MS. Bodl. Or. 672 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Summary of Contents: An anonymous collection of stories about Nasreddin, Hoca, active 13th century.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Author: anonymous

Title: Naṣreddīn Ḫvāceniñ ba‘żı laṭīf-i menāḳıbları

Title: نصر الدین خواجه‌نك بعضی لطیف مناقبلری

Title: Leṭā'if-i Ḫvāce Naṣreddīn

Title: لطاٸف خواجه نصر الدین

Incipit: (folio 1a, line 1) بر کون نصر الدین خواجه منبره چقوب ایتدی آدملر بن سیزه نه دیسم کرك بیلورمیسیز دیدیکده [...]

Filiation: The Asian and Middle Eastern Special Collections at Oxford's Bodleian Libraries holds at least seven manuscripts of Nasreddin Hoca stories in Ottoman Turkish: MS. Bodl. Or. 627 (this manuscript), MS. Bodl. Or. 185, MS. Laud. Or. 178, MS. Selden Superius 8, MS. Marsh 42, MS. Bodl. Or. 192, and MS. Bodl. Or. 85.

Language(s): Colloquial 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. 1185-1186 § (54) 2092.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 60 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 15.9 × 10.2 mm.

Layout

Single column of 19 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Script: Nesḫ/Naskh. Scribe(s) unknown. The final section (folios 48b-60b) appears to be in a different, later hand than the previous.

History

Origin: Date and place of origin unknown.

Provenance and Acquisition

Exact provenance unknown.

It is not known when the Bodleian acquired this item.

Record Sources

Availability

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Bodl. Or. 672 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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