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., and Contemporary manuscript annotations in several hands (f. ia): 'Alī (علي), Aliağa (علي اغا), Ḥasan (حسن), Ḥüseyin (حسين), Allāh (الله), Muḥammed (محمد).
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Turkish, Masnavis, Turkish, and Turkish poetry
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
