Kitab-i edvar - كتاب ادوار

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 11224
  • Dates of Creation
    • 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 21 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 21 ff. Dimensions : 200 mm x 130 mm. Script : Nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains an anonymous tract on the art of music, beginning with a short account of the study of music in the Islamic world and the works written on it. It includes several diagrams of the various measures and their relation to the tuning of musical instruments. This tract might be a copy of the work Risalet el-musiki fi ilm el-edvar by Ahizade. The manuscript was likely copied in the 18th century CE.

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Related Material

For more information on Ahizade's Risalet, please see OM III, p. 311.