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Or 13366
- Record Id:
- 032-003949885
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003949885
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126152170.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13366
- Title:
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[Melheme] - [ملحمه]
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains the Melheme be-nazm-i Cevri Çelebi be-tarz-ı cedid, a recension by İbrahim Cevri Çelebi of Yazıcı Salaheddin's Şemsiye, a mesnevi treatise, translated from the Persian original on the art of prognostication from meteorological phenomena. Katip Çelebi gives the name of the present work as Melheme.
This manuscript was copied by Ebu Bekir and dated Rebiülahir 1079 AH (September-October 1668 CE).
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003949885
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003949885
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 136 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1668
- End Date:
- 1668
- Date Range:
- 1079
- Calendar:
- Hijri qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material : Paper
Foliation : European, 136 ff
Dimensions : 200 mm x 150 mm
Ruling : The first 29 folios have margins ruled around the text
Script : Nesih with elements of rık'a
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Museum from Ad Orientem Ltd. in June 1972.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Meteorology
- Places:
- Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe
- Related Material:
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Another copy of Cevri's Melheme can be found at Or 1170.
Copies of both the Şemsiye and Yazıcı Salaheddin's Melheme can be found at Or 11928.
For more information about Cevri, see Von Hammer, Geschichte der Osmanlichen Dichtkunst III, pp. 417-22; and Gibb, Ottoman Poetry, pp. 297-301.
For more information on the Şemsiye and its author, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, pp. 193-94; and Von Hammer, Geschichte der Osmanlichen Dichtkunst I, pp. 73-89.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Or 1170
Or 11928