A manuscript, in a multitude of unidentified hands, on paper, containing a collection of medical and dietetic recipes. Also contains a section of unidentified elegiac poetry, including a few couplets attributed to Hesiod. Introduction, conclusion, and many other sections of the text wanting
Alternative Title:
Raccolta di ricette medicinali e dietetiche : [medical and dietetic recipes], in Italian and Latin ; finished 20 December 1573, with later additions
Description:
In Italian and Latin., Title devised by cataloger., Script: multiple humanist hands., Layout: single column of between 25 and 30 lines., Binding: bound in limp vellum with forage flap and leather strap. Unidentified manuscript writing on front cover., Colophon (f. 161v): 1573 di 20 di Decembrio sono fatti 30 salami fini 9: supheletti et li altri in Budello Delli Grassi n. 22. Indu[]elli no. In nome del servitor mio qual e in Galera e Baldassaro di Pepi Lisandrini perosino, e in Livorno nella Galera patrona dil gran Ducha di Fiorenza., and Manuscript's contemporary pagination indicates that many leaves are wanting: 26-38, 165-248, 297-358, 363-408, 419-426, 431-560.
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Dīvān-ı Bāḳī Efendi, a poetry collection beginning with a ḳasīde (eulogy) for Sultan Süleymān II. Includes additional ḳaṣīdes (eulogies) and ġazels (lyric poems), as well as maṭla' verses, ḳıṭ'as (strophes), and mu'ammā (verse riddles).
Alternative Title:
Poems
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish., Title from text heading (f. 1b)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Colophon indicates manuscript was copied by Ḥasan el-Dā'ī (حسن الداعي) in H. 991/1583-1584., Layout: Double columns of 15 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'liq., Binding: Flap binding, gold-tooled central medallion with floral designs; gold-tooled mandorla on flap; blind-tooled and gold-painted frames and decoration., Decoration: Illuminated headpiece and title strip; rubrication, including text frames., and Later contemporary manuscript annotations in several hands: doodles including test headpiece (verso front flyleaf); death dates of prominent scholars (f. 1a); short poetic excerpts (verso front flyleaf). Sparse marginal annotations in two hands, including poems in contemporary black ink and other reader notes in modern pencil.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Baki, 1526-1600. and Süleyman I, Sultan of the Turks, 1494 or 1495-1566.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Turkish, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Diwan, Turkish, and Turkish poetry
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550 شاهيدي ابراهيم ده ده
Published / Created:
1500-1699.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 257
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Kitāb-Şāhidī by Muġlavī Şāhidī İbrāhīm Dede, a Persian-Turkish dictionary in masnavi rhyme
Alternative Title:
Ṭuḥfe-i Şāhidī and تحفه شاهيدي
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Persian., Title from text opening., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 15 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Naskh., Binding: Flap binding, marbled paper over paper pasteboards, brown leather spine. Upper board covered in repoussé/chased metal depicting two peacocks standing in a vegetation., Decoration: Illuminated opening bifolium with full-page miniature of a seated man on verso and floral decoration on facing recto. Illuminated floral headpiece at head of text; illuminated text frames; rubrication., and Later manuscript annotations on front and back pastedown. Calligraphic Besmele ( بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم) (f. 1a).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Turkish, Persian language, and Turkish
Manuscript, on paper, of Ustuvani Mehmet Efendi, a treatise on Islamic jurisprudence which also discusses principles of faith, worship, and prayer
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish and Arabic., Title from text heading (f. 1b)., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 11 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Naskh., Binding: Flap binding, blind-tooled leather, repaired and rebacked. Covers with blind-tooled central mandorla and other decoration; spine in six compartments with blind-tooled flowers., Decoration: Text frames throughout, rubrication., Mathematical calculations in contemporary hand on front pastedown. Pen trials on rear pastedown., and Some loss of text due to repairs.
