MS. Bodl. Or. 255 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Rūznāme-yi şühūr-ı Şemsiye

Language(s): Ottoman Turkish

Title: Rūznāme-yi şühūr-ı Şemsiye
Title: روزنامه شهور شمسيه

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A perpetual calendar, similar to or partly identical with that of Şeyḫ Vefā (see Krafft, p. 141), containing the same tables of the twelve months, with advices what to do and not to do on special days, etc., followed by tables on good and bad hours, favourable and hostile fāls or omens, etc. It is represented here as as shoe still (see Nos. 2202-2205 below); two dates appear, viz. AH 989=AD 1581, on fol. 7b, and AH 1045=AD 1635/1636.

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. § (158) 2196.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 15 folios
Dimensions (leaf): approximately 20.32 × approximately 12.7 cm.

Layout

1 column of varying number of lines per page

History

Origin: unknown

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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