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Or 12184
- Record Id:
- 032-003943529
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003943529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123351024.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 12184
- Title:
- Gencine-i raz - كنجينۀ راز
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains a mesnevi of religious and moral content illustrated by anecdotes. The poem, which is divided into 40 makalat, forms part of the Hamse of the well-known Dukagjini (Dukaginzade) Yahya Bey (died 990 AH/1582-83 CE; or 993 AH/1575-76 CE according to Gibb).
The work opens with a short prose preface followed by the poem itself.
Bound in with this volume is one folio (f 33) of an ethical work in prose, illustrated by anecdotes.
This text contains a single unvan.
This manuscript was copied by Hasan İbn-i Mustafa el-Burusevi, likely in the 17th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003943529
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003943529
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 85 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials : Paper
Foliation : European, 85 ff
Dimensions : 250 mm x 125 mm
Ruling : Red-ruled text frames
Script : Nesih
Ink : Black ink with red for headings and catch words, gold for the unvan
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Dr. Oskar Rescher on 21 February 1958.
- Information About Copies:
- Other copies can be found at THK, p. 44; and Rossi, p. 236.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Other copies of the Gencine-yi Raz can be found at Or 37, Or 1147 text 3, Or 1154 text 2, Or 1162, Or 7222 text 4, Or 7224, Or 7225, Or 16390, and Add MS 5979.
For more information about the author, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 181; HOP III, pp. 121-22; and OM II, p. 497.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 5979
Or 1147
Or 1154
Or 1162
Or 16390
Or 37
Or 7222
Or 7224
Or 7225