732

ACQUISITIONS 2000-2 (Or. 25.760, cont.)

Literature: Janos Eckmann, ‘Kamus’ in Ef.

(2) ff. 25b-48a

Sübhe-i sibyan

An undated copy of an anonymous rhymed Arabic-Persian/Turkish dictionary written, according to a chronogram in f. 26b:9, in 1033/1623-4 (cf. Fliigel 116). The addition of ‘1233’ is probably is a mistake for 1033. The title is mentioned in f. 26b:7, and erroneously spelt in a heading preceding the text on f. 25b. The text was copied from the edition of mid-Muharrem 1244 (24 July-3 August 1828), printed at the Dar at-tiba'a in Istanbul, the colophon of which was also copied into the manuscript (48a, quoted below). The dictionary is preceded by an introduction (25b-26b) in which the author explains that it is easier for boys to memorize the meaning of foreign words when they are arranged in verses; the division of the work in various metres and rhymes makes them, at the same time, familiar with literature. The dictionary is loosely arranged according to semantic content and divided into sections in either monorhyme or mesnevi rhyme, the verses composed in various metres. Each section contains a hemistich showing the apposite Jjti pattern in red, from hezec (27a) to recez (47a). Interlinear and marginal corrections and additions, particularly abundant on ff. 32a-35a. The first fourteen lines of the work are repeated on f. 48b. (For another copy, see Cod.Or. 11.117(1).) Begins (25b): 1 M j jjjl - [ J] * I^Lil a Ju t jS i 1.1» aL* The title is found in f. 26b:7:

Colophon (ibidem): 4JS jjuei *j I«II aJjjJJ 5jj at al) ü_c.LJaJI jlj * *j »ll O Ajfe ‘*■ * ■

Catalogue entries: Sohrweide I, 222, where other MSS are mentioned; see also Fihris 2833-5 (II, pp. 320-1); KiYK 50; TYTK (Antalya) 3492; Yardim 3843.

Ends (48a):

aJjl .il |Ub aSI in * aJjI jL a *«i<> 4"ijLI jLLjL aJjI -■ jj * jLSjL aJLs <lSU jSI jj

CaAÏ lJS j '*■ H J