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31. Or 12992

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 12992
Title:
Meşairü'ş-şuara - مشاعر الشعراء
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the well-known Tezkire of Aşık Çelebi (died 979 AH/1571-72 CE). The names of the poets whose biographies are provided in the text are painted inside gold circles, and the marginal illumination is most likely a later addition to the text. The first folio has also been resto...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 17th century
Extent:
1 text, 303 ff

32. Or 13051

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13051
Title:
Tezkire-yi Riyazi - تذکرۀ ریاضی
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the biographies of Ottoman Turkish poets with examples of their verses. The author, Riyazi (died 1054 AH/1644-45 CE), completed this work in 1018 AH (1609 CE) and dedicated it to Sultan Ahmet I. It is a work of very considerable value for the literary history of this period....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1337
Extent:
1 text, 165 ff

33. Or 13121

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13121
Title:
Firdevs el-mevaiz - فردوس المواعظ
Scope & Content:
This volume contains anecdotes of holy personages divided into 20 ebvap. The ten anecdotes in each bab are arranged according to the religious virtues, pious practices, and supernatural gifts that they illustrate. This is a recension, without the name of the author provided, of the Tezkiretü'-ev...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
972
Extent:
1 text, 90 ff

34. Or 13858

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13858
Title:
Tezkiretü'ş-şuara - تذكرة الشعراء
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the biographies of Ottoman poets with selected poems of theirs, compiled by Kınalızade Hasan Çelebi (died 1012 AH/1603-04 CE). The text features a small illuminated şemse (f 2r), an illuminated serlevha (f 2v), and a chronological diagram (f 260v). The volume shows slight...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1013
Extent:
1 text, 260 ff