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Or 13909
- Record Id:
- 032-003949997
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003949997
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100126972576.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 13909
- Title:
- Semere, şerh-i Kitab-i şecere - ثمره شرح كتاب شجره
- Scope & Content:
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This volume contains the Kitab-i secere, a treatise on geomancy, as well as a commentary on it. According to the preface, the book Şecere was originally composed in Greek; it was rendered into Arabic by Imām Mā Shā’ Allāh Miṣrī, then subsequently from Arabic into Persian and thence into Ottoman Turkish. Since many errors and distortions had been introduced into the text and commentaries, one Mevlana Ahmet-i Antali was called upon to restore the text and provide a sound commentary. The resulting work was translated into Turki (in this case, apparently meaning Crimean Tatar) by Baba Hasan İbn-i Mehmet-i Şirvani on the order of Meñli Geray I, Han of the Crimea.
There are geomantic figures and tables throughout. The end of the text is followed by geomantic diagrams (ff 144r-147r), and a prescription for curing aching eyes (ff 147v-148r) and melancholia.
This manuscript was likely copied in the late 18th or early 19th century CE.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003949997
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003949997
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 text, 148 ff
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- Late 18th century-Early 19th century
- Calendar:
- Gregorian
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material : Paper
Foliation : European, 148 ff
Dimensions : 208 mm x 154 mm
Ruling : Text block measures 170 mm x 90 mm; 21 lines with catchwords, some of which are cut off at the lower edge
Script : Nesih
Binding : Rebound
- Custodial History:
- An ownership seal is found on f 2v.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Library on auction at Sotheby's and Co. on 9 July 1979.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Divination--Early works to 1800
- Places:
- Crimea, Ukraine
Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe