Compilation of texts relating to poetry, Ottoman Empire, 18t - Lot 231

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Compilation of texts relating to poetry, Ottoman Empire, 18t - Lot 231
Compilation of texts relating to poetry, Ottoman Empire, 18th - 19th century Manuscript on paper in cursive calligraphy in black ink, a few characters, titles or lines in red ink. In several sections by several hands on several different papers, four of them introduced by a sarlow frontispiece illuminated in gold and polychrome, a fifth with a gilded frontispiece. The first three sections, in Ottoman Turkish, inscribed with 17 lines per page, the text of the first having Kashmir as its subject, the colophon of the third being signed Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Shahir Kudsi [or Rudosi], date probably to be read as [1]227 H / 1811 ; the fourth section with gilded frontispiece, in Ottoman Turkish of 23 lines per page mentioning the nowruziyya (poems written about the day of Nowruz in Bektashi culture) and the "resurrection" of Emir Abul Fatah; the fifth section in Ottoman Turkish of 17 lines of text per page, ending with verses by the 16th-century Persian poet 'Arfi Shirazi; the sixth section, in Arabic of 17 lines per page calligraphed by another hand on another paper. Section introduced by a richly illuminated frontispiece, followed by poetic verses, then a text on metrics accompanied by numerous marginal notes including diagrams, and completed by a colophon signed Hafiz Hassan ibn Hassan and dated Rabi' al-Akhir 1170 H / December 1756. Beautiful brown morocco flap binding, stamped and gilded in both golds with a polylobed mandorla with double flowered appendages decorated with floral scrolls and tchi clouds. Back covers covered with ebru paper, page edges decorated in gold. On the first page, handwritten bookplates in black ink: Mustafa Behget and 'Abd al-Haqq, both referred to as "rais al-Atba' al-Sultan" (chief of the sultan's physicians). 19.5 x 11 cm (unfinished, freckles, stains, slight folds, some wear to binding)
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