schematic drawing of the universe

Turkey
19th 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
Recipe Details

Evidence

"copied and designed in Erzurum in 1241/1826, with a schematic drawing of the universe centred on the Kaaba."

Remarks

Part of an 'encyclopaedia of cosmic knowledge' (Utrecht, UB Hs. 16 B 18) by Ismā'īl Haqqī Erzurumī (d. 1772). The illustration (f. 28b) is a magnificently produced cosmic diagram copied and designed in Erzurum in 1241 AH (1826 AD) (p. 4, p. 11).

Scientific Analysis
Certainty Level
Inferred
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
pigment
RegionTurkey
Approx. Year1850
Source Information
TitleCatalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands
AuthorJan Schmidt, Catalogue of Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of Leiden University and Other Collections in the Netherlands, Minor Collections, Vol 3, Brill, 2012
CollectionErzurum
Language
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