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One copy of پیری رٸیس Pīrī Re'īs 's بحریه Baḥriye, a topographical survey of the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean. — Multiple dates; Dersa‘ādet (İstanbul)

MS. D'Orville 543

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Details

This item is described in 2 online catalogues.?

For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Other descriptions: Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts

Description

From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World.

Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World contains descriptions of Islamicate manuscripts held in 23 UK libraries, including the Bodleian Libraries and some Oxford college libraries. Learn more.

Title

One copy of پیری رٸیس Pīrī Re'īs 's بحریه Baḥriye, a topographical survey of the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean. — Multiple dates; Dersa‘ādet (İstanbul)

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 543

Date

late December 1587

late Muḥarrem 996

Language

Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Contents

Author: Pîrî Reis, -1554? پیری رٸیس Pīrī Re'īs پیری رٸیس بن حاجی حقیری Pīrī Re'īs bin Ḥācı Ḥaḳīrī پیری رٸیس بن الحاج محمد Pīrī Re'īs bin el-Ḥācc Muḥammed Title: بحریه Title: Baḥriye

Form

codex

Physical extent

ff. 142

Hands

Script: careful Nasta‘līq in black ink with red ink for section headings and place names. Scribe(s) unknown.

Decoration

Many maps throughout in black, blue, green, red, and yellow inks.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1804.

Provenance

The collections of Jacques Philippe D'Orville, d. 1751.

Subject

Mediterranean Coast (Spain)

Mediterranean Coast (Italy)

Islands of the Mediterranean

Mediterranean Coast (Sardinia, Italy)

Mediterranean Coast (France)

Mediterranean Coast (Israel)

Mediterranean Coast (Corsica, France)

Aegean Islands (Greece and Turkey)

Military topography

Mediterranean Coast (Libya)

Mediterranean Coast (Algeria)

Mediterranean Coast (Egypt)

Mediterranean Coast (Turkey)

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Title

42. Geographia, Turcicé

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 543

Date

Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

Language

Undetermined

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville

42. Geographia, Turcicé

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  • Orville, Jacques-Philippe d', 1696-1751

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