Kitab-i Firasetname - كتاب فراستنامه

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 9681
  • Dates of Creation
    • 943
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 102 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 102 ff. Dimensions : 217 mm x 150 mm. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a work on physiognomy and palmistry that does not carry the name of its author. It was copied for Silahdar Mehmet Ağa (f 97r). The end papers of the volume contain considerable writing exercises (ff 98v-99r and 101v); medical prescriptions (ff 99v-100r); a türkü by Gevheri and three müfredat (f 101r); a kunut prayer (f 102r); and a tract on the benefits to be derived from reciting the Āyat al-kursī. The text contains a single unvan. This manuscript was copied by Ebü'l-Huda in 943 AH (1536-37 CE).

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