COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Turkish MS 73
Reference Number:
Turkish MS 73
Parent Work Title:
Al-Ghazālī's Nasīhat al-mulūk - Ādāb al-Muluk
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Al-Ghazālī's Nasīhat al-mulūk - Vefayāt
Translated Parent Work Title:
Ghazālīs̕ book of counsel for kings - Conduct of the Kings
Translated Parent Work Title:
Ghazālīs̕ book of counsel for kings: Vefayāt
Creator:
Ghazzālī, 1058-1111
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
18th century
Description:
An anonymous sixteenth century translation of al-Ghazali's Nasihat Al-Muluk with the title Ādāb al-Muluk. Ff. 1b-62b: Ādābu l-mülūk. Advice on numerous topics including justice, policies and honour. Ff. 65b-203a: Vefayāt. A biographical dictionary. Entries include notable people buried in Bursa. Bound in gilt-embossed red leather. The text has red borders and rubrication, and is decorated on the back with floral patterns and figures of harps and an angel; glazed cream paper; edges in gold; The first flyleaf has the price of £2.12.6 pencilled in. The penultimate flyleaf has script added saying "From J. Dickson to his mush revered friend Dr. Henderson".
Language Code:
tur
Language:
Turkish
Language Code:
ara
Language:
Arabic
Subject:
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Technique Used:
Gold tooling
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Leather
Support:
Paper
Places Covered:
Turkey: Bursa
Item Height:
211 mm
Item Width:
133 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Schmidt, Jan, 'A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester' (Leiden: Brill, 2011)
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2013-04-10
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-01
Metadata Language:
eng-GB