Hart 19224 (The Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery)
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R. E. Hart Collection
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Summary of Contents: The Dīvān-ı Rāġıb of Ottoman poet Koca Ragıb Paşa (ca. 1698–1763) features a lavishly illuminated opening and depiction of a rose at the conclusion. An unidentified scribe completed it in Güzelhısar (Aydın) on 1163 AH (1749–1750 CE) during the author's lifetime.Title: Dīvān-ı RāġıbTitle: دیوان راغبColophon: Completed in Güzelhısar (Aydın) on 1163 AH (1749–1750 CE).Language(s): Ottoman Turkish and PersianPhysical Description
Form: codexExtent: Undetermined folios.Foliation: Unfoliated.Collation
Undetermined. Catchwords throughout on the lower-left corners of the b sides.Condition
In good condition. Some staining and wear and the beginning and end of the text. Moderate repairs at the end.Layout
Written in 1 to 2 columns, with 23 lines per page. Ruled with a misṭarah hand guide.
Hand(s)
Written in a clear black Ottoman naskh hand.
Binding
Rebound for Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford by Fazakerley of Liverpool, as per their stamp along the head of final left flyleaf a side (f. iva).
Resewn on four recessed cord supports, laced into the boards, with front bead double-core decorative endbands sewn in white and red silk threads at head and tail. Covered in European style, half-bound in dark blue morocco-grained goatskin leather. Sides faced with British-made dark blue moirée Spanish patterned marbled paper over-printed with gold veins. Endpapers of European handmade paper with ~1 mm between laid lines and ~28 mm between chain lines.
Paper sides bounded by gilt single fillet lines. Spine palleted with single fillets upon the bands and head and tail in gold with thick blind lines on both sides of the bands.
Titled: ‘TARJAMA-I NĀD PURĀN PERSIAN MS Nº 347 ABOUT A. D. 1800.’309 × 198 × 16 mm.
Binding in excellent condition. Gutter margins pierced three times where previously stab-bound.
History
Origin: Completed by an unidentified scribe in Güzelhısar (Aydın); , Ottoman Empire; 1163 AH (1749–1750 CE).Provenance and Acquisition
While the circumstances under which this manuscript arrived in Britain remains unclear, collector Robert Edward Hart (1878-1946) acquired them from an unidentified source.
Bequeathed to the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Blackburn, Lancashire, after the death of Robert Edward Hart (1878-1946) in 1946.
Record Sources
Manuscript description by Jake Benson in 2026 with reference to the volume in hand, and with contributions to the record by Dagmar Riedel.
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
The Soudavar Memorial Foundation
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