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Or 13837
- Record Id:
- 032-003366549
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003366549
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100040151469.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13837
- Title:
- İskendername - اسكندرنامه
- Scope & Content:
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The didactic poem, based upon the Alexander Romance, by Aḥmedi (died 815 AH/1413-14 CE). The present manuscript is a comparatively early copy and is complete. Of the six manuscripts in the BL, two are defective.
The inscriptions on ff 1r and 2r suggest that the manuscript originally also contained also a Turkish version of Hüsrev ü Şirin; but no traces remain.
The text contains very fine a double-page illuminated unvan with şemseler and corner medallions (ff 2v-3r); double-page illuminated serlevhalar and text openings (ff 3v-4r); and several illuminated panels at intervals throughout the manuscript, which occupy one quarter of the page surface and contain floral motifs and roundels in gold and red.
Copied and illuminated by Derviş Hariri ibn Meḥemmed el-Urmevi. Dated Rebiülahir 859 AH (March-April 1455 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003366549
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003366549
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 141 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1455
- End Date:
- 1455
- Date Range:
- 859
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- AH
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper with light grey gold-sprinkled endpapers
Dimensions : 249 mm x 169 mm
Foliation : European, 141 ff
Pricking and Ruling : Text frames and columns, 17 lines in 4 columns
Script : Nestalik
Binding : 12th/18th or 13th/19th century Ottoman boards in red, with gold tooling, embossed medallion and flap
- Custodial History:
- Formerly Kevorkian Collection, 70.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Library on auction at Sotheby and Co. on 3 April 1978.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ahmedî, 1334?-1413
Alexander, called The Great, 356-323 BC - Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Other copies of the İskendername can be found at Or 1376, Or 7234, Or 13837, Add MS 7905, Add MS 7918, and Harley MS 3273.
Extract of this text can be found at Or 8699 and Or 11056
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 7905
Add MS 7918
Harley MS 3273
Or 1376
Or 7234