This note appears on the last blank page of a manuscript volume. These blank pages in Islamic manuscripts, found at the beginning or end of the volumes, are often filled with pieces of poetry, no-context records of children’s birth or death dates, dates of earthquakes and other major events, etc. While it can be very […]
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Bir yazma eserde şu ibare çıktı karşıma (bunun bir şiir beyti olduğunu biraz sonra vezinden sezecektim): مائدة منوَّعة قهوة مشعشعة Kabataslak çevirisi: Donatılmış bir sofra, parıldayan (yahut köpüklü) bir kahve. İlk başta bunu, yazma nüshanın müstensihinin veya sahibinin nüktedan bir notundan ibaret sandım. Hayat dolu bu beyit çok hoşuma gitmişti: Arapça […]
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In 2021, I authored the following biography as a processing assistant at the University of Chicago’s Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center. This biography is published as part of the Guide to the Edith Foster Flint Papers 1871-1964. While my contribution remains uncredited and the copyright is held by the University of Chicago Library, […]
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