MS. Elliott 50 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
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Summary of Contents: One copy of the Dīvān of Fuzulî, ca. 1495-1556.Language(s): ʹAcemī Turkish, sometimes refered to as Old Azerbaijiani Turkish; the Oghuz Turkish of primarily Persophone lands, often mutually intelligible (and therefore confused) with contemporary Old Anatolian Turkish or Ottoman Turkish.
Title: Dīvān-ı FuẓūlīTitle: دیوان فضولیRubric: دیباچهٔ فضولی بغدادیIncipit: حمد بیحد اول متکلم نطق افرینه که سفینه سکان بحار بحور نظمی تموج اڛتغراق والشعرا یتبعهم الغاوون مستغرق کرداب حرمان ایتمشکن سلڛله استثنا الا الدین آمنوا بیراقوب شعراء اسلامی صحیح و سالم ساحل نجاته چکمشLanguage(s): ʹAcemī Turkish, sometimes refered to as Old Azerbaijiani Turkish; the Oghuz Turkish of primarily Persophone lands, often mutually intelligible with contemporary Old Anatolian Turkish or Ottoman Turkish.References
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: 151 foliosDimensions (leaf): 24.4 × 14.3 cm.Layout
2 columns of 12 contiguous lines per page throughout.
Hand(s)
Script: Nesta‘līḳ in black ink. Scribe unknown.
Seal(s):Decoration
Textbox borders in blue, red, green, gold, and black throughout.
Gold cloud bands with red, blue, and purple floral designs around the main text on folios 1b-2a and folios 9b-10a, as well as around the text of some ‘unvān throughout.
Folio 1a: Richly illuminated miniature displaying a scene of feasting and partying. The miniature is surrounded by thick margins in gold, blue, red, whitwe, and black, which nevertheless seem to have been truncated somewhat by the trimming of the pages.
Folio 1b: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red, white, green, and black. The ‘unvān within it indicates the beginning of the author's prologue: دیباچهٔ فضولی بغدادی.
Folio 1b: ‘Unvān within illuminated headpiece indicates the beginning of the author's prologue: دیباچهٔ فضولی بغدادی.
Folios 1b-2a: Border composed of golden floral and vegetal designs.
Folio 9b: Illuminated headpiece in gold, blue, red, white, green, and black. This headpeice protrudes approximately 1cm above the rest of the page, suggesting that the white margins were once thicker than they currently are.
Folio 9b: ‘Unvān within illuminated headpiece indicates the beginning of the dīvān itself: دیوان مولانا فضولی بغدادی.
Folio 157a: Two illegible seals, presumably of previous owners.
History
Origin: Place and date of origin unknown.Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of John Bardoe Elliott.
Presented to the Bodleian Library by J.B. Elliott, in 1859.
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