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Language Turkish, Ottoman Subject Divination--Early works to 1800 Level [32] Fonds

1. Add MS 5983

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Add MS 5983
Title:
[Ottoman Turkish Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following five texts : (I) ff 8v-14v : Kitabü'r-remel fi Şeyh ez-Zenati Rahmet Allah aleyhi, a book of remel authored by Abdullah İbn-i Mehmet İbn-i Osman Zenati el-Magribi ; (II) ff 16v-47v : Haza Kitab-i Tali'-i Mevlut, a treatise on horoscopes. Hayreddin the astro...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1193
Extent:
5 texts, 186 ff

2. Add MS 7890

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Add MS 7890
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following six texts in Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and Arabic : (I) ff 1v-36r : A model letter collection for the use of military officers. It contains models of letters by Zağarcıbaşılar, Çorbacıbaşılar, Turnacıbaşıları, and others to the Kâya Bey, or the Ağa of Janissa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
6 texts, 139 ff

3. Add MS 7903

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Add MS 7903
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following six works : (I) ff 8v-12r : Segirname, under the heading Segirname-yi Zu'l-karneyn aleyhi es-salam fi beyan Aristatelis Hekim; (II) ff 12v-41v : A tabirname, or interpretation of dreams, in 53 ebvap, agreeing, substantially, with Add MS 7902 but with a diffe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
988
Extent:
6 texts, 80 ff

4. Add MS 9702

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Add MS 9702
Title:
[Ottoman Mecmua of Divination]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two texts : (I) ff 1v-45v : Haza er-risale fi beyan er-remel an telif-i Daniyal nebi aleyhi as-salah ve's-salam, a book of divination (Kitab-i Remel) by dots ascribed to the Prophet Daniel. The figures used in this mode of divination consist of sixteen combin...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
2 texts, 126 ff

5. Or 7284

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7284
Title:
[Kitab-i Remel] - [كتاب رمل]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains two tracts on remel or divination by means of dots. The first of these (ff 3v-71r) is anonymous with no title and begins abruptly with a chapter heading. There are many marginal diagrams of various figures and tables on ff 14v, 29v-31r, 58v-62v, and 66v-70v. The text runs on...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
Codex, 97 ff

6. Or 11065

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Or 11065
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following tracts largely on the topic of divination : (I) ff 1v-6v : Şerh-i ruzname, followed by an Arabic poem about the Twelve Imams (ff 6r-v) ; (II) ff 6v-7r : Eyam-i nuhus, a short poem on the unlucky days ; (III) ff 7r-11r : A poem on the lucky and unlucky ass...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
7 texts, 92 ff

7. Or 11169

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11169
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following texts : (I) ff 2v-34v : A number of fetava ; (II) ff 2v-34v : Tarif-i ufuk, a tract on optics that does not bear the name of its author ; (III) ff 35r-v : A short note on remel, and a prayer in Arabic, followed by a letter in Ottoman Turkish. This manus...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Codex, 35 ff

8. Or 12418

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Or 12418
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following four texts : (I) ff 1v-37r : Genealogical tables of various Muslim dynasties, starting with the Mamluks and ending with the Selcuks, with a brief outline of each reign ; (II) ff 37r-43v : Tabirname-yi muhtasar, short tracts on remel (divination) and on the i...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
4 texts, 89 ff

9. Or 12669

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12669
Title:
Kiyafet el-firaset - كيافة الفراست
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a treatise on palmistry with diagrams composed by Nesimi in the reign of Murat III (reigned 1574-95 CE). The text contains seven diagrams of open palms with alchemical (?) symbols drawn on them, and, occasionally, explanatory text, on ff 2v, 3r, 3v, 4r, 4v, 5r, and 10v. Ther...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1318-1319
Extent:
2 texts, 24 ff

10. Or 13909

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13909
Title:
Semere, şerh-i Kitab-i şecere - ثمره شرح كتاب شجره
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the Kitab-i secere, a treatise on geomancy, as well as a commentary on it. According to the preface, the book Şecere was originally composed in Greek; it was rendered into Arabic by Imām Mā Shā’ Allāh Miṣrī, then subsequently from Arabic into Persian and thence into Ottoman ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Extent:
1 text, 148 ff