Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 89
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4228
- Shelfmark:
- Lewis O 89
- Title:
- Genealogical and dynastic tables.
- Place:
- Van, Turkey
- Language:
- Ottoman Turkish
- Physical Description:
- Extent: iii, 70, ii leaves : 310 x 216 (254 x 143) mm bound to 310 x 220 mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Manuscripts, Turkish Manuscripts, 17th century Codices (bound manuscripts) Genealogical tables Envelope flaps (features) Stamps (Provenance) Blind tooled (decoration) Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Notations on inside front cover.
Numerous stamps with the scribe's name appear throughout.
Catalog entry, number 186, pasted in (first front flyleaf recto).
Binding: Bound in reddish brown leather over pasteboard with flap on the right side (Type II); blind stamped central mandorla and cornerpiece with matching stamps on flap; yellow laid paper doublure.
Layout: Numerous sets of concentric circles with a name written inside the interior circle and color filled in between the two circles connected by lines to other circle-sets. Text appears at angles among the circles. Several pages of prose history without roundels, chiefly 21 long lines.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, partially vocalized.
Decoration: Roundels are decorated with red, yellow and green dots and in-fill with red lines connecting them. Rubrications in red. Two headpieces in red and black (f. 48v, 49v).
Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's in February 1925 (note in pencil, first front flyleaf recto).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_089.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_089/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
