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Manuscript/Mixed Material Kitab-i Muhammediye

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Title

  • Kitab-i Muhammediye

Summary

  • A free verse adaptation and translation of part of the author's Maghārib al-zamān.

Names

  • Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -1451
  • Ahmed III, Sultan of the Turks, 1673-1736, former owner
  • Ömer Rüşeni, active 16th century, scribe

Created / Published

  • [1583]

Headings

  • -  Muḥammad,--Prophet,---632--Poetry--Early works to 1800
  • -  Islam--Poetry--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Turkish--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Turkish Arabic script.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Date from from container; apparently imossible date of 801 [1398 or 1399] in colophon.
  • -  Written by Şeyh Ömer Rüşenî.
  • -  Written in Turkey.
  • -  Has property stamp with tuğra of Sultan Ahmet III.
  • -  Paper: light cream color Turkish laid paper with vertical chain lines and visible watermark consisting of a circle containing a vertical crossbowl the circle is topped with a trefoil; elaborate unvan without title in blue, black, gold and red; text within a ruled border of blue and gold; many, but not all pages divided into two columns by double gold lines; black ink with rubrication and marginal glosses in red ink; no catchwords.
  • -  TDV İslam ansikl., v. 43, p. 362-363
  • -  Naskhī script; completely vocalized; 17 lines in wrtten area 14.5 x 7.7 cm.
  • -  Folios 1b-375a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Turkish manuscript, no. 5.
  • -  Dark brown envelope binding in with elaborate embossed center medalions and corner decordations; envelope flap repaired with black cloth.
  • -  Note on endpaper in ink: "This is a Divān written in Arabic [crossed out in pencil and corrected to Turkish] verse. The Caligra-//pher [sic], whose name appears at the end of the book is Sheikh Omar Roush-//nī. It contains mostly Mohamma-//dan traditions and philosophy."
  • -  Near East 41/43

Medium

  • 375 leaves (17 lines), paper : bound ; 21.5 x 13.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP75.27 .Y39 1583

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016503353

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -1451, Sultan Of The Turks Ahmed Iii, and Active 16Th Century Ömer Rüşeni. Kitab-i Muhammediye. [1583] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016503353/.

APA citation style:

Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -., Ahmed Iii, S. O. T. T. & Ömer Rüşeni, A. 1. C. (1583) Kitab-i Muhammediye. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016503353/.

MLA citation style:

Yazıcıoğlu Mehmet, -1451, Sultan Of The Turks Ahmed Iii, and Active 16Th Century Ömer Rüşeni. Kitab-i Muhammediye. [1583] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016503353/>.