MS. Pococke 45 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Pococke Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: One copy of بروسهلی محمود بجن عثمان بن علی لامعی چلبی Brusalı Maḥmūd bin ‘Os̠mān bin ‘Alī Lāmi‘ī Çelebī (died 1531/2)'s عبرتنما ‘İbretnümā, a collection of ethical and moral tales in rhymed prose and verse.
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
Title: ‘İbretnümā
Title: عبرتنما
Incipit: (folio 1b) حمد بیحدّ و ثنای بیعدّ اول حکیم پر حکمت و علیم پر موحبت [...]
Filiation: An incomplete copy of the same text can be found in Oxford Bodleian Libraries, MS. Rawl. Or. 27.
The text itself was completed in 932 AH = 1525/6 CE (see folio 7b, line 3) for قانونی سلطان سلیمان Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān (see folio 5b).
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 152 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 12.7 cm.
Layout
Single column of 15 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: Nesta‘līḳ in black ink.
Scribe unknown.
History
Origin: Place of origin unknown. Dated 1 Cemāẕīelāḫir 999 AH; 27 March 1591 CE.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Edward Pococke, d. 1691.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1692.
Record Sources
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