MS. Selden Superius 8 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Selden Superius Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: An anonymous collection of stories about Nasreddin, Hoca, active 13th century.
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
Title: Ḥikāyet-i Naṣreddīn Ḫvāce
Title: حکایت نصر الدین خواجه
Title: Leṭā'if-i Ḫvāce Naṣreddīn
Title: لطاٸف خواجه نصر الدین
Incipit: (folio 1a, line 1) بر کون خواجه منبره چقوب وعظ ایدرکن [...]
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, MS. Bodl. Or. 185, MS. Laud. Or. 178, MS. Selden Superius 8 (this manuscript), MS. Marsh 42, MS. Bodl. Or. 192, and MS. Bodl. Or. 85.
Language(s): Colloquial Ottoman Turkish.
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 50 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 14.9 × 10.2 mm.
Layout
Single column of 7 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: Large nesta‘līḳ. Scribe(s) unknown.
History
Origin: Place and date of origin unknown.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of John Selden.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.
Record Sources
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
JISC
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