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Or 14129

Record Id:

032-003952648

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003952648

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 14129

Title:

[Two Ottoman Turkish texts]

Scope & Content:

This volume contanis the following two texts:

(II) ff 1v-20v : Risale-yi ilm-i kiyafet ve firaset, a treatise on the arts of physiognomy, compiled from Arabic and Persian sources by el-Hacc Mustafa İbn-i Evrenos for Sultan Selim (likely Selim II, reigned 974-82 HA/1566-74 CE). The present manuscript contains diagrams illustrating the section on cheiromancy, on ff 13v, 15r, 16v, and 18v-20v ;

(II) ff 21v-55v : Güft-i Şeyh İbrahim, a mesnevi on aspects of the Sufi Path, bearing no title other than the heading. The work is attributed to İbrahim in the final beyt. No copies of the poem have been located in other catalogues. It was composed in 1023 AH (1614-15 CE) and includes verses praising Sultan Ahmet (I). The Dibaçe is followed by nine sections: Der beyan-i ahval-i bidayet; Der beyan-i Arif-i Hakk kime derler; Der zikr-i ahval-i vücud-i insan; Der ahval-i zikr-i kalb-i insan; Der beyan-i ahval-i seyr ü süluk; Der beyan-i şühud-ı manevi; Der beyan-i ahval-i kurbi.

The manuscript does not contain a colophon, although it appears that the scribe for both texts is the same person, and that the text was copied in the 17th century CE.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

2 texts, 55 ff

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Turkish, Ottoman

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1600

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

17th century

Calendar:

Gregorian

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material : European laid paper

Foliation : European, 55 ff

Dimensions : 203 mm x 144 mm

Ruling : Text block measures 172 mm x 93 mm (text I) and 156 mm x 73 mm (text 2); 23 lines with catchwords

Script : Nesih

Ink : Main text in black ink with headings, markers and other features in red or orange ink

Watermark : a chain watermark is occasionally visible

Binding : Original boards, with brown leather edging and spine

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased by the British Library at auction from Christies & Co. on 13 October 1982.

Information About Copies:

Another copy of this text can be found in the Berlin Staatsbibliothek (Or. Oct. 1099), see VOHD XIII/4, pp. 358-59.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Divination--Early works to 1800
Sufism--Early works to 1800

Places:

Ottoman Empire, Africa/Asia/Europe

Related Material:

Another copy of text I can be found at Add MS 7890, text VI.

For more information on the author and the work, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 253.

Related Archive Descriptions:

Add MS 7890