Treasures of Knowledge: An Inventory of the Ottoman Palace Library (1502/3-1503/4) (2 Vols): Volume I: Essays / Volume II: Transliteration and Facsimi

by Gülru Necipolu and Gülru Necipoğlu

The subject of this two-volume publication is an inventory of manuscripts in the book treasury of the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul, commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II from his royal librarian ʿAtufi in the year 908 (1502-3) and transcribed in a clean copy in 909 (1503-4). This unicum inventory preserved in the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudom nyos Akad mia K nyvt ra Keleti Gyűjtem...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004402489
• ISBN13: 9789004402485
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 1536 Pages
• Weight: 12.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.2" x 8.3" x 10.7"