Treasures of Knowledge : An Inventory of the Ottoman Palace Library ( 1502/3 - 1503/4 ) ( 2 vols ) Transliteration and Facsimile, Register of Books Kitab Al - kutub ( Muqarnas Supplements ) ( 1 - 2 vols )

The subject of this two-volume publication is an inventory of manuscripts in the book treasury of the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, commissioned by the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II from his royal librarian ?Atufi in the year 908 (1502/3) and transcribed in a clean copy in 909 (1503/4). This unicum inventory preserved in the Oriental Collection of the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MS Török F. 59) records over 5,000 volumes, and more than 7,000 titles, on virtually every branch of human erudition at the time.

Preface by the Editors: Gülru Necipoğlu, Cemal Kafadar and Cornell H. Fleischer

Articles:
Gülru Necipoğlu, The Spatial Organization of Knowledge in the Ottoman Palace Library: An Encyclopedic Collection and Its Inventory, Pages: 1–77

Cemal Kafadar, Between Amasya and Istanbul: Bayezid II, His Librarian, and the Textual Turnof the Late Fifteenth Century, Pages: 79–153

Cornell H. Fleischer, Learning and Sovereignty in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, Pages: 155–160

Zeynep Atbaş, Artistic Aspects of Sultan Bayezid II's Book Treasury Collection: Extant Volumes Preserved at the Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Pages: 161–211

Zeren Tanındı, Arts of the Book: The Illustrated and Illuminated Manuscripts Listed in 'Atufi's Inventory, Pages: 213–239

Judith Pfeiffer, “The Ottoman Muse Fluttered, but Poorly Winged”: Müeyyedzade, Bayezid II, and the Early Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Literary Canon, Pages: 241–266

Mohsen Goudarzi, Books on Exegesis (tafsir) and Qur?anic Readings (qira?at): Inspiration, Intellect, and the Interpretation of Scripture in Post-Classical Islam, Pages: 267–308

Recep Gürkan Göktaş, On the Hadith Collection of Bayezid II's Palace Library, Pages: 309–340

Guy Burak, The Section on Prayers, Invocations, Unique Qualities of the Qur?an, and Magic Squares in the Palace Library Inventory, Pages: 341–366

Abdurrahman Atçıl, The kalam (Rational Theology) Section in the Palace Library Inventory, Pages: 367–388

Himmet Taşkömür, Books on Islamic Jurisprudence, Schools of Law, and Biographies of Imams from the Hanafi School, Pages: 389–422

Mürteza Bedir, Books on Islamic Legal Theory (usul al-fiqh), Pages: 423–438

Cemal Kafadar and Ahmet Karamustafa, Books on Sufism, Lives of Saints, Ethics, and Sermons, Pages: 439–507

Hüseyin Yılmaz, Books on Ethics and Politics: The Art of Governing the Self and Others at the Ottoman Court, Pages: 509–526

Nükhet Varlık, Books on Medicine: Medical Knowledge at Work, Pages: 527–555

Aleksandar Shopov, “Books on Agriculture (al-fila?a) Pertaining to Medical Science” and Ottoman Agricultural Science and Practice around 1500, Pages: 557–568

Cornell H. Fleischer and Kaya Şahin, On the Works of a Historical Nature in the Bayezid II Library Inventory, Pages: 569–596


Pınar Emiralioğlu, Books on the Wonders of Creation and Geography in 'Atufi's Inventory, Pages: 597–606

Tahera Qutbuddin, Books on Arabic Philology and Literature: A Teaching Collection Focused on Religious Learning and the State Chancery, Pages: 607–634

Sooyong Kim, An Ottoman Order of Persian Verse, Pages: 635–656

Christopher Markiewicz, Books on the Secretarial Arts and Literary Prose, Pages: 657–672

Ferenc Csirkés, Turkish/Turkic Books of Poetry, Turkish and Persian Lexicography: The Politics of Language under Bayezid II, Pages: 673–733

Noah Gardiner, Books on Occult Sciences, Pages: 735–765

A. Tunç Şen and Cornell H. Fleischer, Books on Astrology, Astronomical Tables, and Almanacs in the Library Inventory of Bayezid II, Pages: 767–821

Jamil Ragep, Sally Ragep, Sajjad Nikfahm-Khubravan, Fateme Savadi and Hasan Umut, Astronomical and Other Mathematical Sciences, Pages: 823–855

Elaheh Kheirandish, Books on Mathematical and Mixed-Mathematical Sciences: Arithmetic, Geometry, Optics, and Mechanics, Pages: 857–890

Khaled El-Rouayheb, Books on Logic (mantiq) and Dialectics (jadal), Pages: 891–906

Dimitri Gutas, Philosophical Manuscripts: Two Alternative Philosophies, Pages: 907–934

APPENDIX I: Preliminary List of Manuscripts Stamped with Bayezid II's Seal in the Topkapı Palace Museum Library, Pages: 937–981
By: Zeynep Atbaş

APPENDIX II: Preliminary List of Manuscripts Stamped with Bayezid II's Seal and Transferred from the Topkapı Palace Inner Treasury to Other Library Collections, Pages: 983–1009
By: Zeren Tanındı

APPENDIX III WITH PLATES FROM MANUSCRIPTS AT THE TOPKAPI PALACE MUSEUM LIBRARY: Some Books Bearing the Seal of Bayezid II and/or Dedications to Him: A Comparison of Titles Inscribed by His Librarian and Corresponding Entries in the Library Inventory, Pages: 1011–1075
By: Gülru Necipoğlu

APPENDIX IV: Translation of ?Atufi's Ottoman Turkish Preface to the Palace Library Inventory, Pages: 1077–1078
By: Gülru Necipoğlu

APPENDIX V: Translation of ?Atufi's Arabic Preface to the Palace Library Inventory, Pages: 1079–1080
By: Mohsen Goudarzi

Preliminary Material Volume II
Pages: i–vii

Principles Observed in Transliterating MS Török F. 59
Pages: 1–2

Transliterated Text of MS Török F. 59
Pages: 3–242

Facsimile of MS Török F. 59
Pages: 241–430