One autograph (?) copy of a trilingual Ottoman Turkish, Latin, and Hungarian poetic risāle in praise of Islam by Murād the Interpreter. — May 1580 and 5 December 1582
MS. Marsh 179
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World
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Title
One autograph (?) copy of a trilingual Ottoman Turkish, Latin, and Hungarian poetic risāle in praise of Islam by Murād the Interpreter. — May 1580 and 5 December 1582
Shelfmark
MS. Marsh 179
Date
May 1580 and 5 December 1582
Language
Hungarian
Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
22 folios
Hands
Script (Arabic): Nesta‘līḳ in black in with red ink for headings and prose notes. Script (Latin): Minimally cursive Renaissance bastard hand. Scribe: likely the author, Murād the Interpreter .
Acquisition
The Marsh bequest entered the Bodleian Library in 1714.
Provenance
The Library of Archbishop Narcissus Marsh, d. 1713.
Subject
Islam--Universality.
Islam--Relations--Christianity.
Islam--Apologetic works--Early works to 1800
Faith (Islam)
Christianity and other religions--Islam--Early works to 1800
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Connections
People associated with this object
- Nicholas Kontovas
- Tercümān Murād ترجمان مراد Murād-ı tercümān مراد ترجمان Murād Beğ bin ʹAbdüllāh مراد بگ بن عبد الله Murād the Interpreter Balázs Somlyai
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Marsh, Narcissus, 1638-1713
