COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Turkish MS 45
Reference Number:
Turkish MS 45
Parent Work Title:
A collection of Judicial Records
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Labour Contract
Date Created:
17th century [late]
Description:
The undated manuscript contains the text of 69 legal certificates (huccets), authorised and produced on request by local kazis, which present brief descriptions, covering between a half and four pages, of cases involving French citizens, among these embassy personnel, and protégés, or concerning the affairs of communities in which the French had some interest. Bound in boards with leather back and edges, severely damaged by wormholes; white glazed paper with wormholes; 36 unnumbered folios; 214 x 160 mm and 172 x 117 mm; 19 lines; catchwords; Naskhi and borders in red, except for the last three folios, which lack drawn borders and are written in ta'lik; the margins contain a few corrections and explanations in French. Without date and the name of (a) copyist(s); Ownership inscriptions in Arabic and Roman script of [Jean-Baptiste] Perille [1732-1805/6], French dragoman (see also the Introduction), on the inside front cover and f. la*; a book-plate of Nathaniel Bland.
Language Code:
tur
Language:
Turkish
Language Code:
fre
Language:
French
Subject:
Criminal records
Subject:
Legal documents (Islamic law)
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Support:
Leather
Places Covered:
Turkey: Istanbul
Item Height:
210 mm
Item Width:
160 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Schmidt, Jan. A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2011
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-03-08
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands