Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 22 of [Incomplete manuscript of the Ottoman Turkish translation of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt of Qazwīnī]

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About this Item

Title

  • [Incomplete manuscript of the Ottoman Turkish translation of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt of Qazwīnī]

Names

  • Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283

Created / Published

  • Zilka'de 960 [October/November 1553]

Headings

  • -  Geography, Arab
  • -  Cosmography
  • -  Zoology--Pre-Linnean works
  • -  Science, Medieval
  • -  Illumination of books and manuscripts--Turkey
  • -  Manuscripts, Turkish--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Turkish Arabic script.
  • -  Ms. lacks t.p. and an undetermined number of pages at the beginning.
  • -  Scribe not identified.
  • -  Written in Turkey.
  • -  Paper; polished, light cream color laid paper with no visible chain lines or watermarks; text enclosed in ruled borer of one thin black and one thick gold line; black ink with rurication; catchwords.
  • -  Naskh; 17 lines in written area 18 x 9.5 cm.
  • -  Profusely illustrated with quarter, half and full page miniatures; charts and tables in red, with black lettering.
  • -  Fol. 1a-149b.
  • -  Library of Congress. Turkish manuscript, 185.
  • -  Binding green calf with elaborate gold borders on inside of covers; dark green linen endpapers.
  • -  Near East 39/41

Medium

  • 149 leaves (17 lines), paper : bound ; 24.8 x 17 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G93 .Q3185 1553

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2017406674

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn Muḥammad, Approximately. Incomplete manuscript of the Ottoman Turkish translation of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt of Qazwīnī. [Zilka'de 960 October/November, 1553] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017406674/.

APA citation style:

Qazwīnī, Z. I. M. (1553) Incomplete manuscript of the Ottoman Turkish translation of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt of Qazwīnī. [Zilka'de 960 October/November] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017406674/.

MLA citation style:

Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn Muḥammad, Approximately. Incomplete manuscript of the Ottoman Turkish translation of ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt of Qazwīnī. [Zilka'de 960 October/November, 1553] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2017406674/>.