Three recipes in Turkish
Hungary
17th Century
Source: Jan Schmidt, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands, Minor Collections, Vol 3, Brill, 2012
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Preparation Steps
The text explicitly mentions that 'Three recipes in Turkish' were added to the manuscript (Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum Hs. 10 E 30), which is a fragment of the Koran (p. 9). While the verbatim chemical contents are not transcribed in the list of illustrations, they represent an early-modern addition to the text, dating to the 17th century or before (p. 9).
Original Recipe Text
The text explicitly mentions that 'Three recipes in Turkish' were added to the manuscript (Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum Hs. 10 E 30), which is a fragment of the Koran (p. 9). While the verbatim chemical contents are not transcribed in the list of illustrations, they represent an early-modern addition to the text, dating to the 17th century or before (p. 9).
Evidence
"Three recipes in Turkish added to a copy of a part of the Koran, 17th century of earlier."
Remarks
This manuscript is part of the collection at the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum and is historically documented as being obtained as war-booty in Hungary in the year 1687 (p. 9). The inclusion of Turkish recipes in a Koran fragment suggests a vernacular use of the manuscript margins for recording technical or medicinal information (p. 9).
Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
ink
RegionHungary
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorJan Schmidt, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands, Minor Collections, Vol 3, Brill, 2012
Collectionobtained as war-booty in Hungary in 1687
Language
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