Description of Columbia University MS Or 395 - FOLIO: Kharīdat al-ʻajāyib wa-farīdat al-gharāyib.

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Incomplete copy of an Ottoman Turkish translation of a work on geographical places, plants and animals; ends abruptly at the beginning of "faṣl fī al-buqūl al-ṣighār". Text commissioned by Osman Shah bin İskender Paşa. The first two leaves are in Arabic. Worm damage in the gutter and lower, outer corner, text mostly unaffected. The copy is in several different hands.

Ottoman Turkish with two pages in Arabic Kharīdat al-ʻajāyib wa-farīdat al-gharāyib. خريدة العجايب وفريدة الغرايب Ibn al-Wardī, Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ ʻUmar, -1457 ابن الوردي، سراج الدين ابو حفص عمر، Ibn Ḥamdān, Aḥmad ibn Ḥamdān, 1206 or 1207-1295 or 1296 ابن حمدان، احمد بن حمدان، patron Osman Shah bin İskender Paşa former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 [Unnumbered 1 verso] Kharīdat al-ʻajāyib wa-farīdat al-gharāyib.

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185 foliated leaves : 275 x 175 (185 x 105) mm, bound to 275 x 185 mm 19 long lines with poetry in two columns; some marginalia. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Some marginalia in nastaʻlīq; pointed. Textblock border-ruled in gold (1v-2r); rubrications in red; red dots punctuate text on some leaves. Notations Stamp Partial stamp Stamp Stamp Stamp Stamp

Bound in light brown leather over pasteboard; stamped design of two inset rectangles with diagonal lines between the corners, connecting them; plain paper doublure.

The item is undated, perhaps copied in the 17th or 18th century.

Turkey?, 16--?-17--? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Formerly owned by David Eugene Smith (bookplate inside front cover). Geography, Arab--Early works to 1800 Natural history--Pre-Linnean works Manuscripts, Turkish--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Marginalia (annotations) Stamps (Provenance) Early works