MS. Rawlinson Or. 36 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Rawlinson Collection

A slightly defective copy of Şāh ü Gedā

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

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The first leaf is missing in this copy of Yaḥyā's شاه و گدا Şāh ü Gedā. It opens thus عين علمك سوادیدر گویا بسمله اولنده نقطه با, corresponding to Laud Or. 38 (No. 2138), fol. 2a, first line. At the end, on ff. 68b and 69a, some stray verses, sayings of the prophet, etc. No date.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

References

Ethé, Hermann. Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Turkish, Hindûstânî, Pushtû and Additional Persian Manuscripts. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1930. § (104) 2142.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 69 folios

Dimensions (leaf): approximately 172.72 × approximately 10.16 cm.

Layout

2 columns of 15 lines per page

Hand(s)

Script: Nestaʿlīḳ

History

Origin: unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Richard Rawlinson, d. 1755.

The Rawlinson bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1756.

Record Sources

Description based on Ethé, Hermann. Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî and Pushtû Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Part II: Turkish, Hindûstânî, Pushtû and Additional Persian Manuscripts. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1930.

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World