[Mecmua-yi eşar, late 17th or early 18th century?].

• Main Author: Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918, former owner.
• Format: Manuscript
• Language: Ottoman Turkish
• Published: 1680
• Subjects: Manuscripts; Turkish; Turkish poetry; Talik; sami
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015079130830

Elegant copy of an anthology of Turkish poetry, mainly of Baki Efendi (d.1600), Sami (d.1733), etc. Contributions to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi. Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Library, Isl. Ms. 416 Origin: Lacks dated colophon perhaps late 17th or early 18th century. Former shelfmark: "587" inscribed in pencil on flyleaf. Binding: Pasteboards covered in purple leather Type III binding (without flap) in oblong or safīnah format which was perhaps originally intended to be opened vertically doublures / board linings in a coated paper printed with blotched design evoking marbling in dark blue and turquoise upper and lower covers carry tooled and gold-painted border (interlocking design flanked by fillets) and corner accents sewn in pink thread, two stations worked chevron endbands in pink and cream [?], good condition overall in fair condition with minor abrasion, lifting and losses of leather, fully detached from text block, etc. Support: non-European (likely Persian) laid paper with 8 laid lines per cm. (somewhat distinct) and no chain lines visible, fairly thin and transluscent though quite sturdy, mainly tinted various shades of pink, light yellow, etc. in what appears to be an added section, margins gold or silver-flecked and written area a contrasting shade (blue, light orange, etc.) endleaf and some hinges in marbled paper. Decoration: Written area and divisions within defined by a gold frame consisting of gold bands (heavy and thin) defined by black fillets. Script: Nastaʻlīq (talik) elegant hand in a medium line serifless with slight effect of words descending to baseline, elongation of horizontal strokes, pointing mainly in distinct dots, point of final nūn set deep into bowl portions of added section in a different hand. Layout: Written in roughly 20 hemistiches per page, typically arranged in 8 lines on the diagonal and 2 horizontal in the central area (or 6, 8 or 10 all on the diagonal), with 10 lines around the perimeter. Collation: ii, IV (8), IV+2 (18), VII (32), 2 III(44), III+3 (53), V (63), V+2 (75), 4 V(115), IV (123) final leaf serves as flyleaf. Explicit: "مراد عرض عبوديت ايسه زكيا ركاب ياره يو زاور شعرك ارمغان ايدرك" Incipit: "كورميوب ايلك يوزين اولسون فلكده سرسرى [؟] ." Title supplied by cataloguer. Ms. codex. Elegant copy of an anthology of Turkish poetry, mainly of Baki Efendi (d.1600), Sami (d.1733), etc. Contributions to the cataloguing from Hossein Mottaghi. Mode of access: Internet. Acquired by purchase (funds donated by Horace Rackham). Effaced oval seal impression on flyleaf otherwise clean copy.