Tabaka-yi mülûk-u Osmaniyan

Title:

Tabaka-yi mülûk-u Osmaniyan
طبقۀ ملوك عثمانيان،

Alternative title:

Tabaka-yı mülûk-u Osmaniyan

Contributor:

Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner

Date:

[1839-1861].

Description:

Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 391Origin: Culmination with Sultan Abdülmecid I suggests a dating during his reign (i.e. 1839-1861) though bulk of roll (three opening lengths through Sultan Mustafa III, r.1757-1774) likely produced earlier, even during his reign. Final length certainly produced at a different time than the opening lengths with a different paper, narrower written area, wider gold frames, and exclusive use of gold bands (and wreath motifs) and black fillets to set off and join roundels.Binding: Wrapped in a length of layered paper attached to the opening of the roll, covered in spring green silk and red leather tooled in exquisite vegetal design (swirling leaves and flowers set in almond-shaped form) in two contrasting shades of gold (compare design on cover of Isl. Ms. 276) with wide, heavy woven silk ribbon wound to secure it ; narrow wooden dowel is affixed to the inner end of the roll ; roll comprised of four main lengths of paper with additional length lining the interior of the leather wrap ; housed in custom box for protection.Support: European laid paper of two main types, in several lengths glued together ; three opening lengths in a type with 7 laid lines per cm. (vertical, i.e. along the length), chain lines spaced 28-31 mm. apart (horizontal, i.e. across the width), and watermark with three points only partially visible, resembling star (compare no.559 dated 1772 in Nikolaev, Watermarks of the Ottman Empire, vol.1) or possibly foolscap or crozier ; final length in type with 9 laid lines per cm. (horizontal, i.e. across the width), chain lines spaced 27-29 mm. apart (vertical, i.e. along the length), and watermark of eagle with wings and legs spread, "G F [A]" below ; all highly sized and burnished.Decoration: Elegant illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of scroll, consisting of small rectangular piece with two empty cartouches surmounted by large, elaborate spray of plumes, leaves, floral bouquets and ribbons in varied shades of blue, lavender, pink, red, yellow and green on a stippled gold ground, bordered in bands of pink, blue, white and gold ; interior of leather wrap surrounding the scroll appears just above this headpiece and carries in a rectangular field of stippled gold a composition of similar motifs with large central floral bouquet (in shades of pink, blue, lavender, yellow, etc.) set in a basket with plumes / leaves (in shades of lavender and white) at the four corners, surrounded by pattern of flowers and saz leaves in gold on a light blue ground ; introductory text and field of genealogical diagrams surrounded by gold frame ; names of sultans in opening three lengths of paper appear in roundels bordered in gold bands with outermost red and blue rules, with names of siblings, offspring, etc. in roundels of red and gold rules, all linked by further lines in gold or red ; names in final length of paper bordered in roundels of gold bands and black fillets only, with gold bands linking them ; textual dividers in the form of gold discs in opening lengths of paper ; keywords and dates rubricated throughout.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with effect of words inclining to the right and descending to baseline, elongation and contrasting thickness of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in conjoined dots, final or free-standing nūn with point set above or just inside wide, dramatically angled bowl, freely ligatured.Layout: Genealogical diagram (genealogical tree) preceded by introductory text in 21 lines.Incipit: "طبقۀ ملوك عثمانيان بونلرك اجدادى آل سلجوق ايله تركستاندن خروج ايدوب خراسان وعراق وازربيجان وسائر ممالكى مسخر ايدوب يوز يتمش يل اخلاص وعيد الجواز نام مقامده اولوب ..."Title from rubricated heading at opening.Ms. composite roll.Elegant silsilename of the Ottoman sultans through Abdülmecid I (r.1839-1861) in rotulus format (i.e. scroll opening vertically).

Language:

Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Manuscripts, Turkish
Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Kings and rulers Early works to 1800.

Geographic region:

Turkey

Time period:

Turkey: Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Extent:

1 roll : paper ; 2800 x 145-150 (136, 132) mm.

Rights:

Public Domain

Format:

Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print

Same as:

https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/006822180

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