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Or 13054
- Record Id:
- 032-003463372
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003463372
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086488556.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13054
- Title:
- Hamayil - حمائيل
- Scope & Content:
-
A miscellany of prayers and religious tracts in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and a Slavic dialect used by the Lithuanian Tatars, written in Arabic script.
This manuscript was copied in 1828 by Mustafa Bahdanovich in Tatar Street in the city of Slonim (Belarus).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003463372", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 13054: Hamayil - حمائيل" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003463372
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003463372
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- Codex, 240 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Slavic languages
Turkish, Ottoman - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1828
- End Date:
- 1828
- Date Range:
- 1828
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Slonim, Belarus.
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Dimensions : 173 mm x 102 mm
Foliation : European, 240 ff
Ruling : No text boxes, texts occasionally written inside circles
Script : Nesih
Ink : Black ink with catchwords, titles, and occasional special passages in reddish-orange
Binding : British Museum binding
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in January 1967.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Belarus, Europe
- Related Material:
- For more information on the manuscript's genre and context, see Meredith-Owens, G. M. and Nadson, Alexander, 'The Byelorussian Tartars and their Writings,' The Journal of Byelorussian Studies, 2:2 (1970), pp. 140-176. https://brill.com/view/journals/bela/2/2/article-p140_1.xml?language=en&ebody=pdf-46507 ; and Lewicka, Magdalena, 'The Literature of the Tatars of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - characteristics of the Tatar writings and areas of research,' Journal of Language and Cultural Education, 4:1 (2016), pp. 1-16. https://www.sciendo.com/pdf/10.1515/jolace-2016-0001