MS. Clarke 10 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Clarke Collection

Summary of Contents: One copy of علي چلبی بن صالح ʿAlī Çelebi bin Ṣāliḥ's همایون‌نامه Hümāyūnnāme, a retelling of the story of کلیله و دمنه Kalīlah wa Dimnah based loosely on the Persian paraphrase known as انوار سهیلی Anvār-i Suhaylī by حسین واعظ کاشفی Ḥusayn Vā‘iẓ Kāshifī.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Author: Ali Çelebi, -1543 = علي چلبی بن صالح ʿAlī Çelebi bin Ṣāliḥ

Title: همایون‌نامه

Title: Hümāyūnnāme

Incipit: (folio 1b) حضرت حلیم خلّاق و حکیم علی الاطلاق جلّت حکمته که وظاٸف لطاٸف حمد ثنای [...]

Filiation: Another copy of the same text can be found in Oxford Bodleian Libraries, Special Collections, Asian and Middle Eastern Manuscripts, MS. Sale 46.

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. col. 1185 § (52) 2090.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 317 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 24.4 × 14.3 mm.

Layout

Single column of 23 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Script: Small but clear nesḫ. Scribe: محمد بن لطف الله Muḥammed bin Lüṭfullāh.

Decoration

Illuminated frontispiece.

History

Origin: Place of origin unknown; last day of Receb 991 AH; 19 August 1583 CE.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Edward Daniel Clarke, d. 1822.

Record Sources

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World