Details

Subject(s)

• Turkey—History—1683-1829—Sources—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Turkey—Politics and government—17th century—Sources—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Turkish poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Nabi 1641 or 1642-1712—Correspondence [Browse]

Contains

Nabi, 1641 or 1642-1712. Divan-i Nabi. Selections. [Browse]

Summary note

A collection of Nabi's writings, including correspondence, official letters, petitions, and some poetry. The main text of the collection ends on fol. 123a and is followed on ff. 123a-125b by the short text entitled Hüccet-i Nabi Efendi.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1a.
• Copied in 1146 (1733-34) -- colophon (fol. 125b).
• 21 lines per page. Written in a small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is written within a gold leaf frame outlined in black ink. Fol. 2b has an illuminated head piece, executed in gold leaf with purple, white and green watercolors. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper. Ms. additions: a short text in a later hand on fol. 126a entitled: Avrupa'ya vukubulan seyahat-i Seniyeden avdet-i Şahane'den takdim olunan arzları sureti dir.
• Incipit: ضمائر ارباب فضل وعرفانه پشيده دكلدر كه اشعار بلاغت شعار وسلامت اثارده نادره كفتار
• Explicit (fol. 123a): ونعم المأمول ونعم المسئول باقى بر كون مقدم سرنكون درك نيران باد

Binding note

Brown leather with a gold fillet and a guilloche around borders of covers. Pastedowns in yellow paper. Label on upper cover: "Numara 115".

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish.

Provenance

• Several caligraphic signatures in black ink and black ink laced with gold glitter in the name of Seyyid Ahmet Nurî on fol. 1a and fol. 2a.
• Two different stamps with the name Seyyid Nurî Baba and the date 1213 (1798-99) on fol. 1a.
• A caligraphic signature in the name of Seyyid Şemsî Baba and the date 1284 (1867-68) on fol. 1a.
• Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
• Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

OCLC

122418869

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