Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of a cönk, a mecmū'a of folkloric poetry, containing ilahis (hymns), nefes (mystical poems), gazels, masnavis, and excerpts of Sufi mystical poets, written in several hands. Poets excerpted include Ahmedî, Pir Abdal (پير ابدال), Yunus Emre (يونس امري), Eşrefoğlu Abdullah Rûmî (أشرف أوغلو عبد الله الرومي), Âşık Viranî (ويرانى), Ismāʻīl I, Shah of Iran (Hatayî/خطايي), and Sezaî (سزائيى). Some pages blank
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish., Title assigned by cataloger. Title at head of table of contents, indicating the maqams: Fihrist-i maḳāmāt-ı be ḳavl-i [...] (...فهرس مقامات بقول)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 10-20 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'liq., Binding: Gold-tooled central mandorla and frames over brown leather on paper pasteboard on covers, cloth tape spine., Decoration: Illuminated gold headpiece and frame on opening folio; text frames in green, writing surface painted silver; rubrication., and Contemporary manuscript annotations in several hands (f. ia): 'Alī (علي), Aliağa (علي اغا), Ḥasan (حسن), Ḥüseyin (حسين), Allāh (الله), Muḥammed (محمد).
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Masnavis, Turkish, and Turkish poetry
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550 شاهيدي ابراهيم ده ده
Published / Created:
1500-1699.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 257
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Kitāb-Şāhidī by Muġlavī Şāhidī İbrāhīm Dede, a Persian-Turkish dictionary in mes̲nevī rhyme
Alternative Title:
Ṭuḥfe-i Şāhidī and تحفه شاهيدي
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Persian., Title from text opening., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 15 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Naskh., Binding: Flap binding, marbled paper over paper pasteboards, brown leather spine. Upper board covered in repoussé/chased metal depicting two peacocks standing in a vegetation., Decoration: Illuminated opening bifolium with full-page miniature of a seated man on verso and floral decoration on facing recto. Illuminated floral headpiece at head of text; illuminated text frames; rubrication., and Later manuscript annotations on front and back pastedown. Calligraphic Besmele ( بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) (f. 1a).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Turkish, Persian language, and Turkish