Walters Ms. W.661, Book on horses

W.661

Book on horses

Tuḥfat ül-fārisīn fī aḥvāl-i ḫuyūl il-mucāhidīn

Vernacular: تحفة الفارسين في احوال خيول المجاهدين

As-written name: Aḥmed ʿAṭā Ṭayyārzāde

Name, in vernacular: احمد عطا طيار زاده

This is an illustrated Ottoman copy of a Turkish work on the training and care of warhorses (Tuḥfat ül-fārisīn fī aḥvāl-i ḫuyūl il-mucāhidīn) by Aḥmed ʿAṭā Ṭayyārzāde (d. 1294 AH / 1877 CE). The text was written in ruq`ah script by Şaker Muhammed in 1271 AH / 1854-5 CE. The main text is preceded by a detailed table of contents (fols. 1b-3a), and on fol. 3b it states that the work was dedicated to Sultan Abdülmecid (reg. 1255 AH / 1839 CE -- 1277 AH / 1861 CE). There are thirty illustrations of horses at the end of the manuscript.

[12]71 AH / 1854-5 CE

Turkey

As-written name: Şaker Muhammed

Name, in vernacular: شاكر محمد

Book

Scientific

The primary language in this manuscript is Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928). The secondary language of this manuscript is Arabic.

Paper

Buff European wove paper

Foliation: i+97+i

Original pagination in Hindu-Arabic numerals from 1-134

Catchwords: Written obliquely on versos

15.5 cm wide by 21.5 cm high

9.0 cm wide by 15.0 cm high

1. Columns: 1
2. Ruled lines: 15
3. Framing lines in gold and black

fols. 1b - 97a:

1. Title: Tuḥfat ül-fārisīn fī aḥvāl-i ḫuyūl il-mucāhidīn
2. Author: Aḥmed ʿAṭā Ṭayyārzāde
3. Scribe: Şaker Muhammed
4. Incipit: چاپك سوار سمند اتش عنان وشد...
5. Text note: Work dedicated to Sultan Abdülmecid (reg. 1255 AH / 1839 CE -- 1277 AH / 1861 CE) (fol. 3b, line 6); main text preceded by a detailed table of contents (fols. 1b-3a); text ends on fol. 67a
6. Hand note: Written in ruqʿah script with rubricated text for Arabic quotations
7. Decoration note: Thirty illustrations; decorated headpiece on fol. 3b; framing lines in gold and black

fol. 3b:

1. 
2. Title: Illuminated incipit
3. Form: Incipit
4. Label: This illuminated incipit page has an unusually designed headpiece comprised of a star and crescent with flags, two trumpets, and a drum.

fol. 69a:

1. 
2. Title: Washing a mare
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 70a:

1. 
2. Title: Riding a horse in training
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 71a:

1. 
2. Title: Riding a horse in training
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 72a:

1. 
2. Title: Leading a horse with quick steps, then slowing down
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 73a:

1. 
2. Title: Washing a mare
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 74a:

1. 
2. Title: Healing a horse suffering from colic with old wine and olive oil
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 75a:

1. 
2. Title: Removing a leech from a horse’s mouth
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 76a:

1. 
2. Title: Horse training
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 77a:

1. 
2. Title: A healthy horse
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 78a:

1. 
2. Title: Bandaging the head of a horse
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 79a:

1. 
2. Title: Colt training
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 80a:

1. 
2. Title: A healthy horse
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 81a:

1. 
2. Title: A horse with the swelling of the veins on his calves
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 83a:

1. 
2. Title: A horse with its ears turned back when suffering from an illness called hetk
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 84a:

1. 
2. Title: A horse with his ears up when suffering from cold
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 85a:

1. 
2. Title: Stretching a horse's neck when suffering from cold
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 86a:

1. 
2. Title: A horse with its lowered head after the application of medicine for cramp
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 87a:

1. 
2. Title: Dealing with a horse suffering from a worm in his stomach
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 88a:

1. 
2. Title: A horse urinating with his erected penis
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 89a:

1. 
2. Title: Raising a horse's head after the application of medicine for a sticky and runny nose
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 90a:

1. 
2. Title: Holding a horse's head upright after the application of medicine for swollen throat and chest
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 91a:

1. 
2. Title: Healing a horse suffering from flue
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 92a:

1. 
2. Title: Healing a horse suffering from an illness called sikag
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 93a:

1. 
2. Title: Dealing with a horse having a hysteria attack
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 94a:

1. 
2. Title: Riding a horse
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 95a:

1. 
2. Title: Calming a horse
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 96a:

1. 
2. Title: Feeding a horse
3. Form: Illustration

fol. 97a:

1. 
2. Title: A healthy horse
3. Form: Illustration

The binding is original.

Green leather (no flap) with a centrally positioned vase with flowers

Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Türkiye yazmalari toplu kataloğu (The Union Catalogue of Manuscripts in Turkey), Vol. 1. (Ankara: Kütüphaneler Genel Müdürlüğü, 1979), no. 110.

Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam

Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita

Editor: Bockrath, Diane

Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail

Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara

The Walters Art Museum

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.