MS. Rawl. Or. 51 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Laud Oriental

Contents

Summary of Contents: One defective copy of Hamdullah Hamdi, 1449-1508's Leylā vü Mecnūn in Ottoman Turkish.

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Author: Hamdullah Hamdi, 1449-1508
Ḥamdüllāh Ḥamdī حمد الله حمدی

Title: Leylā vü Mecnūn-ı Ḥamdī

Title: لیلی و مجنون حمدی

Title: Leylā vü Mecnūn

Title: Leylā ve Mecnūn

Title: Leylā ü Mecnūn

Title: لیلی و مجنون

This copy is missing some material from both the beginning and the end.

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. 1204 § (93) 2131.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 137 folios

Dimensions (leaf): 20 × 14.3 cm.

Layout

Two contiguous columns of 13 lines per page throughout.

Hand(s)

Script: Nesḫ in black ink. Multiple hands.

History

Origin: Date and place of origin unknown.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Sir Gore Ouseley, d. 1844

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1858.

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.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

Subjects

Love poetry, Turkish

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