Collection ID: 0043 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Tercüman-nâme. / Tarjumānʹnāmah. / ترجمان نامه

Other related names

• Brown, John Porter, 1814-1872, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/90486345)

Call number

Mss 494.9 T841
(Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society)

Publisher

American Philosophical Society

Language

Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Origin

Place

[Turkey]

Summary

Letter templates for a variety of circumstances; includes table of contents (f. 3v-4r).

Notes

• Watermarked European paper
   

Watermark

Shield with crescent moon with face in profile (Abū Shubbāk)

Extent

60;

Foliation

Unfoliated

Support

Paper

Binding

Bound in quarter covers with modern, marbled cardboard sides.

Layout

Written in 15 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left; ruled with a misṭarah.

Decoration

Rubrications in red.

Script

Written in late ruqʻah in black; pointed, unvocalized.

Provenance

• Deposited with American Philosophical Society by John Porter Brown 19 February 1836 (note in ink, f. 1r).
   

Subjects topical

• Education--Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
• Letter writing, Turkish
• Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918

Genres

• Manuscripts, Turkish
• Manususcripts, 19th century
• Handbooks and manuals

Keywords

• Education
• Letter writing
• 18th century
• 19th century
• Turkish
• Ottoman
• Instructional materials

Licenses

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Table of contents

• 1]v — Tercüman-nâme

Decorations

• 3]v — Table of Contents
• 4]r — Table of Contents
• Inside back cover — Library bookplate