Paris Bibliothèque nationale de France, Turc 389
From The Seven Sages of Rome
| Manuscript Identification | |
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| Reference Number | 40Vezir11 |
| Location | Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Siglum/Shelfmark | Turc 378 (formerly Regius 1446) |
| Page/Folio range | 1-317 |
| Textual Content and Tradition | |
|---|---|
| Standardised title of narrative | Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr |
| Incipit or textual title | Hikayet arbaʿin soubh ou mesa |
| Version (siglum) | Forty Viziers: Ḥikāyet-i Ḳırḳ Vezīr |
| └ Language Group within Version | Turkish Forty Viziers |
| └ Narrative/Scholarly Group within Version | Şeyḫ-zāde: Forty Viziers |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (1) | |
| └ Further scholarly subgroup (2) | |
| Translated/adapted from (Version/Text) | Ahmed-i Mısrî: Forty Viziers |
| Source for information on textual relationship to broader tradition | St Andrews catalogue: https://www.islam-anatolia.ac.uk/data/documents/FR_BNF_Turc_379 |
| Languages | |
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| Language of text | Turkish |
| Regional or specific Language of text | Ottoman Turkish |
| Source for regional or specific Language of text | |
| Digitisation and Editions | |
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| Digitisation | https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b105097536 |
| Modern Editions | |
| Note |
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Note: the BNF catalogue identifies this text as one composed by Aḥmed-i Mıṣrī; however, the St Andrews catalogue notes that Şeyḫ-zāde's works were often conflated with those of Aḥmed-i Mıṣrī. |
| Authorship and Production | |
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| Scribe | |
| Author | Şeyḫ-zāde |
| Place of Manuscript Production | |
| Date of Manuscript Production | 1630 (1039AH) |
| Source of Date of Manuscript Production | |
| Physical Description | |
|---|---|
| Material | Paper |
| Total pages/folios in Manuscript | 317 |
| Height | 195 |
| Width | 150 |
| Script style/form | Neskhi |
| Prose or verse | Prose |
| Illustrations | No |
| Contents and Additional Texts | |
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| Other texts in the Manuscript | |
| Catalogues and Research Literature | |
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| Catalogue | St Andrews catalogue: https://www.islam-anatolia.ac.uk/data/documents/FR_BNF_Turc_379, BNF: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc929159?collect |
| Modern Research Literature | Duda (1930), Gibb (1886), Kızıltan (1991), Gara (2024) |
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