MS. E. D. Clarke Or. 37 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)
Oriental Manuscripts
E. D. Clarke Collection
Contents
İnşā
Language(s): Ottoman Turkish
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Models of epistolography, especially letters of condolence, petitions, etc. Beginning at once with a specimen, entitled: پاشالردن شفقت نامه برای میر وزرایه; the second, on fol. 2, is styled: شفقت نامه برای جزية, and so on. The margin is also occasionally filled with letters. The collection apparently concludes on fol. 61b, and the remaining leaves contain other letters, especially by Ḫāverī Efendi, a تازیتنامه (read تعزیتنامه), and short pieces of Turkish poetry.
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Physical Description
Layout
1 column of 15 lines per page
Hand(s)
Script: Dīvānī
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Edward Daniel Clarke, d. 1822.
Record Sources
Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
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