Details

Subject(s)

• Turkish poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Turkish poetry—17th century [Browse]
• Turkish poetry—18th century [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Autographs [Browse]
• Stamps [Browse]
• Colored papers (Paper) [Browse]

Contains

• Mehmet Emin Sabrı̂, 1768-1813? Divan-i Sabrî. [Browse]
• محمد امين صبري، 1768-1813? ديوان صبري. [Browse]
• İbrahim Sırrı, -1699 or 1700. Divan-i Sırrı. [Browse]
• ابراهيم سرى، -1699 or 1700. ديوان سري. [Browse]
• Cevrî, İbrahim, active 17th century. Divan-i Cevri. [Browse]
• جوري، ابراهيم، active 17th century. ديوان جوري. [Browse]

Summary note

A collection of three divans.

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• Title from fol. 1b.
• Several short inscriptions on the verso of front flyleaf and fol. 1a: verses of poetry, the titles of texts 1 and 2 and below that "Eser-i hame-yi Hilmi Osman"[?]. Added verses of poetry in different hands on fol. 56b, 57a, 59b.
• Layout: 17-21 lines per page ; two columns ; fol. 1b-20b frame-ruled in gold.
• Description: Written in different hands, with text 1 written in medium small taʻlīq, text 2 in small siyāqat, and text 3 in medium small nastaʻlīq ; some paper colored yellow or green.
• Incipit: [ديوان صبري] كچدى قلجدن فتن روزكار سيف يد الله اولوب اشكار -- [ديوان سري] در نعت شريف افنديمز حضرت رسالت پناه صلى الله تعالى عليه وسلم سافى يتركه مجلسه دل سركران كلور -- [ديوان جورى] اولكه صد فهم بر سوزينك ملزميدر انا افصح خبر معجز منطق دميدر
• Explicit: [ديوان صبري] منت خدايه اى صنم مبتلا فريب امدشد خيالكه مانع دكل رقيب -- [ديوان سري] نيجون حد چاكر ايدر ديو سئوال ايتمدى رغبت سر دامان وجيبم كوردى اول بى مهر وبى شفقت

Binding note

Thick, wide-grain brown leather. Obliod stamps in the centre of upper and lower covers, blind stamped and painted in gold and brown. Red leather on spine and around edges of covers. Endleaves in olive stained paper.

Language note

In Ottoman Turkish

Script

• Arabic alphabet;
• Taʻlīq;
• Siyāqat;
• Nastaʻlīq.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-56a: Divan-i Sabrî.
• 2. fol. 61b-110a: Divan-i Sırrı.
• 3. fol. 111b-118b: Divan-i Cevri. A very small portion of a divan, starting on fol. 111b, then stopping on fol. 114a, with verses again on fol. 116b and 118b.

Provenance

Ownership statement in the name of Seyit Mehmet İrfan, accompanied by his stamp and dated 2 of Jumāda al-Ūlá '44 (1244/1828?) on fol. 1a.

OCLC

180285477

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