Manuscripts, Persian -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
48 leaves : paper ; 270 x 165 (202 x 91) mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1194781173
Record ID
990068222590106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
Possibly between 1711-1712
Notes
Ms. codex., Title supplied by cataloguer., Incipit: "In the name of the Creator of Revelation, the Old One, the Mighty One, the Seer and the Knower", Explicit: "Faelatan Faelatan Faelatan Bo Ketabi Okern Eij Ab Wahiat Shahadi Yeh Har Kim Ilrese Dua Ide Mahsherda Interfaa Mustafa", Collation: ii, 4 V(40), IV (48); quinions followed by a quaternion; final four leaves left blank; present catchwords; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes inserts and flyleaves)., Layout: Written in 7 lines per page; written area divided into two columns; frame-ruled; marginalia in exquisite shapes, mainly floral, quite artistically arranged., Script: Nasta'līq (talik) ; elegant hand serifless, with the effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes; fully vocalized., Decoration: Superb illuminated headpiece at opening on p.6 consisting of a scalloped w-shaped piece with floral vegetal decoration in pink, lavender, blue, red, and white on fields of gold, blue and green (turquoise), set in a well of red and white and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh); written area throughout surrounded by a gold frame; margins and columns within also outlined by golden rules; red discs accent the text; whole passages of the gloss rubricated or chrysographed to set off the designs., Support: European laid paper with 12 laid lines per cm. (horizontal), chain lines spaced 20-21 mm. separate (vertical) and assorted raisin watermarks including grapes under cartouche and crown (p.92, etc.), grapes alone (p.16, etc.) and cartouche alone, dark cream in color, fairly translucent though sturdy, crisp, highly sized and burnished to glossy; flyleaves in a different European laid paper with three hats watermark., Binding: Pasteboards (quite thin, semi-limp) covered in dark maroon leather; Type III binding (without flap); doublures in marbled paper (in pink, yellow, blue); upper and lower covers carry gold-tooled borders and accents; sewn in pink thread, four stations; only traces of endband primaries remain; overall in fair condition with some abrasion, staining, lifting of spine leather, etc., Former shelfmark: "428 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on recto of front flyleaf (p.1); "122" inscribed in pencil on 'title page' (p.5)., Origin: As appears at the close in the margin of p.92, date of 1123 [1711 or 12] accompanying presentation statement to "the late" Damat İbrahim Paşa [perhaps the earlier but not Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Paşa (d.1730) who was not even married to Fatma Sultan until 1717]. Paper, etc. are entirely consistent with an 18th century dating., Several former owners' marks on front flyleaf (p.1) and 'title page' (p.5) including statement dated 15 Dhū al-Qaʻdah [?] 1219 [ca. 15 February 1805] in the name of Genç Mehmet Paşazade İbrahim, a statement dated 3 Jumādá 1221 [ca. 19 July 1806], two illegible circular seal impressions, statement in name of Abdullah Ömer, statement in name of one Ömer, circular seal impression in name of Mehmet Şükrü dated 1215 [1800 or 1801], two statements (p.1 and p.5) dated 16 Jumādá I 1249 [ca. 1 October 1833] in the name of Naşit Efendi, statement (likely dated 1287 [1870 or 1] in the name of Mustafa Reşit (Muṣṭafá Rashīd / السيد مصطفى راشید) likely son of the grand vizier Mehmet Emin Âli Paşa (d.1871), compare statements (some dated 1286 [1870]) and seal impressions in other manuscripts, including Isl. Ms. 226 and Isl. Ms. 389, along with Isl. Ms. 308, Isl. Ms. 399 and Isl. Ms. 409 ; extensive marginal glosses, which through p.70 appear in a splendid layout of floral and geometric shapes (flowers in vases, cypress tree or sword, etc.) in red, black, blue and green inks. Presentation statement at close reads "داماد ابراهيم باشا Ms. 399, Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl.
Sample Text
Elegant copy of the well-known versified Persian-Turkish vocabulary of Şâhidî İbrahim Dede of Muğla (d.1550) with extensive marginal glosses in exquisite shapes.
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Mustafa Reşit, active 1870, former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251210
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Dictionaries, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Abdul Hamid Collection.
Referanslar
Brit. Mus. Cat. Turkish MSS., pp.139-141
Elde Ediliş
Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham).
Konular (Diğer)
Headpieces (layout features)
