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Or 11928

Record Id:
032-003907679
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
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Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11928
Title:
[Şemsiye] - [شمسيه]
Scope & Content:

This volume contains the following two works :

(I) ff 1v-125v : Şemsiye, a treatise in verse on the prognostics to be drawn from meteorological phenomena according to the month of the solar year in which they appear, written by Yazıcı Salahaddin in 811 AH (1408-09 CE). There is a table of contents at the start of the text. The work was copied in 1164 AH (1750-51 CE) ;

(II) ff 126r-155v : Melheme, a prose tract that is to all intents and purposes an abbreviation of the poem already mentioned. It is said to be by Yazıcı Salahaddin. This treatise was also copied in 1164 AH (1750-51 CE) in the same hand as that of the Şemsiye.

The volume contains a single unvan.

Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
2 texts, 155 ff
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Scripts:
Arabic
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1751
Date Range:
1164
Calendar:
Hijri qamari
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Materials : Paper

Foliation : European, 155 ff

Dimensions : 220 mm x 156 mm

Ruling : The Şemsiye was copied within red-ruled text frames

Script : Nesih

Custodial History:
A partially-legible inscription on f 155v states that the work was the property of ?? Yukagili (?) Nazrayi (?) Ummi Aylu (?) el-Seyit el-Hac Ahmet İbnü'l-Seyit el-Hac Mustafa 'her kim vakfihi ede ede dua etsin şamaat ebuh Muhammad Salla Allah taali aleyhi wa sallamuhu', and is dated 1251 AH (1835-36 CE).
Source of Acquisition:
Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 30 December 1949.
Information About Copies:

For other copies of the Şemsiye, see Rossi, pp. 88-89; Flügel, Vienna Catalogue II, p. 491; and Blochet S. 541.

For another copy of the Melheme, see Karatay II, p. 331, where the title is given as Ruzname-i Melheme.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Subjects:
Climate
Meteorology
Weather
Places:
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
Related Material:

For Cevri's recension of the Melheme, see Or 1170 and Or 13366.

For more information about Yazıcı Salahaddin, see OM III, pp. 307-09; and HOP I, pp. 389-90.

For more information about Melheme, see OM I, p. 194.

For more information about Salaheddin, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 193-94.

Related Archive Descriptions:
Or 1170
Or 13366