MS. Laud Or. 16 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
Laud Collection
Contents
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
Incipit: خورشید رنگ کندوئى كم كوستره جانا الج ... شاد اولمق استین
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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
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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
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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