Rūznamah
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- Country
- United Kingdom
- City
- London
- Institution
- British Library
- Repository
- St. Pancras
- Collection
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Shelfmark
- Harl. 5457
Contents
- Rūznamah (Vefa, Şeyh, d. 1490)
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- Author
- Vefa, Şeyh, d. 1490
- شيخ وفاء
- Show other names
- Vefa, Şeyh, -1490 (authorised)
- Ebülvefa, -1490 (variant)
- İbnülvefa, -1490 (variant)
- Muslihiddin Mustafa, -1490 (variant)
- Muslihüddin, -1490 (variant)
- Şheyh Vefa, -1490 (variant)
- Vefa, Şeyh, d. 1490 (variant)
- شيخ وفاء (variant)
- Title
- Rūznamah
- روزنامه
- The Calendar of Sheikh Vefā
- Notes
- A book on morals translated from the Persian
- Şeyh Vefa, to whom the Rūznamah (روزنامه) is commonly asoribed, was a celebrated saint who lived in the time of Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481 and Bayezid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1447 or 8-1512, and died 896 AH [1490-1491 CE]. The date of his death is fixed in another copy of the calendar ( (Uk_add_23591)
- Main language of text
- Ottoman Turkish
- Bibliography
- Editions
- Vefa, Şeyh. Commentarius in Ruzname Naurus, sive Tabulae aequinoctalis novi: Persarum et Turcarum anni. Edited by Hier Velschius, Georg. Augustae Vind., 1676.
- Catalogue
- Rieu, Charles. Catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the British museum. London: British Museum, 1888, 122-123.
Physical Description
- Number of folios
- 9 ff
- Dimensions of folio
- width 14.6cm, height 20.3cm
- Columns
- 1
- Decoration
- Gold-ruled margins
History
- Date of copy
- 17th. century