Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Short stories [Browse]

Summary note

The Tale of the Forty Vezirs, translated from Arabic by Ahmet Misrî.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from lower edge.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in naskh with elements of divani in black on glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords. Some staining and smudging, marginal paper repairs. Fol. 1 is a replacement.
• Origin: Beginning of Jumādá II 1015 H [October 1606], by Mustafa bin Peri Hoca ... (fol. 137a-137b).
• Incipit: حمد و ثناء اول بارىء جل جلاله حضرتنه جلت قدرته ىه لا ىقدر له عقلک دىده سى و جانى بصىرتى

Binding note

Quarter leather with marbled paper covers over boards.

Language note

Ottoman Turkish.

Provenance

On fol. 137b and back flyleaf are numerous notes ranging in date from 1174 H to 1264 H.

References

Rieu, C. Catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the British Museum, 216.

Other title(s)

• Kırk vezir
• قرق وزىر

OCLC

828681376

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