Mecmua-yi eşar
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- Mecmua-yi eşar
مجموعه اشعار - Alternative title:
- جنگ اشعار
- Contributor:
- Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
- Date:
- [1680-1730?].
- Description:
- Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 416Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; perhaps late 17th or early 18th century.Former shelfmark: "587" inscribed in pencil on flyleaf.Binding: Pasteboards covered in purple leather ; Type III binding (without flap) in oblong or safīnah format which was perhaps originally intended to be opened vertically ; doublures / board linings in a coated paper printed with blotched design evoking marbling in dark blue and turquoise ; upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted border (interlocking design flanked by fillets) and corner accents ; sewn in pink thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and cream [?], good condition ; overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, fully detached from text block, etc.Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (somewhat distinct) and no chain lines visible, fairly thin and transluscent though quite sturdy, mainly tinted various shades of pink, light yellow, etc. ; in what appears to be an added section, margins gold or silver-flecked and written area a contrasting shade (blue, light orange, etc.) ; endleaf and some hinges in marbled paper.Decoration: Written area and divisions within defined by a gold frame consisting of gold bands (heavy and thin) defined by black fillets.Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant hand in a medium line ; serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, point of final nūn set deep into bowl ; portions of added section in a different hand.Layout: Written in roughly 20 hemistiches per page, typically arranged in 8 lines on the diagonal and 2 horizontal in the central area (or 6, 8 or 10 all on the diagonal), with 10 lines around the perimeter.Collation: ii, IV (8), IV+2 (18), VII (32), 2 III(44), III+3 (53), V (63), V+2 (75), 4 V(115), IV (123) ; final leaf serves as flyleaf.Explicit: "مراد عرض عبوديت ايسه زكيا ركاب ياره يو زاور شعرك ارمغان ايدرك"Incipit: "كورميوب ايلك يوزين اولسون فلكده سرسرى [؟] ..."Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. codex.Elegant copy of an anthology of Turkish poetry, mainly of Baki Efendi (d.1600), Sami (d.1733), etc. Contributions to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi.
- Language:
- Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Turkish
Turkish poetry 18th century.
Turkish poetry 17th century. - Extent:
- 123 leaves : paper ; 70 x 173 (42 x 131) mm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print - Same as:
- https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/006822733