MS. Bodl. Or. 191 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Contents
A Turkish version of some fables of Æsop.
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
Title: Ḥikāyāt-i Esepos
Title: حکایات اسهپوس
Incipit: اسهپوس کوتاهیّه سنجاغنه تابع اموریه نام موضعه طوغمش ایدی و بر کمسهنڭ قولی ایدی
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
References
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Red, green, blue, yellow, and cream coloured paper.
Extent: 85 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 5.4 × 12.1 cm.
Layout
Single column of 7 lines per page throughout.
Hand(s)
Script: Clear nesta‘līḳ in black ink with some red headings and proper names. Scribe unknown.
History
Origin: Place of origin unknown. Date of origin unknown, but written some time before its donation to the Bodleian on 22 April 1752. CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Formerly of the collection of William Wood.
Presented to the Bodleian by William Wood on 22 April 1752. CE
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Funding of Cataloguing
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