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Hümāyūn-nāme
Uniform Title
Hümayunname.
همايون نامه
Title
Hümāyūn-nāme.
همايون نامه
Created
Ottoman Empire, 1525-1699.
Physical Description
1 item (250 leaves + ii) : paper ; 245 mm x 135 mm
Language
Turkish, Ottoman
Notes
Title from spine.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Single columns of 31 lines. Catchword on each verso.
Script: Naskh.
Decoration: Rubrication.
Binding: Quarter-bound in brown leather, with black textured paper over paper pasteboards.
Later manuscript annotations (front pastedown), recording the title “Humayunnāme c.H. 950” [that is, 1543/1544] and the manuscript’s purchase in H.1306/1888-1889. Contemporary annotations and stamp obscured by repairs (f. 1a).
In Ottoman Turkish.
Provenance
Unidentified hexagonal bookstamp (f. 1a). Purchased from Oskar Rescher.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Illuminated manuscript, on paper, of Ali Çelebi’s Hümāyūn-nāme, a mirror for princes containing advice for rulers in the form of didactic fables, as well as some short verses. The text is an adaptation into Ottoman Turkish by Ali Çelebi of a translation from the Persian of Anvār-i Suhaylī (انوار سهیلی), itself a translation by Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ Kāshifī (حسين واعظ كاشفي) from the Arabic Kalīlah wa-Dimnah (كليلة ودمنة) to Persian.
Variant and related titles
Kalīlah wa-Dimnah.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
September 28, 2023
References
Hümāyūn-nāme. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Hümāyūn-nāme. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Annotations - 19th century.
Illuminated manuscripts.
Manuscripts, Turkish - 16th century.
Manuscripts, Turkish - 17th century.
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