MS. Rawl. Or. 27 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Rawlinson Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: One incomplete copy of محمود بجن عمر بن علی لامعی Maḥmūd bin ‘Ömer bin ‘Alī Lāmi‘ī (died 1531)'s عبرتنما ‘İbretnümā, a collection of ethical and moral tales in rhymed prose and verse. Missing beginning and end.
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
Title: ‘İbretnümā
Title: عبرتنما
Incipit: (folio 1b) حمد بیحدّ و ثنای بیعدّ اول حکیم پر حکمت و علیم پر موحبت [...]
The text itself was completed in 932 AH = 1525/6 CE for قانونی سلطان سلیمان Ḳānūnī Sulṭān Süleymān. (See Oxford Bodleian Libraries, MS. Pococke 45 for details.)
Filiation: A full copy of the same text can be found in Oxford Bodleian Libraries, MS. Pococke 45.
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 67 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 8.6 cm.
Layout
Single column of 23 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Script: Nesta‘līḳ in black ink.
Scribe unknown.
History
Origin: Place and of origin unknown, but logically not before 1525 CE; 1525/26 CE, when the work was initially dedicated.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Edward Pococke, d. 1691.
Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1692.
Record Sources
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Funding of Cataloguing
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