MS. Bodl. Or. 192 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
Summary of Contents: One collection of dialogues, sentences, and proverbs in Ottoman Turkish, seemingly aimed at learners and one anonymous collection of stories about Nasreddin, Hoca, active 13th century.
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
1. folios 1a-53a
Title: Türkçe tekellümāt
Title: ترکچه تکلمات
Language(s): Colloquial Ottoman Turkish.
References
2. folios 53b-96a
Title: Kitāb-ı Ḫvāce Naṣreddīn
Title: کتاب خواجه نصر الدین
Title: Leṭā'if-i Ḫvāce Naṣreddīn
Title: لطاٸف خواجه نصر الدین
Incipit: (folio 53b, line 1) کونلردن بر کون نصر الدین خواجه منبره چقوب [...]
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, MS. Marsh 42, MS. Bodl. Or. 192 (this manuscript), and MS. Bodl. Or. 85.
Language(s): Colloquial Ottoman Turkish.
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 96 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 13.7 × 8.9 mm.
Layout
Single column of 6 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: Large nesta‘līḳ. Scribe(s) unknown.
History
Origin: Place and date of origin unknown.
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated to the Bodleian by William Wood, fellow of Queen's College Oxford, on 22 April 1752.
Record Sources
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