MS. Bodl. Or. 75 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Contents

Summary of Contents: Three works in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic; one Ottoman Turkish text on magic and alchemy, one set of anonymous Ottoman Turkish hymns, and one Arabic-Turkish glossary.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic and Persian

1. folios 1b-11b
Author: anonymous
Title: anonymous Ottoman Turkish text on magic and alchemy
Incipit: (folio 1a, title of first table) در بیان ساعت روز ; (folio 1b, beginning of text) ایّها الاخ العزیز اسعد الله تعالی اکر طالب ایسڭ کمیایه راغب سیمیا ایسڭ بلکل کم کمیاء اکبردر

Flyleaf [vi]b gives the Latin descriptive title Arithmeticae Institutiones ex dono Sharpie; Lingua Turcica, of whicht he first two words are stuck through.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish with some sentences in Persian and Arabic

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. 1242-1243 § (176) 2214.
2. folios 12b-17b
Author: anonymous
Title: anonymous Ottoman Turkish hymns in praise of the Prophet
Incipit: حق بیوردی عزرافیله بیراق هی هی های هی های ایلت سلامم محّمد اشتیاق ویرمه جان نزعنده هیچ دردفراق
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. 1202 § (87) 2125.
3. folios 17b-30a
Author: anonymous
Title: anonymous Arabic-Ottoman Turkish glossary
Incipit: کاغدنشان عنوان
Language(s): Arabic and 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. 1248 § (118) 2226.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: vi (unnumbered) flyleaves + 30 folios + iii (unnumbered) flyleaves
Dimensions (leaf): 20.3 × 13.7 cm.

Layout

Single column of 23 lines per page on folios 1b-11b.

Single column of 10 or 11 lines per page on folios 12b-17b.

Two columns of 6 lines per page on folios 17b-30a.

Hand(s)

Script: Nesḫ in black ink with red ink for headings and Turkish glosses of Arabic words.

Decoration

Table and text borders in red.

Additions: Copious notes in Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew on the initial flyleaves. The Hebrew appears in Rashi and Solitreo scripts in various hands, some more skilled than others.

History

Origin: Place and date of origin unknown.

Provenance and Acquisition

Gifted to the Bodleian by someone with the surname Sharpie some time between 1613 and 1620.

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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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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