G-VVM4M3Z5F5
Image Number:
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Bookreader Turkish MS 152
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Reference Number:
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Turkish MS 152
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Parent Work Title:
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Hikayet-i Esepos
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Alternative Parent Work Title:
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Collection of Animal Fables from Aesop
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Date Created:
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[date not identified]
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Description:
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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).
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Language Code:
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tur
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Language:
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Turkish
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Language Code:
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fre
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Language:
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French
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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Turkish literature
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Subject:
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Aesop's fables--Adaptations--Turkish
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Subject:
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Aesop's fables. Greek
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Codex
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Medium:
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Ink
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Medium:
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Pencil
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Support:
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Paper
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People Covered:
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Aesop, active 19th century
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Item Height:
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150 mm
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Item Width:
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110 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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References:
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Schmidt, Jan. A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2011
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2018-11-28
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2018-12
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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Collection Code:
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Rylands
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