Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendiفتاواي عبد الرحيمMenteşzâde, Abdürrahim, -1716منتشزاده عبد الرحيم1700-1799.otaaraIlluminated manuscript on paper of Fetāvā-yı ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi by Menteşzāde ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi, a collection of fetvās (legal opinions). Includes a table of contents (ff. 1a-11a). Extensive marginal commentary throughout including responses to legal questionsIn Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic.Title assigned by cataloger.Romanization supplied by cataloger.Layout: Single column of 33 lines. Catchword on each verso.Script: Nasta‘līq.Binding: Brown leather over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled and painted, with central mandorla and pendants covered in embossed paper, now damaged.Decoration: Illuminated text frames throughout, rubrication.Pagination added by a later hand to folios bearing text, with f. 12a numbered p. 1, f. 13a numbered p. 2, and so on.Contemporary manuscript notes on related legal opinions tipped in (ff. 47-48, 181-182).Contemporary manuscript annotations in at least three hands, including notes on Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendi (front pastedown, recto front flyleaf) and on legal matters (recto front and rear flyleaves). Protective charm against bookworms: Yā Kebīkec (يا كبكج) (ff. 1a, 12a).Accompanied by notes on legal questions (2 leaves).