Turkish version of Sindbadnama, Walters Art Museum MS. W.662

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NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages in order, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front� for a Western manuscript.

This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Department of Manuscripts.

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fol. 24b: Title: One of the king's wives attempting to seduce the prince Form: Illustration Label: The inscription in the panel on the right reads: al-sulṭān al-ʿādil (the just ruler). fol. 28b: Title: A meeting between the viziers and the king Form: Illustration Label: Seven court officials (viziers) plead with the king for the release of the prince due to false accusations made by a woman. fol. 33a: Title: Confectioner directing a parrot to watch his unfaithful wife Form: Illustration Label: A confectioner is shown directing a parrot to keep watch over his unfaithful wife. The inscription above the door reads: al-sulṭān (the ruler). fol. 52b: Title: Prince hunting with his father's ministers Form: Illustration fol. 76a: Title: Old woman convincing a young woman by means of a crying dog Form: Illustration Binding

The binding is not original.

Modern brown leather (with flap)

Bibliography

Renda, Günsel. "'Sindbādnāma': An Early Ottoman Illustrated Manuscript Unique in Iconography and Style," Muqarnas 21 (Essays in Honor of J. M. Rogers) (2004): 311-322.

For the various versions of the this story see “Sindbād alḤakīm (Syntipas).” Encyclopedia of Islam, 2nd ed, Vol. 2.

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Last folio left blank Collation

Catchwords: Occasionally written obliquely on versos

Dimensions

13.0 cm wide by 20.5 cm high

Written surface

7.0 cm wide by 13.5 cm high

Layout

Columns: 1 Ruled lines: 19 Framing lines in red, black, and blue

Contents

fols. 1b - 142b: Title: Tuḥfet ül-aḫyār Incipit: Text note: Text contains words and phrases in Arabic and Persian: Persian equivalents to the Arabic given between the lines in red; Turkish meanings written in margins Hand note: Written in small naskh script in black ink with some words in gold and red; chapter headings in gold Decoration note: Six illustrations; illuminated incipit page (fol. 1b) containing a headpiece and the doxological formula (basmalah); illuminated text markers

Decoration

fol. 1b: Title: Illuminated incipit with headpiece Form: Incipit; headpiece Label: This illuminated incipit page has a headpiece inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah) in white tawqīʿ script on gold background. fol. 12a: Title: Sindbād instructing the king's son Form: Illustration Label: The inscription in the panel over the door on the right reads: yā Fattāḥ (oh, Opener).

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Shelf mark

Walters Art Museum Ms. W.662

Descriptive Title

Turkish version of Sindbadnama

Text title

Tuḥfet ül-aḫyār Vernacular:

Author

Authority name: Kātib al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī As-written name: Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Kātib al-Samarqandī al-Ẓāhīrī Name, in vernacular:

Author

As-written name: ʿAbdülkerīm bin Muḥammed Name, in vernacular:

Abstract

This is an Ottoman illustrated and illuminated copy of the Tuḥfet ül-aḫyār, which is an Ottoman Turkish version of the well-known story of Sindbad (Sindbādnāmah), written by ʿAbdülkerīm bin Muḥammed during the reign of Sultan Süleyman (Soliman) (reg. 926 AH / 1520 CE -- 974 AH / 1566 CE). The text is written in black naskh script with incidentals in gold and red, and chapter headings are in gold.

The manuscript dates to the tenth century AH / sixteenth CE and opens with an illuminated incipit page (fol. 1b). There are a total of six illustrations.

Date

10th century AH / 16th CE

Origin

Turkey

Form

Book

Genre

Historical

Language

The primary language in this manuscript is Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928). The secondary language of this manuscript is Persian.

Support material

Paper Laid paper

Extent

Foliation: i+142+ii

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This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Department of Manuscripts.

A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.662, Turkish version of Sindbadnama Title: Tuḥfet ül-aḫyār

Published by: The Walters Art Museum 600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.thewalters.org/

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode Published 2011