MS. Bod. Or. 41 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Summary of Contents: One small fragment of an anonymous Turkish Ḥamzanāme, which gives a legendary account of the companion of the Prophet, Ḥamzah ibn ʻAbd al-Muṭṭalib.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Author: anonymous

Title: Ḥamzanāme

Title: حمزه‌نامه

Incipit: قلدلر امیر حمزه دربند اغزنده قوندی عیشه مشغول اولدی

Ethé (1930:§ (70) 2108) notes that the leaves of this manuscript have been rearranged out of order, and that the proper order of the folios is 1, 35, 6, 4, 5, 7, 34, 2, 3, 8-33, and 36-56, with a major lacuna in the text after folio 3.

Language(s): 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. 1193-1194 § (70) 2108.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 56 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 22.2 × 14.6 cm.

Layout

Single column of 15 lines per page throughout.

Hand(s)

Script: Clear nesta‘līḳ in black ink. Scribe unknown.

History

Origin: Date and place of origin unknown.

Provenance and Acquisition

Acquired by the Bodleian some time prior to 1716.

Record Sources

Description based on 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.

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Bod. Or. 41 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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