Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 1968Y

Metadata

DS ID:

DS14593

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 1968Y

Title:

Divan-i Tırsî, gazeliyât-i Havaî

Author:

Tırsı̂, -1727 or 1728 / ابراهيم طرسى

Tırsı̂ WIKIDATA

Date:

between 17--? and 1741 or 1742

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Ottoman Turkish

Ottoman Turkish WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 40 leaves : paper ; 220 x 165 (160 x 100) mm. bound to 224 x 168 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from fol. 1a.
The final section has a chronogram (see explicit) for 1154 (1741 or 1742), but this appears to have been added after the main text was copied.
Ca. 16 lines per page. Written in a medium sized casual taʻlīq in black ink. The added poems in the margins are in a smaller size taʻlīq (these appear to have been added by a later owner, Mehmet Hanafi -- see ownership note below). Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Thick, glazed paper with watermarks. A note on the contents by the owner Mehmet Hanafi on fol. 1a. Water damage to paper...
Ownership statement on fol. 1a in the name of Hacı Mehmet Hanafi, accompanied by a stamp (now obliterated) and dated Ṣafar 1219 (1804).
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/9930608003506421

Holding Institution:

Princeton University