Fetāvā-yı ʻAbdürraḥīm Efendi

فتاواي عبد الرحيم

Illuminated manuscript on paper of Fetāvā-yı ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi by Menteşzāde ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi, a collection of fetvās (legal opinions). Contains fetvās by the Ottoman şeyhülislam (chief jurist) Minḳārīzāde Yaḥyā Efendi, with quotations from various legal sources in Arabic and...

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Main Author: Menteşzâde, Abdürrahim, -1716
Other Authors: Muṣṭafā bin el-Ḥācc Muḥammed, El-Ḥācc, Minkarizade Yahya Efendi, 1609 or 1610-1678
Format: Kit
Language:Ottoman Turkish
Arabic
Published: Ottoman Empire, 1730 April 1
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Summary:Illuminated manuscript on paper of Fetāvā-yı ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi by Menteşzāde ‘Abdürraḥīm Efendi, a collection of fetvās (legal opinions). Contains fetvās by the Ottoman şeyhülislam (chief jurist) Minḳārīzāde Yaḥyā Efendi, with quotations from various legal sources in Arabic and Ottoman Turkish. Includes table of contents (ff. 1b-7a)
Item Description:According to colophon, manuscript was copied by el-Ḥācc Muṣṭafā bin el-Ḥācc Muḥammed (الحاج مصطفى بن الحاج محمد) in H. 13 Ramadan 1142 / 1 April 1730
Binding: Flap binding, quarter-bound in red leather with marbled paper covers, pink paper pastedown
Decoration: Illuminated text frames throughout, rubrication
Layout: Single columns of 39 lines
Romanization supplied by cataloger
Script: Nasta‘līq
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This record follows modern foliation present in manuscript. Rubricated foliation contemporary to manuscript starts numbering on modern f. 10a, the second page of the text
Title from colophon (f. 444a). Title on recto front flyleaf in a modern hand: Fetāvā-yı Minḳārīzāde Yaḥyā Efendi
Watermark: Flyleaves on paper with crescent moon facing letter A on crest
Physical Description:1 item (i + 444 leaves + i) : paper ; 300 mm x 180 mm
Access:This material is open for research