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Author John Rylands University Library of Manchester.

Title A catalogue of the Turkish manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester / by Jan Schmidt
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 357 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Islamic manuscripts and books ; v. 2
Islamic manuscripts and books ; v. 2.
Contents Preliminary Material / J. Schmidt -- Introduction / J. Schmidt -- Part One. The Turkish Collection / J. Schmidt -- Part Two. Turkish Manuscripts In Other Collections (Arabic, Chetham, Gaster And Persian) / J. Schmidt -- Index / J. Schmidt
Summary During the six hundred years of its existence, innumerable of manuscripts with, mostly, Turkish texts were produced in the Ottoman Empire. These are mainly preserved in libraries in the countries that once were part of that extended empire; a lesser number of such manuscripts had their origin in central Asia, Persia and India. From the sixteenth century in particular, interest for these handwritten books increased in Europe and found their way to the libraries of scholars, book collectors and universities. The John Rylands University Library is one such repository of Turkish manuscripts of both Ottoman and wider Asian provenance. Most of these manuscripts, among which a number of unique, rare and luxuriously produced items, were originally gathered by a rich mine owner, the 25th Earl of Crawford. In this book, the collection is for the first time described in a detailed and systematic way
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject John Rylands University Library of Manchester -- Catalogs
John Rylands University Library of Manchester
Manuscripts, Turkish -- England -- Manchester -- Catalogs
REFERENCE -- Bibliographies & Indexes.
Manuscripts, Turkish
England -- Manchester
Genre/Form Catalogs
Form Electronic book
Author Schmidt, Jan, 1951-
ISBN 9789004201316
9004201319
128316082X
9781283160827
Other Titles Catalog of the Turkish manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester