Extent: 388 leaves : paper ; 212 x 136 (162 x 85) mm. bound to 213 x 142 mm.
Note:
Ms. codex. Title supplied by the cataloger. Copied by Abdürrahim in 1160 (1747) -- colophon (fol. 316b). This is followed by a note on ff. 316b-317a about the composition [of the first part?] of the divan at the request of Ragip Paşa. 17 lines per page. Written in a small nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Text is written within a wide gold leaf frame outlined in black ink, with verses inside the frame separated with lines in gold leaf. All leaves have margins also outlined in gold leaf. Fol. 2b has an illuminated head piece (ʻunwān) executed in gold leaf with red, blue and green watercolors. The start... Faint ownership seal in the name of Numan Abduh, accompanied by the date 1179 (1765-66), on fol. 2a. Signature in the name of Osman Münir on fol. 2a. Several more obliterated ownership statements on the same fol. Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.
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