[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11166
  • Dates of Creation
    • 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • Codex 71 ff Materials : Paper, some of which is tinted and sprinkled with gold (ff 11r-16v), or just tinted (ff 17v-71r). Foliation : European, 71 ff. Dimensions : 255 mm x 140 mm. Ruling : Ruled into a single columns (ff 1-10), double columns with diagonal text (ff 11-16), or single columns written diagonally (ff 17-71); some of the ruling is in gold. Script : Talik.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a mecmua of Ottoman Turkish poetry that appears to be copied in the same hand throughout, although the format of the manuscript undergoes several changes. It is divided into several portions:. (I) ff 1v-9v : Kasideler of Necati and Nef'i, the latter being written in the margin. This section is more finished and ornate than the others, with a good unvan and panels decorated with conventionalized foliage in blue and gold. It begins with a na't, followed by the first kaside of Nef'i. The last poem is a kaside (of Baki?) in honour of Murat III;. (f 10 is blank but ruled). (II) ff 11r-16v : Shorter poems by Yahya Efendi, Haleti, Azmizade Efendi, Nef'i, Nevizade Atayi, and also nazireler by Şeyhi, Atayi, and Rızai;. (III) ff 17r-71r : Poems primarily without headings comprised primarily of kasideler and gazeller by Baki, Necati, Selami, Semai, Halisi, Faizi, Riyazi, Nef'i, Rıza'i, and Haleti. Folios 25v-26r; 32r; 36v-37r; 54v-55r; 56r; ad 71v are all blank. This manuscript was likely copied in the 17th century CE.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum in 1929.