Details

Subject(s)

• Turkish letters—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Persian letters—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Summary note

Collection of letter models in Turkish and Persian, with several pages of poetical quotations to be used in letters. The name Abdî Paşa is given as an addressee on at least one letter.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Physical description: Varying lines per page; written in ruqʻah and taʻliq in black on glazed, laid European paper. Text sometimes written on a diagonal. Some staining; extensive paper repairs around margins. Fol. 13 partially eaten away by water damage, resulting in some loss of text.
• Origin: Letters bear the dates 1151-1192 H [1738-1778]; these are likely the original dates of the documents. Ms. is likely from the last quarter of the 18th century.

Binding note

Half leather with paper covers.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish and Persian.

Source acquisition

Purchase; Bouwman Oriental Books, 2012/11/15 (2013-39)

OCLC

818762962

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