Turkish Manuscripts in Public Collections in the Netherlands: a Treasure Trove for the History of Turkish Literary Culture and a Source for Scholarly Contacts between West and East

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Original Recipe Text

Turkish recipes (p. 332). The text notes that a Koran found in Hungary in 1687 contains 'Turkish recipes'. While the specific content of these recipes is not detailed in the epilogue, such entries in Qur'anic flyleaves or margins often include ink-making or medical formulas.

Evidence

"the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum obtained a Koran with Turkish recipes in 1848; it had originally been found in Hungary in 1687, where it had been abandoned by retreating Ottoman troops."

Remarks

The manuscript was originally abandoned by Ottoman troops in Hungary in 1687 and later acquired by the Museum Meermanno-Westreenianum in 1848 (p. 332).