Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum

This volume records and describes the 483 Turkish manuscripts in the British Museum at the time of the author. Most of the manuscripts are in Western Turkish, and a few in Eastern. The material is helpfully categorized according to the area of particular concern to the manuscript. Various aspects of Islamic religious practice are covered by several manuscripts. Other general areas represented are history, sciences, the arts, philology, and poetry. The Eastern Turkish materials are given their own section. Each manuscript is meticulously described, and the volume contains useful indices of titles, personal names, and subjects. A must have for any Turkologist, this historic catalogue is once again available.

Contenu

• CONTENTS (page 5)
• PREFACE (page 7)
• BIBLE (page 13)
• MUHAMMEDAN THEOLOGY (page 15)
• HISTORY (page 34)
• SCIENCES AND ARTS (page 126)
• PHILOLOGY (page 146)
• POETRY (page 164)
• TURKI OR EASTERN TURKISH (page 275)
• INDEX OF TITLES (page 315)