I. Parlatir , Gy. Hazai , B. Kellner-Heinkele (comp.): Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Catalogue - II. Literature

Literature: K. YOLDAŞ, Taşlıcalı Yahya Bey: Şah u Geda. İnceleme, metin. (İnÜ 1993. Yit). For manuscripts in other collections see: BLASKOVIC, N° 473: DTCF, İS I, N

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S 884, 4008; DTCF, M. Con, N° 405; DTCF, M. Ö I, N

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S 684, 1040; FLEMMING, N° 426; M TO III, N° 2927; RIEU, N° Or. 1147/V; SCHMIDT II, N° 10.851; SOHRWEIDE (1981), N° 252; TDKK, YEK, N° 807; TÜYATOK 07/V, N° 3966; TÜYATOK 34/1, N° 279. 194 TÖRÖK O. 202 One vol.; 76 fols.; 11 lines; p.d. 207 x 137 mm, w.s. 163 x 96 mm. Leather-bound; in good condition. Paper: with watermarks; script: vowelized nesih

; ink: black; gilded and decorated opening heading (serlevha); there is a gilt between the beyits on lb; gilded and decorated poems on all pages; catchwords. Şehr-engîz (jAI yk) (Notice page/flyleaf//zrt/;r/ye like an opening heading/

serlevha) Begins: ysi'j j j'j j (lb) fij

a jük jko5 jllij5 Ends: elk I i i m jj j ir Loujia ^ -v imp (jl (76b) emin «Uk-Jjl jlyj |Jjl j3jl - ua? Mesnevi by the 15

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1 c. poet MESİHÎ (d. 917/1511) (notice page/flyleaf// zahriye and 76b). The poet with original name İsa was born in Pristina (Kosovo). Coming to Istanbul, he became head secretary (divan kâtibi) of the council of Hadım Ali Paşa. The last years of his life, he spent in Bosnia. Other works by the same author: 1. Divan

, 2. Şehrengiz, 3. Gül-i sadberk (risale on the art of letter-writing, containing letters by Mf.SİHÎ). Literature unanimously states that M

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'S Şehrengiz is the first one of this genre in Anatolian Turkish literature. The work deals with the beauty of the town Edirne and striking social events at that time. Literature: BTK 2.231; EI 6.1026-1027; OM 2.410; PhTF (1964).430; TDEA 6.276, 8.117-118; • A. S. L

EVEND, Türk edebiyatında şehrengizler ve şehrengizlerde İstanbul. İstanbul 1958; M. MENGI, Mesîhî dîvânı. Ankara 1995. (AKMY); M. MENGI, Mesihî'nin hayatı, şairliği ve eserleri. In: Türkoloji 6.1974. For manuscripts in other collections see: RIEU, N°Or. 1

152; TÜYATOK 34/1, N° 280. 157