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561. Or 13144/22

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13144/22
Title:
Taedong yǒjido. Che 22-p'ok
Scope & Content:
Map 22 of a set of 22maps ofKorea compiled by Kim Chŏng-ho 金正浩 (d 1866?). The manuscript is undated but must have been produced between 1861, when Taedong yǒjido was compiled, and 1897, when the set was acquired by the British Museum. List of contents on front cover: 大東京兆.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Korean
Date Range:
1861-1897
Extent:
1 sheet

562. Or 13763/A-D

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13763/A-D
Title:
[Four Ottoman dépoussé works]
Scope & Content:
Or 13763 also contained four fine examples of Ottoman cut-out or dépoussé work n coloured paper. These have been mounted separately between glass and assigned the letters A, B, C, and D. A consists of a landscape with animals, birds, a tree, and other plants. B contains two vases, one very o...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
4 items

563. Or 14185A

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14185A
Title:
Treatise on magic, astrology and divination
Scope & Content:
An Armenian manuscriptcontaining: A treatise on magic, astrologyand divination, including prayers, invocations, powerful names and crudesketches of figures or radiant faces surrounded by pseudo-letters, and largesections of leaves divided into compartments filled with text, symbols, numerals. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, and Persian
Date Range:
Second half of the 17th century
Extent:
1 text, 243 ff

564. Or 14185B

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14185B
Title:
Notes and summary on an Armenian treatise on magic
Scope & Content:
An Armenian manuscriptcontaining containing notes on the contents of Or 14185A. Alongside the summaries of the initial manuscript, it includes some sketches in pen and pencil of the illustrations and diagrams in the original work. The notes were likely made during the 19th century CE.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Armenian, and Persian
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 54 ff

565. Or 14396 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14396 (1)
Title:
[Divan-i Azmi] – [ديوان عزمى]
Scope & Content:
This section (1v-51r) of Or 14396 contains the Divan of Ahmed Azmi of Amid (Diyarbakır), who died in 1247 AH/1831 CE. Azmi was born in Diyarbakır and received a good education, achieving a strong command of Arabic and Persian. He travelled extensively, visiting Istanbul, Erzurum, Bitlis, Damasc...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1340
Extent:
50 ff (1v-51r)

566. Or 14396 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14396 (2)
Title:
[Mecmua of Ottoman Turkish poetry]
Scope & Content:
This section (ff 52r-102v) of Or 14396 contains a selection of gazeliyat, müfredat, kıta‘at, muhammesat, and müseddesat by numerous poets. These include Osman Nuri Paşa, Amidi, Ahmet Râşit, Baki, Fuzuli, Lebib, Vahib, Hâkî, Nabi, Lütfi, Hayalî, Kâmî, Müfit, Hami, Ragıp, Nazif, Nedim, Rasih, Bas...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1340
Extent:
50 ff (52r-102v)

567. Or 16122 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16122 (1)
Title:
[Menakıb-ı Ebu Ali Sina ve karındaşı Ebu’l-Haris] - [مناقب ابو علي سينا وقرنداشى ابو الحارث]
Scope & Content:
This section contains mythical narratives of the extraordinary accomplishments of Ebu Ali Sina (Avicenna, who is the subject of a number of such tales) and his twin brother Ebu’l-Haris based on their mastery of alchemy. In the present manuscript, the word sima is used in error for simya in the t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1172
Extent:
24 ff

568. Or 16122 (2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16122 (2)
Title:
Acaibü’l-mahlukat - عجائب المخلوقات
Scope & Content:
This section contains extracts from Yazıcıoğlu Ahmed Bican’s (died after 870 AH/1466 CE) Ottoman Turkish translation of Zakariyya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnī’s (died 682 AH/1283 CE) ‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt, an Arabic work on geography and cosmography. Yazıcıoğlu Ahmed Bican’s translation was the most ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Later 12th century
Extent:
40 ff

569. Or 16122 (3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16122 (3)
Title:
Haza kitab Seyyid Battal Gazi - هذا كتاب سيد بطال غازي
Scope & Content:
This section contains a lengthy Ottoman Turkish version of the popular narrative recounting the heroic exploits of Seyyid Battal Gazi. Little is known of the historical Seyyid Battal, save that he was a gazi who fought under the Umayyads in the early second century AH/eighth century CE. He took...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1183
Extent:
167 ff

570. Or 16237 (1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 16237 (1)
Title:
[Menafiu’n-nas] – [منافع الناس]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a medical treatise, with some passages in verse, by the physician Nidai (died after 975 AH/1567 CE). Known also as Kaysunizade Nidai Mehmed Çelebi, he is not to be confused with Kaysunizade Bedrüddin (died 976 AH/1568 CE), another prominent Ottoman physician and author of Za...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 text, 78 ff

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