Description of a manuscript of Kātib Čelebī's "Jihān-nāma"

Object identifier ARC_740
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Titles

Title
Description of a manuscript of Kātib Čelebī's "Jihān-nāma"
Type
supplied title

Description

Description of a manuscript that is not indicated (in all likelihood Bodleian ?) of the famous scholar Muṣṭafā b. ‘Abd Allāh, known as Kātib Čelebī or Haǧǧī Ḫalīfa’ s «Jihān-nāma » (“Mirror of the World”), a geographical work that makes the first use, in Turkey, of European atlases and other sources.

Languages

Arabic

English

Medium

paper

Archivistic typology and Extent

Extent
16
Archivistic typology
leaf/leaves

Dimensions in mm

Height
254
Width
202

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