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Or 13201

Record Id:

032-003470956

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003470956

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100091961450.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 13201

Title:

Nevadirü'l-garâip ve mevaridü'l-acayip - نوادر الغرائب وموادر العجائب

Scope & Content:

An Ottoman Turkish translation of the Kharīdat al-ᶜajāᵓib wa farīdat al-gharāᵓib (خريدة العجائب وفريدة الغرائب), a cosmographical work by Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ᶜUmar ibn al-Wardī (died 850 AH/1446 CE). The translator's name is Mahmud el-Hatip el-Rumî and the date of composition of the work is 970 AH (1562-63 CE). The work is dedicated to Osman Şah ibn-i İskender.

This manuscript contains a coloured map of the world (ff 2v-3r) as well as a plan of Mecca on f 55v. In the plan, the Kaaba is featured at the centre and is surrounded by structures indicating various places of religious importance within its vicinity. This is further surrounded by a ring that contains the names of important places within the Muslim world (?).

Folio 1v features an Ottoman-style unvan with floral motifs in blue, red and gold inks. Folio 24v contains a chapter (?) title enclosed within illumination in the shape of a Nilometer painted in red, blue, black and gold inks.

The manuscript was copied in 972 AH (1564-65 CE) by Mustafa ibn-i Hüseyn at Yenibazar and is fully vocalized.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003470956

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Hierarchy:

032-003470956

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 text, 290 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic
Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

0972

End Date:

0972

Date Range:

972

Calendar:

Hijri qamari

Era:

Place of Origin:

Yenibazar, Turkey.

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Paper

Dimensions : 250 mm x 175 mm

Foliation : European, 290 ff

Ruling : Text boxes of 168 mm x 104 mm, considerable marginalia

Script : Nesih

Ink : Primarily black ink, including for titles, red ink for catchwords and punctuations, blue for text boxes and occasional use of gold leaf for illumination and roundels between sentences at the start of the text. Some titles are in a yellowish ink, the colour of which might be the effect of damp and water damage.

Binding : Contemporary Ottoman binding with flap.

Custodial History:

Folio 1r contains an ownership statement containing the text:

الفقير محمد الشهر بنظيف غفى عنه

as well as an ownership seal bearing the text:

بحمد الله كه نامم محمد شد

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher in October 1969.

Information About Copies:

For other copies, see Karatay I, pp. 444-445, Tornberg, p. 315, and Blochet, A. F. 151.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Related Material:

Other copies of this text can be found at Or 7304 and Or 12824.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Or 12824
Or 7304