One copy of کاتب چلبی Kātib Çelebī's جهاننما Cihānnümā, an Ottoman Turkish geographical work. — Multiple dates
MS. Sale 67
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
One copy of کاتب چلبی Kātib Çelebī's جهاننما Cihānnümā, an Ottoman Turkish geographical work. — Multiple dates
Shelfmark
MS. Sale 67
Date
12 April 1726
Language
Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
Contents
Form
codex
Physical extent
ff. 375
Hands
Script: Naskh in black ink with red ink for place names, section headings, delineating words/phrases, and overlining. Scribes unknown, but in three different hands: one on folios 1-196 , another on folios 197-244 , and a third on folios 245-375 .
Decoration
A few blank sections and pages throughout apparently meant to include maps or other illustrations.
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian Library in 1872.
Provenance
The collections of George Sale, d. 1736.
Acquired by Thomas Hunt in 1760.
The Radcliffe Library.
Subject
Geography--Early works to 1800
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