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
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Maktabī Shīrāzī's Laylī va Majnūn, a poem in mathnawi style tells the romantic love story of Layla and Majnun
Alternative Title:
Laylī va Majnūn.
Description:
In Persian., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Double columns of 10 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta'līq., Binding: Dark brown leather over paper pasteboards; gold-tooled inlaid central mandorla with pendants, cornerpieces and frames; light brown leather doublures., Decoration: Volume is paginated, so Illuminated miniatures with scenes from the story are on "pp. 9, 47, 158, 174, 194, 212. Illuminated headpiece, cloudbands, floral page decorations; text frames in blue and gold., and Contemporary pagination.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Manuscripts, Persian, and Persian poetry
Commentary, in the longer version, on Talkhis al-Miftah (manual of rhetoric, abridged from the Miftah al-'ulum of al-Sakkaki) of Muh ammad Khat ib Dimashq.
Description:
Modern (18th century?) calligraphic naskhi; 'unwan in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso. and Only partial work scanned.
Subject (Name):
Qazwini, Jalal al-Din Muh ammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman, 1267 or 8-1338. Talkhis al-Miftah. and Sakkaki, Yusuf ibn Abi Bakr, b. 1160. Miftah al-'ulum
Subject (Topic):
Arabic language and literature --Rhetoric and Islamic binding
