Extent: 177 leaves : paper ; 212 x 140 (160 x 90) mm. bound to 212 x 145 mm.
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Ms. composite codex. Title from fol. 1b. Layout: 19 lines per page. Most texts (except the short poetry selections and a few texts towards the end of the ms.) are written inside a frame outlined in one line of blue ink, and in case of poetry the verses inside the frame are divided into sections, also oultlined in blue ink. On fol. 1b-2a, 89b-90a, and 148b-149a the text frames have two lines of gold leaf in addition to the line in... Description: Written in small nastaʻlīq in black ink with some use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Same dark cream paper with visible laid lines throughout, except for fol. 150-155 which are on light glazed European paper. Decoration: Fol. 1b, 89b and 148b have illuminated head pieces exucuted in gold leaf with orange and blue watercolors. Origin: Four texts are dated: [Divan-i Sezaî] Copied by dervish Hacı Seyit Ahmet Reşit ibn Seyit Ali Efendi and completed on the 3rd of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1254 (fol. 85b) -- [Risale-yi Eşrat-i saat] Copied by dervish Hacı Reşit (fol. 87b) -- [Divançe-yi Sultan ül-Arifîn] Copied 1248 (fol. 131b) -- [Tercüme-yi layihe] Copied 4th of Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1254 (fol. 147b) -- [Īḍāḥ al-maqṣūd] Copied 7th of Dhū...
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