Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 254

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DS ID:

DS14093

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 254

Title:

Kitāb-i Jāvīdān-i durr-i yatīm ast

Author:

Faz̤l Allāh Astarābādī, 1340-1394 / فضل الله استرآبادي

Fazlallah Astarabadi WIKIDATA

Date:

1807 or 1808

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Ottoman Turkish

Ottoman Turkish WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 328 leaves : paper ; 188 x 120 (138 x 78) mm. bound to 188 x 125 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 12b. Other titles from different places in the ms., including fol. 13a and fol. 322b (see end of text).
Physical description: 20 lines per page. Written in a casual hand, in a medium-sized informal ruqʻah in black ink, with use of blue ink for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Cream wove paper. Fol. 2b-10a have a list of contents in the same hand as the main text. Fol. 10b-11a contain a key to the meanings of letters used in the text, entitled "Miftah-i huruf-i Câvidân-i dürr-i...
Origin: Copied by Akçehisarî Derviş Süleyman in 1222 (1807-8) -- colophon (fol. 326a). The colophon is followed by another short selection of verses, added by the scribe in 1273 (1856-7).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Turkish

Sufi poetry, Turkish

Arabic alphabet--Religious aspects

Arabic alphabet--Religious aspects--Islam

Hurufis

Arabic alphabet

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930605013506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a10f786b-c64f-4963-858a-10111c7c0a6d/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University