This volume contains biographical notices of Ottoman Turkish musicians and singers. The work is also known by the title Tezkire-yi hvanandegan. It was completed in 1127 AH (1715 CE) by the Şeyh-ül-İslâm Mehmet Esat İbn-i İsmail (1096-1166 AH/1685-1753 CE). This remarkable figure was an eminent scholar not only in the field of jurisprudence but also in tefsir and lexicography. He was an aesthete who wrote excellent poetry in both Arabic and Ottoman Turkish and was the father of the renown poet Fıtnat Hanım. The text contains a single illuminated unvan featuring floral motifs. The copyist of the manuscript was not named, but it was completed on 27 R (Ramazan? Recep?) 1201 AH (15 May 1787 or 13 July 1787 CE).
Atrabu'l-asar fi tezkiret urefa il-edvar - اطرب الآثار في تذكرة عرفاء الادوار
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 14269
- Dates of Creation
- 1201
- Language of Material
- Turkish
- Physical Description
- 1 text 49 ff Materials : Buff-coloured polished paper; mauve endpapers. Foliation : European, 49 ff. Dimensions : 233 mm x 140 mm; text area 153 mm x 75 mm. Ruling : Text frames in black and gold; gold outer margin lines. Script : Talik with rık'a elements. Ink : Black ink with red for verses and marginal annotations by the copyist. Binding : Dark maroon binding with gilt border lines on front, back and flap. Watermarks : Crown water mark.
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Purchased by the British Library at Christie's auction on 4 July 1985 (Lot 52).
Bibliography
An abridgement of the Atrabu'l-Asar was published as a supplement to the magazine Mekteb in İstanbul in 1311 AH (1893 CE).