Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Nedim's Ottoman divan, followed by a small section of his rubaiyat in Persian (on fol. 64b).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 2b.
• Copy completed on 20 of Ṣafar 1175 (1761) -- colophon (fol. 64a).
• 17 lines per page. Written in a small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is written in two columns, inside a frame, both in gold leaf outlined in black ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed dark cream paper with visible chain lines.
• Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم باشليوب جوششه طبعمده مزاياى سخن موج خيز اولدى
• Explicit: نديم زار قربانك قولكدر سن انك جسمنه روح روانسن [64أ] ... بالله چوخوش امدأم كه در مجلس مى همپاى صداى نوش نوش آمده ام

Binding note

Orange paper with floral design. Almost completely disintegrated and the leaves are loose.

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish, with a small section in Persian.

Provenance

• Ownership statement on fol. 1a, accompanied by a stamp, in the name of Mehmet Emin ibn Mahmut Efendi, dated 1238 (1822-23).
• An inscription and a stamp with the name of Mahmut, dated 25 of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1188 (1775), on fol. 2a.
• Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
• Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Özege, M.S. Eski harflerle, 15313.

OCLC

122987988

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