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وصيت. Vaṣiyyet , 1784 C.E.; 1198 A.H.

 Item
Identifier: BV 55

Abstract

Treatise on the principle of the Islamic faith including divine attributes, Quranic revelation, the prophethood of Muḥammad, the nature of angels, resurrection and the last days, correct ablution and acts of worship, and moral exhortation. Table of contents at the beginning.

Dates

  • Creation: 1784 C.E.; 1198 A.H.

Extent

1 volumes

Language of Materials

Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)

Custodial History

Copy completed in Jumādá al-Ākhirah 1198 A.H. by Ḥasan ibn ʻUthmān (f. 130v).

Author

  1. Birgivî Mehmet Efendi, approximately 1522-1573 بركوى, محمد افندى،

Other Related Names

  1. Ḥasan ibn ʻUthmān, active 1784, scribe حسن بن عثمان،
  2. Usis, Felix, former owner

Related Materials

A digitized version of this manuscript can be found online at: https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0003/html/bv_055.html

Physical Description

Manuscript codex.

Paper support.

The boards are missing; the gatherings are still connected by sewing.

130 leaves : 182 x 115 (125 x 66 ) mm

Written in 15 long lines.

Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.

Illuminated headpiece ([ii]v); gold border-rules; rubrications and overlining in red.

A possibly contemporary set in black ink in Hindu-Arabic numerals; the beginnings of pagination in pencil (1-50). The references in the record are to the ink foliation.

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