Details

Subject(s)

• Riddles, Turkish—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Turkish poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

A collection of riddles, arranged alphabetically.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1a.
• Copied in Sh. (Shaʻbān or Shawwāl) 1214 (1799 or 1800) -- colophon (fol. 11b).
• 21 lines per page. Written in a small ruqʻah in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper with watermarks.
• Incipit: دل نه اوراسده ايدى جانو مداريش عزيز كوشۀ كوش مراده بسرش خاك بريز
• Explicit: راه وسفر ظاهرى حددن كيجدى عزف سفرى وطنده ايتدى شمدى

Binding note

Decoratiove paper with a pattern of large green circles on cream background.

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish.

Other title(s)

• Muammayât
• معميات

OCLC

122821347

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