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Melḥame-i Cevrī
Creator
جوري ابراهيم
Title
Melḥame-i Cevrī
ملحمهٔ جوري
Created
unknown, 1721 or 1722.
Physical Description
1 item (122 leaves) : paper ; 200 mm x 160 mm
Language
Turkish, Ottoman
Notes
Title from headpiece (f. 3b).
According to colophon (f. 119b), manuscript was copied by Pīr Muḥammed in H. 1134/1721 or 1722 AD.
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Double columns of 17 lines.
Script: Ta'līq.
Decoration: Illuminated text frames throughout, rubrication.
Binding: Flap binding, brown leather over paper pasteboards, inlaid gold-stamped centerpiece with pendants and cornerpieces, blind-tooled, gold-painted frames.
In Ottoman Turkish.
Provenance
Purchased from Oskar Rescher before 1972.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper of of Melḥame-i Cevrī, by the Ottoman poet and calligrapher Cevrî İbrahim Efendi. Melḥame (pl. Melāḥim) is a distinct genre of narrations concerning prophecies of future events, especially apocalyptic wars and catastrophic battles. Melḥame-i Cevrī is a popular text of astrological prognostication which draws on another book, the Şemsiyye, written by Yazıcı Sâlih in the year AH 811/1408 CE. The table of contents (f. 3b) shows the twelfth body parts of the book each corresponding to a month of the year.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
April 02, 2024
References
İbrahim Cevrî, Melheme-i Cevrî. General Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
İbrahim Cevrî, Melheme-i Cevrî. General Collection. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Annotations - 18th century.
Manuscripts, Turkish - 18th century.
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