COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader Turkish MS 152
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Bookreader Turkish MS 152
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Reference Number:
Turkish MS 152
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Turkish MS 152
Reference Number
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Parent Work Title:
Hikayet-i Esepos
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Hikayet-i Esepos
Parent Work Title
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
Collection of Animal Fables from Aesop
title_l_e_variant
Collection of Animal Fables from Aesop
Alternative Parent Work Title
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Date Created:
[date not identified]
date_created
[date not identified]
Date Created
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Description:
Collection of animal Fables, attributed to Aesop; undated Turkish manuscript bound in boards covered in marbled paper, with flap and red leather edges and backing; glazed white paper. Written on paper, 9 lines, varying; catchwords; nesi, possibly Western; without date and the name of a copyist; the owners' inscriptions of Michel Shaw (la*) and, crossed out, Salomon Moras(?) (on the last flyleaf). Pencil sketches on the flyleaves of a cat, a sheep and a man's head with turban. The title given heads the text on f. 1b*, which is accompanied by Isipos Hycaiesy in transcription.The stories are preceded by a short biography of Aesop (lb*-4a*), said to have been born in Amuriye in the sancak of Kutahya. Marginal corrections and readers' notes in French and English, both in ink and pencil and partly 1st by trimming; these are mostly translations of words occurring in the text and dates, of the months March and April (without year).
description
Collection of animal Fables, attributed to Aesop; undated Turkish manuscript bound in boards covered in marbled paper, with flap and red leather edges and backing; glazed white paper. Written on paper, 9 lines, varying; catchwords; nesi, possibly Western; without date and the name of a copyist; the owners' inscriptions of Michel Shaw (la*) and, crossed out, Salomon Moras(?) (on the last flyleaf). Pencil sketches on the flyleaves of a cat, a sheep and a man's head with turban. The title given heads the text on f. 1b*, which is accompanied by Isipos Hycaiesy in transcription.The stories are preceded by a short biography of Aesop (lb*-4a*), said to have been born in Amuriye in the sancak of Kutahya. Marginal corrections and readers' notes in French and English, both in ink and pencil and partly 1st by trimming; these are mostly translations of words occurring in the text and dates, of the months March and April (without year).
Description
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Language Code:
tur
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tur
Language Code
false
Language:
Turkish
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Turkish
Language
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Language Code:
fre
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fre
Language Code
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Language:
French
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French
Language
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Language Code:
eng
language
eng
Language Code
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Language:
English
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English
Language
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Subject:
Turkish literature
subject
Turkish literature
Subject
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Subject:
Aesop's fables--Adaptations--Turkish
subject
Aesop's fables--Adaptations--Turkish
Subject
false
Subject:
Aesop's fables. Greek
subject
Aesop's fables. Greek
Subject
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Category of Material:
Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
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false
Sub-Category:
Codex
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Codex
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Medium:
Pencil
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Pencil
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
People Covered:
Aesop, active 19th century
people_covered
Aesop, active 19th century
People Covered
false
Item Height:
150 mm
item_height
150 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
110 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
former_repository
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
work_rights
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
References:
Schmidt, Jan. A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2011
references
Schmidt, Jan. A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2011
References
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-11-28
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-12
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
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Rylands
Collection Code
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