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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.363)

Cod.Or. 12.363 [Kitab-i] Cihan-niima l* A late 18th-century, incomplete copy, lavishly furnished with maps, of a cosmography by the polymath Mustafa b. ‘Abdullah, known as Katib Celebi and as Hacci Qalifa (d. 1067/1657). The work was begun in 1058/1648 and dedicated to Sultan Mehmed IV. It was based on traditional literary sources and gives a description of the Muslim lands. A second version of the work, which Katib Celebi began in 1065/1654 after he had become acquainted with modem European maps and geographical works, among them the famous Atlas Minor with maps by Gerardus Mercator (1512-94), had a far wider scope, but was never finished (for the codicological complexities, see Taeschner’s articles). The present manuscript is a copy of the first, incomplete, recension, and presents a description of Rumelia not found in the printed edition (of the second version.) The title ‘Terceme-i Atlas Minor takvCm-i biildan’ is found on the first flyleaf, recto\ a heading 'Terceme-i Takvim-i büldan’ precedes the text on f. lb. (The Taqwim al-buldan by Abü 1- Fida was a widely used geographical handbook from the later Middle Ages onward.) After a brief general characterization of the province of Rumelia, we find chapters on Istanbul (2a-10b), Edime (10b-14a); Bursa (15a-16a); the districts of Vize and Kirkkilise [Kirklareli] (13b-18a, with map, 13b), Silistre [Silistra] (18b- 20b, with map, 18b, see plate), Nikboli [Nikopol] (21a-23a, with map, 21a), Vidin (23a-b, with map, 23a), Cinnen [Ormenion] (24a, with map, 23b), Sofia (25a-26b, with map, 24b), Geliboli [Gallipoli] (27a-34a, with map, 26b), Selanik [Thessaloniki] (31b-34b, with map, 34a), Köstendil [Kyustendil] (35a-36b, with map, 34b), Üsküb [Skopje] (37a-38a, with map, 36b), Tirhala [Trikala] (39a-b, with map, 38b), Agnboz [Ewia, Euboia, Negroponte] (40a-42a, with map 40a, and illustration of Agrtboz/Chalkis castle, margin of 40b, see plate), Mora [Peleponnese] (42b-44a, with map, 42b), inebabti [Navpaktos, Lepanto] (47b-48b, with map, 47b), Karlieli [Akamania] (48b-49b), Yanya [Ioannina] (49b), Del vine [Delvina] (50a-b, with map, 50a), Avlonya [Vlora] (50b-51a), Elbasan (51b-52a, with map, 51b), iskenderiye [Shkodër] (52a-b), Ofari [Ohrid] (53a-b, with map’ 53a), Piresbe, ‘a village on Lake Ohrid’ (53b), Pirzerin [Prizren] (54a-b, with map, 54a), Vilftrin [Vucitm] (54b-55a), Dukagin (55a-b), Hersek [Herzegovina] (56a-57a, with map, 55b), Bosna [Bosnia] (58a-59a, with map, 57b), Klis (59a-b) Izvomik [Zvomik] (59b-60a), Alacahisar [Krusevac] and Simendere [Smederevoj (60b-64a, with maps, 60b and 64a), Sirem [Srem] (64b-65a), Pojega [Pozega]