Kıssa-yı Yakup ve Yusuf - قصۀ یعقوب و یوسف

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 14083
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1179
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 55 ff Material : Thick cream laid paper. Foliation : European, 55 ff. Dimensions : 204 mm x 141 mm. Ruling : Text block measures 162 mm x 87 mm; 12 lines, catchwords. Script : Nesih, fully vocalized; occasionally smudged. Ink : Primary text in black ink, with headings and quotations from he Qur'an overlined. Binding : Rebound in the British Library.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an account in prose of the stories of the Prophets Yakup (Jacob) and Yusuf (Joseph), without the name of the author provided. No other manuscript of this title or content has been traced in other published catalogues. The text contains scribbles on ff 1r and 55v as well as in a few margins. There is an obscured inscription on f 55v. The colophon can be found on f 55r, in which it is stated that the manuscript was copied by Süleyman İbn-i Mustafa Evfa or Ufi in 1179 AH (1765-66 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Library from E. J. Brill of Leiden in February 1982.