Details

Subject(s)

• History—Philosophy—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic civilization—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Islamic Empire—Historiography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Translator

• Pirizade Mehmet Sahip, 1674-1749? [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Turkey—Istanbul—19th century [Browse]
• Headpieces (layout features)—Turkey—Istanbul—19th century [Browse]

Summary note

Turkish translation of the author's Muqaddimah by Pirizade Mehmet Sahip.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from text on fol. 565b.
• Physical description: 29 lines per page; written in small nastaʻliq in black on machine-made paper. Text framed in double blue lines. Rubrication and catchwords. Light staining. In excellent condition.
• Decoration: On fol. 1b, well-executed illuminated ʻunwān in gold and colors; besmele set within gold lozenge. Text framed in thick gold line on fol. 1b-2a.
• Origin: 5 Rajab 1263 H [19 June 1847], by Selman Nureddin bin Musa in Istanbul (fol. 565b).
• Incipit: علماى اولى الابصار ذوى الاستبصار معلومدر که من تارىخ شول فن معتبر درکه

Binding note

Three-quarter leather with black embossed paper paper covers; gold stamped fillets; gold-sprinkled green paper flyleaves and pastedowns. Flap missing.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish.

References

VOHD, XIII, pt. 1, no. 46A

OCLC

828092640

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