MS. Laud Or. 16 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: An album of Turkish poetry containing ġazels the majority of which are by Bāḳī the greatest lyrical poet of the Ottomans

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Title: An album of Turkish poetry containing ġazels the majority of which are by Bāḳī
Incipit: خورشید رنگ کندوئى كم كوستره جانا الج ... شاد اولمق استین
Author: Bāḳī
Author: Kemālpaşazāde

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(see Nos. 2144 and 2151 sq., and comp. Dvořák, Bākī als Dichter, in Zeitschrift der D. M. G., vol. 42, pp. 580-586). Beginning, on fol. 1b: خورشید رنگ کندوئى كم كوستره جانا الج. On fol. 1a a poem by Kemālpaşazāde (see Nos. 2151 and 2153 above), beginning: شاد اولمق استین. This manuscript was presented to the Library by Archbishop Laud, 1633.
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. § (119) 2157.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 78 folios
Dimensions (leaf): approximately 172.72 × approximately 7.62 cm.

Layout

1 column of 6 lines per page

Hand(s)

Script: Nestaʿlīḳ

Decoration

illuminated headpiece

History

Origin: unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

The Library of Archbishop William Laud, d. 1645.

Donated to the Bodleian Library by Archbishop William Laud, 1635-41.

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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