Details

Subject(s)

• Turkish language—Composition and exercises [Browse]
• Arabic language—Composition and exercises [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

• Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1191H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Embossed papers [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• impressed watermarks [Browse]

Summary note

A personal exercise book, with words arranged according to their form and grouped by the last letter, starting with the words ending with "alif", "bā" etc. It is technically Ottoman, since it contains some Ottoman/Persian words, but most words are Arabic and arranged according to the Arabic form of the maṣdar plus the final letter of the root.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by the cataloger.
• Layout: ca. 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
• Description: Written in a casual hand, in informal ruqʻah in black ink ; wove, frame ruled paper, with embossed stamp: "Eser-i Cedid-i Ahd-i Hümayun" occasionally visible.
• Incipit: آ با تا جا خا ذا را زا سا لا ما وا ها يا ابا جبا
• Explicit: شوى طوى قوى كوى موى بوى صوى طوى كوى قوى

Binding note

Cream paper over pasteboard, covering the original half leather binding (partially visible on the lower cover) in pink glossy paper embossed in foliage pattern on covers and burgundy leather on spine and corners of covers. Endleaves in blue glossy paper embossed in foliage pattern.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish;

Script

Ruqʻah.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

182562145

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