Ruzname
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- Ruzname
روزنامه، - Alternative title:
- Takvim-i daimi
تقويم دائمى - Creator:
- Darendeli
درنده لى. - Date:
- ca. 1780-1850?]
- Description:
- Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, hand, date among tables, etc. would suggest late 18th century or early 19th century.Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1056Binding: Wrapped in a short length of brown leather (unlined, limp) attached to opening of roll ; rolled around narrow wooden dowel (with finials of wood), not affixed to roll ; roll comprised of two lengths of parchment joined together ; overall in fair condition with minor pest damage and abrasion of leather.Support: Parchment ; two sturdy pieces joined with adhesive (seams and overlap visible) ; writing seemingly on hair side ; pale yellow in color ; opening piece 570 mm. long, ; second piece 380 mm. long ; some warping, creasing and cracking, loss of ink.Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening of roll consisting of scalloped w-shaped piece filled with large, swirling floral vegetal motifs mainly in dark pink, white and light blue on a gold ground, set in a well of red-orange and gold and surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) ; keywords and numerals and alternating columns or rows of headings and numerals rubricated ; tables framed in heavy gold bands outlined with black fillets ; narrower gold bands set apart headings and define margins ; rows and columns of tables defined by black fillets.Script: Naskh ; chiefly a clear Ottoman hand in a medium line, small and compact ; mainly serifless with very slight effect of inclination to the left, pointing (for two and three dots) in strokes rather than distinct dots, curvilinear though somewhat flattened descenders, etc.Layout: Single column consisting of a series of tables (thirteen in total) with notes addressing occasions, etc. in the margins framing the tables along the length of the roll.Explicit: "بو روزنامه ده تحرير اولنان سمت قبله نك قاعدسى املا مولده واسلامبولك طولنه وعرضنه مساوى اولان زمينلرده صحيح ساعت لر ايله بو جدولده كى مقداره كلدكده بر كمسنه كونشه قرشودوره تمام قبل توجه اتمش اولور بو روزنامه ده امساك اتمك ايچون ... كمسته اون بش دقيقه ... كرك ..."Incipit: "بو غر نامده محرم كلدكده شهور عربينك تحتنده اولان ارقاملرى سكز خانه ده اولان ارقامك سنه ده هر برينه ضم ايده ديز وهفته كونلرينك تحتندن ..."Title from closing text (at end of roll) describing contents.Ms. roll.Elegant copy of what appears to be a version of the almanac or calendar attributed to Darendeli Mehmet Efendi (Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar ibn ʻUthmān al-Dārandalī, d.1739) addressing qiblah direction, times of prayer, times of imsāk (15 minutes before time given which corresponds to dawn), etc. in rotulus format (i.e. scroll opening vertically). See King, "Part II. A Survey of Tables for Regulating the Times of Prayer," pp.442 (Fig. 14.4 b-c), 444-445 and Osmanlı astronomi literatürü tarihi (İhsanoğlu, Ed.), vol.1, no.271, pp.406-410.
- Language:
- Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Turkish
Salat Early works to 1800.
Qiblah Early works to 1800.
Islamic almanacs Early works to 1800.
Islamic calendar Early works to 1800.
Perpetual calendars Early works to 1800.
Time measurements Handbooks, manuals, etc. Early works to 1800. - Extent:
- 1 roll : parchment ; 950 x 90 (54) mm. on wooden dowel with finials 108 mm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print - Same as:
- https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/012440921