Vafiyetü'l-evkat - وافية الاوقات

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 7308
  • Dates of Creation
    • Early 18th century
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 30 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 30 ff. Dimensions : 181 mm x 114 mm. Script : Nesih. Binding : Marbled paper binding with half calf.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a treatise consisting of a preface and 21 ebvab on the sinuated quadrant and its use, compiled by Mustafa İbn-i Ali, the timekeeper (muvakkit) of Yavuz Selim Camii. This copy is undated, but there are notes left by previous owners, the earliest of which is dated 1147 AH (1734-35 CE). On the basis of the title on the flyleaf, Risale-yi ceyp li-Selimi, this copy has been lettered 'Risalah i Habib'.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Bequeathed by E. J. W. Gibb in 1901.

Related Material

For more information on the author of the tract, see OM III, p. 121. Other works by the same author and allied subjects are described in Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 121.