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A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester
Series: - Islamic Manuscripts and Books, Volume: 2
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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.
Jan Schmidt is Lecturer in Ottoman Studies at Leiden University. He has widely published on various aspects of Ottoman history and literature, and is the author of a multi-volume catalogue of Turkish manuscripts kept in the Leiden University Library.
'....the catalogue is an impeccably prepared guide to a rich collection for anyone interested in the turchophone literature of the Ottoman period.'
Demetrios Papastamatiou, in Journal of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 22, 2013
Demetrios Papastamatiou, in Journal of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 22, 2013
All those interested in manuscripts and the history and culture of the Turks and the Ottoman Empire