COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Turkish MS 135
Reference Number:
Turkish MS 135
Parent Work Title:
A mid 18th-century Collection of Fables
Date Created:
18th century [middle]
Description:
Collection of Fables, eighteenth century Turkish manuscript bound in boards covered in multicoloured marbled paper and with a leather backing. Written on paper, 17lines; catchwords; Naskh; red borders; gold borders on lb-2a; a simple gold headpiece on f. lb; rubrics in red; completed on 25 Rabī’ al-Ākhir 1174 (4 December 1761). The collection bears no title or the name of an author. Consists of 149 brief moralistic tales in which animals are the protagonists and each of which ends in an explanation of their meaning. Animal and human figures and others play a role in these stories; marginal corrections; marginal numbers in red from the 30th fable onwards.
Language Code:
tur
Language:
Turkish
Subject:
Turkish literature
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Item Height:
198 mm
Item Width:
135 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; Boston: Brill, 2011
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-11-28
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-12
Metadata Language:
eng-GB