Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 1957Y

Metadata

DS ID:

DS14560

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 1957Y

Title:

Divan-i Mekki

Author:

Mehmet Mekkı̂, 1714-1797 / محمد مكي

Mehmet Mekkı̂ WIKIDATA

Date:

1797 or 1798

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Ottoman Turkish

Ottoman Turkish WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 28 leaves : paper ; 236 x 145 (160 x 70) mm. bound to 236 x 146 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from a note in pencil on upper cover.
Copied by Abdülhamit al-İskenderî in 1212 (1797-98) -- colophon (fol. 26b).
19 lines per page. Written in a very small taʻlīq in black ink with use of red for rubrication. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed European paper with a light blue hue, with watermarks.
Ownership statement on fol. 1a in red ink in the name of Mehmet Nurullah.
Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Turkish

Turkish poetry

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930607173506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University