Details

Subject(s)

• Islam—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islam—Customs and practices—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Muslims—Conduct of life—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic ethics—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

An elegant copy of Birgivî Mehmet Efendi's Vasiyetname (or Risale), a treatise on Islamic ethics and Muslim conduct of life.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 3a.
• 9 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Text within a single-line frame in red ink. Catchwords on the verso of each folio. European paper. Substantial water and insect damage but text is legible throughout.
• Information on ownership of the ms. in the inscription on fol. 83b, dated 25th of Shawwāl 1158.
• Incipit: الحمد لله الذى هدانا الا الاسلام وجعلنا من أمة محمد ... اما بعد فهذه وصية الفقير الحقير المعترف بالعجز والتقصير محمد ابن پير على ... بيان الصفات السلبية اول وصيتم اولدر كه ايده لر شهادت ايدرن عبادته لايق ومستحق يوقدر
• Explicit: نمازن قله اوروجن ... اريله ياته غسل لازم دكلدر تم تصنيفه بعن الله تعالى ولطفه تقريبا̋

Binding note

Half calf with cream paper with blue print decoration over covers.

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish (title and beginning of text in Arabic).

References

• Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 441 (3/10)
• Atsız, N. Birgili Mehmed Efendi ... bibliyografyası (1966), no. 1

Other title(s)

• Vasiyet-i Birgivî
• Vasiyetname-yi Birgivî
• Risale-yi Birgivî

OCLC

76699568

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