[Layla and Majnun, late 16th century AD?].
(ليلى ومجنون اواخر القرن م؟)

Title [Layla and Majnun, late 16th century AD?].
Title Original ليلى ومجنون اواخر القرن م؟
Author فضولي 1495?-1556., Abdulhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918
Author Original فضولي
Publication Date: [15--?]
Publication Place - [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [15--?].
Subject Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Love poetry, Turkish Manuscripts, Turkish Turkish poetry Michigan—Ann Arbor Early works 1500-1599 Library of Congress Subject Headings Turkish poetry—16th century Love poetry, Turkish—Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Turkish—Michigan—Ann Arbor Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière Manuscrits turcs—Michigan—Ann Arbor Art & Architecture Thesaurus Headpiece (layout features)
Type Book
Language Ottoman
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (62 leaves) : paper
Library: McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID 1420514871
Record ID 1420514871
Date [15--?]
Notes Former shelfmark: "٤٨٨" inscribed in black ink on upper cover label; "141 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2); "٤٠٩" in black on upper cover. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloguer. Collation: i, I (2), 3 IV(26), III+1 (33), IV-1 (40), 2 IV(56), III (62); chiefly quaternions and ternions; final leaves lacking; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and skips two pages between pp. 119-120). Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns; frame-ruled. Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; exquisite hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes. Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by scalloped domes (in gold and red) and surrounded by swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red, white, turquoise, lavender, etc. on a lapis lazuli ground and bordered in a band of heavy gold interlace, surmounted by rectangular piece evoking a row of scalloped domes in gold and lapis lazuli filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, turquoise, lavender, white, red, etc., entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and vegetal decoration in gold ; four half-page miniatures (wider than the written area), including miniature depicting Laylá and Qays (Majnūn) at school on p.27, miniature depicting Majnūn in the wilderness on p.60, miniature depicting Majnūn's family visiting him in the wilderness on p.81, and miniature depicting Laylá visiting Majnūn in the wilderness on p.111 ; written area surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords and section headings chrysographed. Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, transluscent, sturdy, beige in color, burnished; front flyleaf and repairs in European laid paper. Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (once with flap, now lost) ; doublures in dark red leather ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold painted (with recessed onlays) mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as tooled border ; sewn in heavy cream thread, two stations ; overall in quite poor condition with much abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, loss of flap, spine lining exposed, etc. Origin: Lacks dated colophon; paper, decoration, etc. suggest late 16th century. Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 417. Incipit: "اى نشاء حسنى عشقه تاثير قلن عشق ايله نباى دهرى تعمير قلن ..."
Yazar Rolü Former owner,
Veritabanı WorldCat
Tür Headpiece (layout features) Early works Early works to 1800.
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi Various excerpts and doodles on front flyleaf (p. 1-2) and 'title page' (p.3) ; trace of a circular seal impression in margin of p.20 ; almond-shaped seal impression on p.83.
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[Layla and Majnun, late 16th century AD?].

(ليلى ومجنون اواخر القرن م؟)
Author فضولي 1495?-1556., Abdulhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918
Author Original فضولي
Publication Date [15--?]
Publication Place - [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [15--?].
Subject Faceted Application of Subject Terminology Love poetry, Turkish Manuscripts, Turkish Turkish poetry Michigan—Ann Arbor Early works 1500-1599 Library of Congress Subject Headings Turkish poetry—16th century Love poetry, Turkish—Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Turkish—Michigan—Ann Arbor Répertoire de Vedettes-Matière Manuscrits turcs—Michigan—Ann Arbor Art & Architecture Thesaurus Headpiece (layout features)
Type Book
Language Ottoman
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (62 leaves) : paper
Library McGill University Libraries
Library Asset ID 1420514871
Record ID 1420514871
Date [15--?]
Notes Former shelfmark: "٤٨٨" inscribed in black ink on upper cover label; "141 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf (p.2); "٤٠٩" in black on upper cover. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloguer. Collation: i, I (2), 3 IV(26), III+1 (33), IV-1 (40), 2 IV(56), III (62); chiefly quaternions and ternions; final leaves lacking; catchwords present; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes flyleaves and skips two pages between pp. 119-120). Layout: Written in 14 lines per page, mainly divided to two columns; frame-ruled. Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; exquisite hand ; serifless, with effect of words descending to baseline, closed counters, and elongated horizontal strokes. Decoration: Exquisite illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.4 consisting of large rectangular piece with empty gold cartouche flanked by scalloped domes (in gold and red) and surrounded by swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, red, white, turquoise, lavender, etc. on a lapis lazuli ground and bordered in a band of heavy gold interlace, surmounted by rectangular piece evoking a row of scalloped domes in gold and lapis lazuli filled with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, turquoise, lavender, white, red, etc., entire piece surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) in blue and vegetal decoration in gold ; four half-page miniatures (wider than the written area), including miniature depicting Laylá and Qays (Majnūn) at school on p.27, miniature depicting Majnūn in the wilderness on p.60, miniature depicting Majnūn's family visiting him in the wilderness on p.81, and miniature depicting Laylá visiting Majnūn in the wilderness on p.111 ; written area surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets with outermost blue rule, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black fillets ; keywords and section headings chrysographed. Support: non-European laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (horizontal or vertical, indistinct, some curving) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, transluscent, sturdy, beige in color, burnished; front flyleaf and repairs in European laid paper. Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (once with flap, now lost) ; doublures in dark red leather ; upper and lower covers carry stamped and gold painted (with recessed onlays) mandorla (filled with vegetal composition, compare Déroche class. NSd 7) and pendants, as well as tooled border ; sewn in heavy cream thread, two stations ; overall in quite poor condition with much abrasion, staining, lifting and losses of leather, delamination of boards, loss of flap, spine lining exposed, etc. Origin: Lacks dated colophon; paper, decoration, etc. suggest late 16th century. Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 417. Incipit: "اى نشاء حسنى عشقه تاثير قلن عشق ايله نباى دهرى تعمير قلن ..."
Yazar Rolü Former owner,
Veritabanı WorldCat
Tür Headpiece (layout features) Early works Early works to 1800.
Sahiplik/Koruma Geçmişi Various excerpts and doodles on front flyleaf (p. 1-2) and 'title page' (p.3) ; trace of a circular seal impression in margin of p.20 ; almond-shaped seal impression on p.83.
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