Turkish tales, n.d. but probably 1508/1509
The second volume or rather the second half of a collection of Turkish tales, entitled: 'The book of joy after distress' by an anonymous author or translator.
Dates
- Creation: n.d. but probably 1508/1509
Extent
176 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Turkish
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Or. 147
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘B 82’, see Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, p. 14
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 563
Beeston, A. F. L, H. Ethé and E. Sachau, Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (3 vols., Oxford, 1889-1953), no. 2102
Custodial History
Manuscript 1732 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
13 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.
Repository Details
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