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)
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
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