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- Permanent Link:
- http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA005773/00001
Notes
- Abstract:
- Bound in green velvet, this little book contains a series of fold-out maps of the world executed in watercolour. Interspersed between them are text pages whose contents are extracted from the first version of the Cihannuma, the famous but unfinished Turkish geography written in the mid-seventeenth century by the Ottomam scholar Katib Celebi (1609-57). Several features - including the style of its paintings, the political geography of its maps, and its European watermarks, date this book to the second half of the 18th century. Though based on the Cihannuman, the manuscript is not a simple copy, but a highly idiosyncratic adaptation whose maps and text place particular focus on the Ottoman Empire's Balkan provinces, which is where it may have been produced ( en )
- General Note:
- VIAF (name authority) : Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657 : 26051046
- General Note:
- The 'Objects of instruction : the treasures of SOAS' exhibition was funded through a generous gift from the Foyle Foundation and with the support of the Arts & Humanities Research Council.
- General Note:
- Source: A. Contadini (ed.), Objects of Instruction : Treasures of the School of Oriental and African Studies. London : SOAS, University of London, 2007, p.10, no.83
- General Note:
- From: Atlas based on Kātib Çelebi’s Cihannūmā (Universal Geography)
- General Note:
- Ottoman Empire (perhaps Balkans), second half of 18th century.
- General Note:
- Folio 11r of MS 139868
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- SOAS, University of London
- Holding Location:
- Brunei Gallery
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
- Resource Identifier:
- MS 139868 ( soas manuscript number )
dfd63520-6db0-460b-9acd-8cf9c96cc2f4 ( calm recordid )
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