Cönk.

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Description

Title
Cönk.
Contributor
Âşık Viranî, active 16th century.
Eşrefoğlu Rumî, -1469.
Ismāʻīl I, Shah of Iran, 1487-1524.
Pir Sultan Abdal, active 16th century.
Sezaî, 1669-1738.
Yunus Emre, -1320?
Published / Created
1500-1699.
Publication Place
Ottoman Empire
Abstract

Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of a cönk, a mecmū'a of folkloric poetry, containing ilahis (hymns), nefes (mystical poems), gazels, masnavis, and excerpts of Sufi mystical poets, written in several hands. Poets excerpted include Ahmedî, Pir Abdal (پير ابدال), Yunus Emre (يونس امري), Eşrefoğlu Abdullah Rûmî (أشرف أوغلو عبد الله الرومي), Âşık Viranî (ويرانى), Ismāʻīl I, Shah of Iran (Hatayî/خطايي), and Sezaî (سزائيى). Some pages blank

Description
In Ottoman Turkish.
Title assigned by cataloger. Title at head of table of contents, indicating the maqams: Fihrist-i maḳāmāt-ı be ḳavl-i [...] (...فهرس مقامات بقول).
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Single column of 10-20 lines. Catchword on each verso.
Script: Nasta'liq.
Binding: Gold-tooled central mandorla and frames over brown leather on paper pasteboard on covers, cloth tape spine.
Decoration: Illuminated gold headpiece and frame on opening folio; text frames in green, writing surface painted silver; rubrication.
Contemporary manuscript annotations in several hands (f. ia): 'Alī (علي), Aliağa (علي اغا), Ḥasan (حسن), Ḥüseyin (حسين), Allāh (الله), Muḥammed (محمد).
Provenance
Ownership inscription (f. 1a): JK Birge Spring 1933. Purchased from Hartford Seminary on the Beinecke Rare Book & Capital Reserve Fund, 2005.
Extent
1 item (i + 49 leaves) : 190 mm x 65 mm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Turkish, Ottoman

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Hartford Seminary Turkish MSS 18

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Annotations 16th century
Annotations 17th century
Annotations 20th century
Illuminated manuscripts
Manuscripts, Turkish 16th century
Manuscripts, Turkish 17th century
Turkish manuscripts
Material
paper ;
Resource Type
text
Subject (Topic)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish
Masnavis, Turkish
Turkish poetry
Subjects
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish
Masnavis, Turkish
Turkish poetry
16th century
17th century
20th century
Turkish manuscripts
Birge, John Kingsley, 1888-1952 > Autograph
Hartford Theological Seminary. Case Memorial Library > Ownership

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Citation
Cönk. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
16674576
Object ID (OID)
33071665

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