Takvimu'l-kibar min maabirü'l-ezhar - تقويم الكبار من معابر الازهار.

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 6851
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1225
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 54 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : Western, 54 ff. Dimensions : 243 mm x 174 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a work on floriculture in the form of a table setting out the varieties of tulips and their characteristics, together with the names of those who are associated with their cultivation (sahib-i tohum), including the author, Mehmet Aşki. The work is dedicated to Sultan Selim III. The work contains a single unvan. There is a colophon on f 12v giving the date of transcription as 1225 AH (1810-11 CE), which is also repeated at the end of the table with the name of the copyist, İsmail Fenni, Ser-tulumbacıyan, Ocak-ı Yeniçeriyan (?).

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