• Dīvān-i Shāhidī

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Language:
  • Persian
Call number:
  • Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1500Y
  • Electronic Resource
Extent:
  • 75 leaves : paper ; 178 x 117 (100-125 x 56-70) mm. bound to 178 x 120 mm.
Format:
  • Manuscript
  • Book
Description:
  • Ms. composite codex.
  • Title from fol. 1b.
  • Text 1 is dated last 10 days of Ramaḍan 932 (1526) -- colophon (fol. 52b).
  • Text 1 is written diagonally in two columns in small nastaʻlīq in black ink, with 7 lines per page. The text is is inside a gold leaf frame outlined in black ink. It has an illuminated head piece (ʻunwān) on fol. 1b, beautifully executed in gold leaf with blue, orange, black and white watercolors. Text 2 is written in two columns in very small naskh in black ink with use of red for rubrication and with 17 lines per page. The text is inside a frame outlined in red ink, except on ff. 52b-53a, where the frame is in gold leaf outlined in black ink. Catchwords on the verso of each leaf. Glazed paper with visible chain lines, different for the two texts, with several olive colored leaves in text 1. Text 2 has a table of contents on fol. 52a, and has some marginal annotations throughout.
Publisher:
  • [1526-16--?]
Subject:
  • Persian language—Dictionaries—Turkish—Early works to 1800
  • Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton
  • Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
  • Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic Empire—16th century
  • Headpieces (layout features)—Islamic Empire—16th century
Spatial:
  • New Jersey
Text language:
  • In Persian and Ottoman Turkish.
Binding note:
  • Olive cloth with embossed floral pattern and light green paper around borders on covers. Brown leather on spine and cover edges. Pastedowns in marbled paper.
Created:
  • 1526-01-01T00:00:00Z/1600-12-31T23:59:59Z
Date:
  • 1526-1600
Abstract:
  • Şahidî İbrahim's Persian divan, together with his Tuhfe-yi Şahidî, a Persian-Turkish dictionary in verse.
Identifier:
  • ark:/88435/h128nd760
Location:
  • HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1500Y
  • HSVM Electronic Resource
  • ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1500Y
  • ELF1 Electronic Resource
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Edm rights:
  • No Known Copyright
Range label:
  • Dīvān-i Shāhidī
  • Tuhfe-yi Şahidî
Creator:
  • Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550
  • شاهدي ابراهيم دده.
Title sort:
  • Dīvān-i Shāhidī.
Type:
  • Illuminated manuscripts
  • Headpieces (layout features)
  • Dictionaries
Contents:
  • 1. Fol. 1b-51b: Dīvān-i Shāhidī.
  • 2. Fol. 52a-74a: Tuhfe-yi Şahidî.
Provenance:
  • Originally acquired by Robert Garrett from Abraham Shalom Yahuda ; 1942.
Source acquisition:
  • Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Author:
  • Şahidî İbrahim Dede, 1470-1550
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