A collection of Ottoman poetry, together with one section of the inshāʼ genre (letter-writing and correspondence).
Notes
Ms. composite codex.
Collective title from the lower edge of text block.
Layout: 18 lines per page.
Description: Written in small casual ruqʻah in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper (paper of text 3 differs from that of texts 1 and 2).
Origin: Only text 1 is signed and dated: copied by Hafız Ismail, and completed in 1247 (1831 or 1832) -- colophon of text 1 (fol. 32a). Text 2 is in same hand and on same paper and is most probably of the same date. Text 3 is in similar hand, but is in different style and on different paper, it has an introduction which was composed in 1248 (1832 or 1833), and is thus of a slightly later date.
Incipit: [ديوان حليمكراى سلطان] هزار قصائد حمد وثنا اول پادشآه تؤتى الملك من نشا -- [ديوان عزت] نعت شريف دخى دامان حشره ايرمدن اولدق كريب -- [منشآت] هر عصرده واسطهء ماشطهء نادره پردازى ايله عروس نشره
Explicit: [ديوان حليمكراى سلطان] قصد اخوان ايله يوسف كبى بيجاره عاقبت جلوه كهى كوشهء زندان اولدى -- [ديوان عزت] چشم بلبلدر اكه كل يرآشور هله بو شيشه يه زنبق صغمز -- [منشآت] بيت الاخران جنانمى رشد انداز فراديس جنان بيورملرى منوط شيمنه طبع كه يمانه لريدر
Binding note
Quarter-bound type III (without flap) binding in brown leather and dark green grained paper over pasteboard. Gold roll around borders of covers. Gold roll and gold flower stamps on spine. Marbled endpapers.
Language note
Ottoman Turkish;
Script
Ruqʻah
Contents
1. fol. 1a-32a: Divan-i Halimgiray.
2. fol. 33a-65b: Divan-i İzzet.
3. fol. 67b-76a: Münşeât-i Ömer Rasim. A collection of correspondence by Ömer Rasim Efendi, put together by Abdülkadir Daniş Bey Efendi (see the introduction), with the introduction composed by Selim Sırrı Paşa in 1248 (1832 or 1833)
see end of introduction on fol. 68a.
Provenance
Ownership signature in the name of Osman Hayrî bin Mustafa Namık[?], dated '286 (1869-70) -- fol. 1a. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Other title(s)
Divan-i İzzet.
ديوان عزت.
Münşeât-i Ömer Rasim.
منشآت عمر راسم.
OCLC
144612268
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