Menteşzâde, Abdürrahim, -1716 منتشزاده عبد الرحيم
Published / Created:
1700-1799.
Call Number:
Turkish MSS suppl. 255
Image Count:
670
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Illuminated manuscript on paper of Fetāvā-yı ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi by Menteşzāde ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi, a collection of fetvās (legal opinions). Includes a table of contents (ff. 1a-11a). Extensive marginal commentary throughout including responses to legal questions
Alternative Title:
Fetāvā-yı Yaḥyā Efendi, Fetāvā-yı Minḳārīzāde, and Fetāvā-yı ‘Aṭā’ullāh
Description:
In Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic., Title assigned by cataloger., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Layout: Single column of 33 lines. Catchword on each verso., Script: Nasta‘līq., Binding: Brown leather over paper pasteboards, gold-tooled and painted, with central mandorla and pendants covered in embossed paper, now damaged., Decoration: Illuminated text frames throughout, rubrication., Pagination added by a later hand to folios bearing text, with f. 12a numbered p. 1, f. 13a numbered p. 2, and so on., Contemporary manuscript notes on related legal opinions tipped in (ff. 47-48, 181-182)., Contemporary manuscript annotations in at least three hands, including notes on Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendi (front pastedown, recto front flyleaf) and on legal matters (recto front and rear flyleaves). Protective charm against bookworms: Yā Kebīkec (يا كبكج) (ff. 1a, 12a)., and Accompanied by notes on legal questions (2 leaves).
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Fatwas, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Islamic law, and Manuscripts, Turkish
