Details

Standardized Title:

Yūsuf va Zulaykhā. Ottoman Turkish
ىوسف و زلىخا. Ottoman Turkish

Subjects:

Potiphar's wife (Biblical figure).
Joseph (Son of Jacob).
Joseph (Son of Jacob) -- Poetry.
Potiphar's wife (Biblical figure) -- Poetry.

Form/Genre:

Poetry.
Manuscripts, Turkish.
Manuscripts, 16th century.
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Illuminations (painting)
Notes (documents)

Language:

Ottoman Turkish with some Arabic (Arabic script)

Summary:

Turkish translation of the Persian adaptation of the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Collation: Paper, 218; 1-2¹⁰ 3⁸ 4-22¹⁰; [1-216, i-ii], modern foliation in pencil, upper center recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 15 lines.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece (f. 1v); textblock border-ruled and columns ruled in red (except for gold borders, f. 1v-2r); rubrications in blue, gold, or red ink.
Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard (Type III) with darker brown spine and edges.
Origin: Copy completed in Muḥarram in A.H. 983 (1575 CE) (f. 216v).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning.

Cited as:

CAJS Rar Ms 216

Contributor:

Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, donor.
Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

OCLC:

962261650