Meşairü'ş-şuara - مشاعر الشعراء

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 12992
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 17th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 303 ff Material : Paper. Foliation : European, 303 ff. Dimensions : 206 mm x 146 mm. Script : Calligraphic talık.

Scope and Content

This volume contains the well-known Tezkire of Aşık Çelebi (died 979 AH/1571-72 CE). The names of the poets whose biographies are provided in the text are painted inside gold circles, and the marginal illumination is most likely a later addition to the text. The first folio has also been restored. This manuscript was likely copied in the first half of the 17th century CE.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from J. Thornton and Son Ltd., Oxford, on 28 February 1966.

Related Material

Other copies of this work can be found at Or 6434 and Or 7060. For more information on the author of the text, see Kut, Günay, 'Aşık Çelebi: Meşâirü'ş-şuarâ adlı tezkirenin yazarı ve şair,' Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Last accessed: 18 August 2021. https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/asik-celebi.