Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic philosophy—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic ethics—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Muslims—Conduct of life—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1175H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Gold tooled bindings [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Summary note

Kınalızade's work on ethics in 3 books (kitāb) composed in 1565.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by the cataloger.
• Ms. additions: Numerous inscriptions on front and back flyleaves (ff. 2a-6a, 9b,10a, 248b-259a), in different paper to the main body of the manuscript and consisting of fetvas, many of them by Ebussuud Efendi, a number of quotations, and verse. One of these, several lines of poetry on fol. 254b, is dated 1053 (1643-44), which means that at least some of the flyleaves were already inscribed when they were added at binding. Ff. 6b, 8b and 9a have a table of contents for the main text. Label on cover with number "62".
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 259 ; catchwords ; foliation in ink using Hindu-Arabic numerals (starts on fol. 11) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 27 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
• Description: Rubricated ; glazed European paper.
• Decoration: Opening spread frame-ruled in gold (fol. 10b-11a).
• Incipit: درر زواهر حمد وثنا وغرر ظواهر سپاس وستايش كه كثرت افراد فرايدينه سلك شهور وايامده احتمال اجتماع وانتظام
• Explicit: وعليه التكلان انه مفضل منعم حنان سلطان ديان تمت رسالهء مجموعهء مكارم الاخلاق بعون الملك الخلاق

Binding note

Type III (without flap) binding in brown leather with a gold-tooled border design made with a guilloche roll with two fillets on either side and six rosetta stamps. Pastedowns in light orange paper.

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

123499075

Original language

• [اخلاق علائي]
• Incipit: درر زواهر حمد وثنا وغرر ظواهر سپاس وستايش كه كثرت افراد فرايدينه سلك شهور وايامده احتمال اجتماع وانتظام
• Explicit: وعليه التكلان انه مفضل منعم حنان سلطان ديان تمت رسالهء مجموعهء مكارم الاخلاق بعون الملك الخلاق

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