Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS. Bodl. Or. 191 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

A Turkish version of some fables of Æsop.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

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

Record Sources

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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