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Or 11093
- Record Id:
- 032-003904396
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003904396
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122056362.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 11093
- Title:
- Kitab-i Cevahirname - كتاب جواهرنامه
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a treatise on precious stones (including substances like musk and ambergris) written in 917 AH (1511-12 CE) by Yahya İbn-i Mehmet el-Gaffari, who dedicated it to Prince Korkut, son of Sultan Bayezit II.
It consists of four mehazin, which are subdivided into evbap. The work is a translation (f 5r), most probably from the Persian for the author states that he has drawn freely from the material in the Tansūqnāmah-i Īlkhānī (تنسوقنامۀ ایلخانی) and the Jawharnāmah-i jadīd (جوهرنامۀ جدید) (ff 5r, 83r).
Although the work is usually referred to as the Cevhername in the text itself, the correct title (which forms a chronogram for the date of composition), Yakutatu'l-mehazin fi cevher il-maadin, appears on f 5v.
This manuscript was copied in 953 AH (1546-47 CE) by Hüseyin İbn-i Mehmet.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003904396", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 11093: Kitab-i Cevahirname - كتاب جواهرنامه" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003904396
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003904396
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 83 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1546
- End Date:
- 1547
- Date Range:
- 953
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 83 ff
Dimensions : 209 mm x 148 mm
Ruling : Red-ruled text frames
Script : Nesih
Ink : Main text in black ink, with red for headers, titles, and separators; unvan in blue and gold ink
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 11 May 1929.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Geology
Minerals - Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe