دىوان شاهدى.

Title:

دىوان شاهدى.

Creator:

Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550

Date:

1526-1600

Description:

Abstract: "Şahidî İbrahim's Persian divanAbstract: together with his Tuhfe-yi ŞahidîAbstract: a Persian-Turkish dictionary in verse."Binding note: Olive cloth with embossed floral pattern and light green paper around borders on covers. Brown leather on spine and cover edges. Pastedowns in marbled paper.Contents: 1. Fol. 1b-51b: Dīvān-i Shāhidī.Contents: 2. Fol. 52a-74a: Tuhfe-yi Şahidî.Ms. composite codex.Title from fol. 1b.Text 1 is dated last 10 days of Ramaḍan 932 (1526) -- colophon (fol. 52b).Text 1 is written diagonally in two columns in small nastaʻlīq in black ink, with 7 lines per page. The text is is inside a gold leaf frame outlined in black ink. It has an illuminated head piece (ʻunwān) on fol. 1b, beautifully executed in gold leaf with blue, orange, black and white watercolors. Text 2 is written in two columns in very small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication and with 17 lines per page. The text is inside a frame outlined in red ink, except on ff. 52b-53a, where the frame is in gold leaf outlined in black ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed paper with visible chain lines, different for the two texts, with several olive colored leaves in text 1. Text 2 has a table of contents on fol. 52a, and has some marginal annotations throughout.

Language:

Persian

Type:

Illuminated manuscripts
Headpieces (layout features)
Dictionaries

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Persian language—Dictionaries—Turkish—Early works to 1800

Provenance:

Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.

Extent:

75 leaves : paper ; 178 x 117 (100-125 x 56-70) mm. bound to 178 x 120 mm.

Publisher:

1526-16--?

Rights:

https://rbsc.princeton.edu/services/imaging-publication-services

Identifier:

Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1500Y
Electronic Resource
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Replaces: pudl0032/1500y

Is part of:

Building Exhibits in DigitalPUL
Robert Garrett
Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts
Collections Donated to Princeton University Library

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