Book/Printed Material The Book of Aroodh.
About this Item
Title
- The Book of Aroodh.
Summary
- This manuscript, by an unknown author, is an incomplete work that endeavors to apply Arabic poetry metrics to Ottoman Turkish poems. It starts with the seas (or metrics) of al-mutaqarib, ar-ramal, and al-munsarih. The transcription is possibly from the 17th century. The manuscript is from the Bašagić Collection of Islamic Manuscripts in the University Library of Bratislava, Slovakia, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register in 1997. Safvet beg Bašagić (1870-1934) was a Bosnian scholar, poet, journalist, and museum director who assembled a collection of 284 manuscript volumes and 365 print volumes that reflect the development of Islamic civilization from its inception to the early 20th century. The manuscript is item 463 in Jozef Blaškovič, Arabské, turecké a perzské rukopisy Univerzitnej knižnice v Bratislave (Arab, Turkish, and Persian manuscripts in the University Library, Bratislava).
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1600 to 1699]
Headings
- - Turkey
- - 1600 to 1699
- - Arabic poetry
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Memory of the World
- - Turkish poetry
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 23 folios ; 23.5 x 15 centimeters ; black and red ink ; leather hardcover.
- - Original resource at: University Library in Bratislava.
- - Content in Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928).
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Bašagic's Collection of Islamic Manuscripts
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021667150
Online Format
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