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
Manuscript, on paper, of Ustuvani Mehmet Efendi, a treatise on Islamic jurisprudence which also discusses principles of faith, worship, and prayer
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title from text heading (f. 1b)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 11 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Naskh., Binding: Flap binding, blind-tooled leather, repaired and rebacked. Covers with blind-tooled central mandorla and other decoration; spine in six compartments with blind-tooled flowers., Decoration: Text frames throughout, rubrication., Mathematical calculations in contemporary hand on front pastedown. Pen trials on rear pastedown., and Some loss of text due to repairs.
"This edition of nine engravings is limited to 44 numbered and signed copies, of which numbers 1 to 14 form a de luxe edition hand colored by the artist. Another 10 copies lettered from A to J are not for sale. The nine line engravings on copper have been printed on the hand press of Atelier 17. Design, typography and printing by the Gemor Press. New York June 1947"--Colophon. and BEIN 2014 Folio 604: Includes duplication of p. [7-8] and p. [29-30]; copy no. 19.
Publisher:
Gemor Press,
Subject (Name):
Bewley, Marius, Bourgeois, Louise,--1911-2010, and Gemor Press