Şerhü'l-kebair - شرح الكبائر

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 17002
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1240
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 65 ff Materials : Paper. Dimensions : 220 mm x 145 mm. Foliation : Western, 65 ff. Ruling : Text boxes outlined in gold leaf and red ink, 160 mm x 90 mm. Script : Nesih. Ink : Black ink with red ink for catchwords and titles; unvan illuminated with light blue, light pink, dark pink, yellow, orange, red, green and black inks as well as gold leaf. Binding : 20th century (Western?) binding in imitation of Ottoman binding stamped gilded cartouches.

Scope and Content

The Şerhü'l-kebair, a text composed by İsmail Hakkı Bursevi in 1116 AH (1704 CE) regarding the Islamic legal concepts of fiqh and kalam, with particular focus on explanations of the major sins. The manuscript features one unvan on f. 1r illuminated with floral patterns in light blue, light pink, dark pink, yellow, orange, red, green and black inks as well as gold leaf. Ff. 1v-2r also include gold-leaf roundels between phrases. F. 1r contains an Arabic inscription in black ink of the following text:. السلام عليكم يا رجال الغيب يا ارواح المقدسة. اغيثوني بغوثة وانظروني بنظرة واعينوني بقوة. The manuscript was copied on 27 Cumaziyelevvel 1240 (17 January 1825) by Efkaru'l-Abad el-Seyyit Hafız el-Seyyit ül-Hac Mehmet Emin.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Christie's on 26 April 2013, Lot 559.

Bibliography

First published by İstanbul Bâb-ı Seraskeriyye Matbaası in 1257 AH (1841 CE).