Details

Subject(s)

• Ḥāfiẓ 14th cent—Dīvān [Browse]
• حافظ، 14th cent—دىوان [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Second part of a Turkish commentary on the Dīvān of Ḥāfiẓ, beginning with the letter ʻayn to the end of the Dīvān.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from lower edge. Title given by a later hand on fol. 1b erroneously reads "Hafız Divani tercümesi."
• Physical description: 23 lines per page; written in naskh-nastaʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; some marginal notes. Damp staining around margins. In good condition.
• Origin: Original text completed the evening of 4 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 966 H [6 September 1559]; this copy completed at the end of Jumādá II 1020 H [September 1611] by Hacı Abdürrahim Semerkandî (fol. 233b).
• Incipit: الحمد لله الذى عىن اعىان الدىن لاجراء عىن العلم و ىنبوع الىقىن

Binding note

Full brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla and pendants and blind-tooled fillets; marbled paper doublures.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish.

Provenance

On fol. 1a, several owner's stamps and notes, some of which are blackened out, as well as birth notices. On fol. 1b, smudged stamp. On fol. 233b, stamp of Yahya, 1283 H [1866 or 7].

References

Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the British Museum, 157

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Other title(s)

• Kitab-ı Şerh-i Hafız
• کتاب شرح حافظ

OCLC

828426527

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