This volume contains a compilation of songs (şarkılar, semai, etc.) set to various besteler, subdivided into hafif, zincir and other categories. There is a table of contents (ff 1v-2r) and each new beste is introduced by a descriptive couplet at the beginning of its appropriate section. The names of İzzet Paşa, Çorbacızade and Tusunzade appear as composers of many of the songs. There are also many blank folios throughout the text. The text contains a single unvan. The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.
[Mecmua of Ottoman Turkish songs]
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 7253
- Dates of Creation
- 18th century
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- Codex 28 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 28 ff. Dimensions : 203 mm x 125 mm. Ruling : Text written diagonally usually in two, but sometimes in one, columns. Script : Nesih.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.