various types of paper
Turkey
17th Century
Source: Jan Schmidt, From ‘One-Volume-Libraries’ to Scrapbooks. Ottoman Multiple-Text and Composite Manuscripts in the Early Modern Age (1400–1800), 207–214.
Recipe Details
Preparation Steps
The manuscript is a 'composite volume' where 'separate elements... were collected and bound by, probably, an Ottoman scholar' (p. 212). It includes disparate fragments pasted together.
Original Recipe Text
The manuscript is a 'composite volume' where 'separate elements... were collected and bound by, probably, an Ottoman scholar' (p. 212). It includes disparate fragments pasted together.
Evidence
"texts, often fragmentary, are written in different hands on various types of paper, not all quite trimmed to the same size."
Remarks
MS Or. 644 measures 215x151 mm and contains 283 folios with 77 textual units (p. 212). The volume is bound in boards decorated with 'Oriental marbled paper' (p. 212, fn 8). The use of 'various types of paper' highlights the scrap-book nature of this personal collection, where the owner repurposed available paper fragments of different qualities and origins to compile diverse subjects including alchemy, medicine, and magic formulas (p. 213).
Scientific Analysis
Analytical Techniques
Codicological survey
Certainty Level
Confirmed
Instrumentally Verified
Not Verified
Metadata
Material Type
paper
Paper Typevarious types of paper
RegionTurkey
Approx. Year1650
Source Information
AuthorJan Schmidt, From ‘One-Volume-Libraries’ to Scrapbooks. Ottoman Multiple-Text and Composite Manuscripts in the Early Modern Age
CollectionMS Or. 644 (Leiden University Library)
Language
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