Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands: Minor Collections

by Jan Schmidt

Overview

From as early as the 1600s, Dutch scholars and scholarship have displayed a keen interest in the studies of the Islamic world. Over the centuries, they have collected a wealth of source texts in various languages, Turkish texts being prominent among them.
The present catalogue is the fourth and final volume in a series that covers the Turkish manuscripts preserved in public libraries and museums in the Netherlands. The volume gives a detailed description of Turkish manuscripts in minor Dutch collections, found in libraries and museums in Amsterdam, Groningen, The Hague, Leiden, Rotterdam and Utrecht, which hitherto have received little or no attention.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789004221901
Publisher:	Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/25/2012
Series:	Islamic Manuscripts and Books , #3
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.40(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Jan Schmidt is lecturer in Ottoman Studies at Leiden University. He has published widely on various aspects of Ottoman history and literature and is the author of A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the John Rylands University Library at Manchester published by Brill (2011).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vii

Foreword xiii

List of Abbreviations xv

Transliteration Table xxi

1 Amsterdam, Amsterdam Museum 1

2 Amsterdam, International Institute of Social History (IISH) 3

3 Amsterdam, Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum (Netherlands Maritime Museum) 9

4 Amsterdam, Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB, University Library) 11

5 Groningen, Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB, University Library) 58

6 The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB, Royal Library) 90

7 The Hague, Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum/Huis van het boek 96

8 Leiden, Museum Volkenkunde (Museum of Ethnology, Leiden) 100

9 Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB, University Library), Bibliotheek A. Hotz (The Hotz Library) 108

10 Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB, University Library), Bibliotheca Publica Latina (BPL) 110

11 Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek (University Library), Collection of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen) 139

12 Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek (UB, University Library), Legatum Warnerianum, Addenda 215

13 Rotterdam, Maritiem Museum (Maritime Museum) 258

14 Rotterdam, Wereldmuseum (World Museum) 265

15 Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek (University Library) 273

Epilogue. Turkish Manuscripts in Public Collections in the Netherlands: A Treasure Trove for the History of Turkish Literary Culture and a Source for Scholarly Contacts between West and East 319

Postscriptum 347

Index 349

General Index (Vols. I-IV) 388

Editorial Reviews

'The book is of great value for the research in the Ottoman literature and history due to the large number of manuscripts described with unique accuracy in it. It offers all the necessary information regarding an enormous corpus of manuscripts kept in The Netherlands, and thus, it is an indispensable guide to all interested in the Ottoman letters and history.'

Demetrios Papastamatiou, in Journal of Oriental and African Studies, Volume 22, 2013

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