Cancelled page of Ottoman alchemical poetry Anonymous

Or 13006, f 112v

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The record is made up of f. 112v. It was created in c 930. It was written in Turkish, Ottoman. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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A page of anonymous alchemical poetry in Ottoman Turkish, which has been struck through and cancelled. Its catchword does not match the first word of the following folio.

Begins (f. 112v, lines 2-3):

گل ای نجم سعادت آفتابی ° اِشِت گل كيبی بو نازک جوابی

ندندر سيم وزريا علم كميا ° قوپر هر قطردن صبريله دريا

Ends (fol. 112v, lines 21-22):

كه تربيّت اولب عرض مطهّر ° كه اولرسيم دمنده گاه اولر زر

اگرحل اوله پر مئله ظاهر ° درون جانده گورينه جواهر

Extent and format
f. 112v
Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 215 x 150 mm leaf [168 x 112 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil; Arabic foliation in the purple crayon typical of Lebanese bookdealers of the 19th century

Ruling: Misṭarah ; 19 lines per page; vertical spacing 11 lines per 10 cm (ff. 113r-158v: 29 lines per page; vertical spacing 17 lines per 10 cm)

Script: Naskh with nasta‘līq tendencies and some titles in thuluth (ff. 113r-158v: naskh )

Scribes: Qudrat Allāh al-Marandī al-Ādharī (ff. 3r-112v) and Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Mawṣilī (ff. 113r-158v)

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated, yellow and green headings and overlinings in red (ff. 113r-158v: black)

Binding: British Museum binding

Condition: Some worm damage, foxing, and tears towards the fore edge. Folios 19, 21 and 24 have been replaced.

Marginalia: Extensive marginal corrections, conjectures, glosses in Arabic and Persian and other evidence of collation and textual study (ff. 113r-158v: very few)

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Turkish, Ottoman in Arabic script
Type
Manuscript item

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British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
Or 13006, f 112v

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Date(s)
c 930 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Context of creation

Damascus?

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Cancelled page of Ottoman alchemical poetry Anonymous, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 13006, f 112v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023512370.0x00000d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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