Letaif-i İbn-i Lami'i Çelebi - لطائف ابن بامعى چلبی

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11260
  • Dates of Creation
    • 942
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 127 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 127 ff. Dimensions : 215 mm x 140 mm. Script : Divani.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a collection of anecdotes similar in character to the Decameron of Boccaccio compiled by Lami'i Çelebi. The work received its final form at the hands of Lami'i's son, Abdullah Lem'i. The text contains a table of contents on f 125r. This manuscript was copied by Ali İbn-i Şuca Bekir, known as Kağız-emini, in the Molla Gurani mahalle of İstanbul in 942 AH (1535-36 CE).

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For more information on the author and the text, see OM II, p. 493, where it is called Mecmua'u'l-letaif.