- Language(s)
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Turkish, Ottoman ; Persian
- Published
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[1580-1599?].
- Summary
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Elegant copy of the collected poems of the celebrated Turkish poet, Baki Efendi (d.1600), opening with kaside in praise of Sultan Süleyman (opening on p.12 in Bâḳî dîvânı : tenkitli basım, Sabahattin Küçük, ed. Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1994) and closing with Persian verses (compare p.462 in Küçük edition). Contributions to the cataloguing from Elizabeth Kunze.
- Note
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Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 363
Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; decoration, hand, etc. suggest 16th century.
Accompanying materials: Slip of wove paper with note in hand of G. Meredith-Owens "363 | Dīvān of Bāḳī | undated, probably 16th cent. | contemporary binding."
Former shelfmark: "93 T. De M. [i.e. Tammaro De Marinis]" in pencil on verso of front flyleaf.
Binding: Pasteboards covered in dark red-brown leather ; Type II binding (with flap) ; two-piece binding (seam of overlapping flanges visible at spine) ; doublures in dark red-brown leather with large mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces in gold and black painted leather filigree appliqué over blue paper (design continues on interior of envelope flap) ; flyleaves (made endpapers) in slate blue paper, gold-flecked ; upper and lower covers block-stamped, black- and and gold-painted (large panel stamp repeated twice with central seam visible) with design of mandorla, pendants, cornerpieces, upper and lower rectangular piece and wide border overlaid with vegetal composition filling panel ; design continues on envelope flap ; sewn in light blue (approaching silver) thread, two stations ; worked chevron endbands in pink and yellow, fairly good condition ; overall in good condition with some abrasion, etc. ; likely repairs (edging, fore edge flap, etc.) in dark red / maroon leather.
Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with roughly 9 laid lines per cm. (vertical, indistinct) and no chain lines plainly visible, cloudy formation, some bits of fibre and inclusions visible, thin and crisp though sturdy, well-burnished, dark cream to beige in color ; opening section heavily moisture damaged with stains, traces of mold, etc. ; elsewhere breakthrough at frames.
Decoration: Splendid illuminated headpiece (ʻunwān / sarlawḥ) at opening on p.2 consisting of rectangular piece (bordered in bands of gold flanking orange-red band with black crosses) with empty gold cartouche surrounded by swirling vegetal decoration in gold with floral accents in red, yellow, green, light blue, and white on grounds of dark blue (approaching lapis) and gold, surmounted by band of gold with floral motifs (flanked by narrow bands of turquoise and gold) and scalloped dome with similar swirling vegetal motifs with floral accents (in light blue, red, white, orange, green, lavender, etc.) on grounds of gold and dark blue, itself surmounted by vertical stalks (tīgh) and delicate floral vegetal decoration ; similar elegant headpiece at opening of ghazals on p.62 (rectangular piece with empty cartouche srmounted by wide scalloped dome almost filling the well, chiefly in gold and dark blue approaching lapis with swirling floral vegetal decoration in gold, white, red, lavender, light blue, green, etc.) ; written area throughout surrounded by frame consisting of gold band outlined in black with inner orange fillet and outer blue fillet, divisions within defined by narrow gold bands outlined in black ; from p.257, rubricated section headings provided.
Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) ; elegant Ottoman hand in a medium line ; characteristically serifless with gentle effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing in distinct dots, point of final nūn set at mouth (occasionally just above) wide, deep bowl ; text from p.257 to close possibly in a different hand.
Layout: Written in 12 lines per page with written area divided to two columns ; frame-ruled (impression of ruling board visible).
Collation: i, IV+1 (9), III+1 (16), 15 IV(136), II-1 (139), i ; almost exclusively quaternions ; catchwords present ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during cataloguing.
Explicit: "صی دآن شاهد مطبوع شمایل باشی تمت م م م"
Incipit: "خط مشك فامكله اى غنچه تر شكر در اولبلر ممسك مكرر ..." ; [ghazals] "ازلدن شاه عشقك بنده فرمانيوز جانا محبت ملكنك سلطان عاليشانيوز جانا ..."
Title supplied by cataloguer.
Ms. codex.
At least four ownership statements on 'title page' (now obscured by leaf which has been pasted over but partially visible with transmitted light), two accompanied by oval seal impressions (one of these in name of Ahmet b. Hüseyin / احمد بن حسين), another in name of Ahmet b. Osman (احمد بن عثمان / Aḥmad ibn ʻUthmān), still another dated 1250 [1834 or 5] in name of Mustafa Nuri Divan Efendi ibn Efendizade (مصطفى نورى ديوان افندى ابن افندى زاده) reads "استصحبه الفقير السيد مصطفى نورى ديوان افندى ابن افندى زاده القاضى بحلب الشهبا ... غفر لهما ١٢٥٠" ; effaced statement and circular seal impression at close on p.277 ; excerpts on verso of final leaf now obscured by leaf which has been pasted over though possible to view in transmitted light ; some marginal glosses (preserved via folding before volume was trimmed).
- Physical Description
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139 leaves :
paper ;
198 x 120 (134 x 64) mm.