[Poetry anthology in Ottoman Turkish, Persian and Arabic].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Arabic

Persian

Turkish, Ottoman

Subjects (All):

Turkish poetry.

Persian poetry.

Arabic poetry.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic.

Manuscripts, Persian.

Manuscripts, Turkish.

Manuscripts, 17th century.

Manuscripts, 18th century.

manuscripts (documents)

codices (bound manuscripts)

poems

Penn Provenance:

Sold at Bloomsbury Auctions (London), lot 59, April 30, 2019.

Physical Description:

80 leaves : paper ; 213 x 75 (200 x 65) mm bound to 213 x 75 mm.

Place of Publication:

[Turkey?], [between 1650 and 1799?]

Language Note:

Ottoman Turkish and Persian with some Arabic.

Summary:

Small collection of poetry written on a long, narrow notebook bound along the top (safīnah style) chiefly in Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic and Persian; a number of pages are blank.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Contemporary foliation in red ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper center verso.

Layout: 15-21 lines, often at a slight angle; often lines will be offset or in two columns.

Script: Written in naskh and nastaʻlīq in black ink; pointed; some Arabic vocalized.

Decoration: Rubrications in red; pasted on headpiece decoration (front flyleaf recto).

Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with faint blind-stamped central mandorla, frame and corner lines; plain paper doublure;

Origin: The item is undated, probably copied in the mid- to late 17th or 18th century.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 2009.

OCLC:

1130310460