Cevahir el-esdaf
Abstract
Description
1v-443v; Title from fol. 2r; Undated, probably 16-17th century; An important old Turkish commentary on the Koran; The book written for İbrahim Bey Çelebi (d. 847/1443), the son of Sultan İsfendiyar b. Beyazıd Khan of Candaroğlu (d. 843/1440); Table of contents at the front.
Layout: Written in 21 lines per page, one column in double red border.
Script: Naskh script, black ink with headers and overlinings in red, Arabic passages fully vocalized.
Binding: Bound in 2011.
Stains and wormholes, with loss of some letters; One folio containing the commentary on suras 112-114 is missing at the end.
Ownership stamp and note of İsmail İbn-i Yusuf Efendi.
With watermark; Catchwords present.
Incipit (1v): ...بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم- الحمد لله اللذي انزل كلامه المتين- بالروح الامين
Explicit (443v): الله الصمد اول تكرى صمد درر يمز اچمز...
Layout: Written in 21 lines per page, one column in double red border.
Script: Naskh script, black ink with headers and overlinings in red, Arabic passages fully vocalized.
Binding: Bound in 2011.
Stains and wormholes, with loss of some letters; One folio containing the commentary on suras 112-114 is missing at the end.
Ownership stamp and note of İsmail İbn-i Yusuf Efendi.
With watermark; Catchwords present.
Incipit (1v): ...بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم- الحمد لله اللذي انزل كلامه المتين- بالروح الامين
Explicit (443v): الله الصمد اول تكرى صمد درر يمز اچمز...
Keywords
Koran-Commentaries-Turkish, Turkish manuscripts-İstanbul-Turkey, Arabic manuscripts-İstanbul-Turkey
Citation
Boogert, Nico, Catalogue 635: Islamic manuscripts, Leiden: Smitskamp, 2002, pp. 17-18.