An Ottoman Anthology of Poetry, in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, second half of seventeenth century] textually complete, but possibly lacking final free endpaper, 79 leaves, single or double column, varying numbers of lines of black, red and green cursive naskh, contemporary foliation in red, a few small stains, gutters a little damp-stained, endpapers darkened, oblong 8vo, 215 by 80 mm.; contemporary Ottoman-style leather covers, blind-stamped with central medallion, ruled in blind, extremities a little rubbed, overall excellent condition With a typed British Library deposit letter signed by Persian and Turkish curator M. I. Waley, dated 2 February 1989. This anthology contains an interesting mixture of religious and secular verse, including Sufi poetry, apparently copied in one hand throughout and probably used as a collection for personal use and reference. Although much of the poetry included is anonymous, the few attributions present include poetry by Nezami, Fazouli, Katibi and Hayati among others.
An Ottoman Anthology of Poetry, in Arabic, Ottoman Turkish and Farsi, decorated manuscript on paper [Ottoman Turkey, second half of seventeenth century] textually complete, but possibly lacking final free endpaper, 79 leaves, single or double column, varying numbers of lines of black, red and green cursive naskh, contemporary foliation in red, a few small stains, gutters a little damp-stained, endpapers darkened, oblong 8vo, 215 by 80 mm.; contemporary Ottoman-style leather covers, blind-stamped with central medallion, ruled in blind, extremities a little rubbed, overall excellent condition With a typed British Library deposit letter signed by Persian and Turkish curator M. I. Waley, dated 2 February 1989. This anthology contains an interesting mixture of religious and secular verse, including Sufi poetry, apparently copied in one hand throughout and probably used as a collection for personal use and reference. Although much of the poetry included is anonymous, the few attributions present include poetry by Nezami, Fazouli, Katibi and Hayati among others.
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