Collection ID: 0003 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Vaṣiyyet.
وصيت

Authors

• Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, approximately 1522-1573
  بركوى, محمد افندى،

Other related names

• Ḥasan ibn ʻUthmān, active 1784, scribe
  حسن بن عثمان،

Call number

BV 55
(Bryn Mawr, PA, Bryn Mawr College Libraries, Special Collections)

Alternate identifiers

• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1135062065
• http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_055.html
• https://tricolib.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?vid=01TRI_INST:BMC

Publisher

Bryn Mawr College Libraries

Language

Ottoman Turkish

Origin

Date

1784

Place

Turkey

Summary

Treatise on the principle of the Islamic faith including divine attributes, Quranic revelation, the prophethood of Muḥammad, the nature of angels, resurrection and the last days, correct ablution and acts of worship, and moral exhortation. Table of contents at the beginning.

Notes

• Manuscript codex.
   

Extent

130 leaves : 182 x 115 (125 x 66 ) mm

Foliation

A possibly contemporary set in black ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals; the beginnings of pagination in pencil (1-50). The references in the record are to the ink foliation.

Support

Paper

Binding

The boards are missing; the gatherings are still connected by sewing.

Layout

Written in 15 long lines.

Decoration

Illuminated headpiece ([ii]v); gold border-rules; rubrications and overlining in red.

Script

Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.

Subjects topical

• Religious life--Islam
• Islam--Doctrines
• Muslims--Conduct of life
• Islamic ethics

Genres

• Manuscripts, Turkish
• Manuscripts, 18th century
• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Manuscripts (documents)
• Illuminations (painting)

Licenses

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