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Explore Masnavi records in New York, Baltimore, Manchester and Paris. Record the institution, shelfmark, date, language and relevant book before comparing copies. A digital image, a catalog description and a translation offer different kinds of access to the same work.
This page is the international reading edition. You can also read the detailed Turkish original. Turkish original
Guides prepared using selected sources from Türkiye and international research institutions. Sources appear at the end of each guide.
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Sema: music, etiquette and living heritage
Understand the ceremony in context, with the correct UNESCO dates.
Read the guide →Shams and Rumi: history and spiritual legend
Distinguish the kinds of sources used to study their companionship.
Read the guide →Love, intellect, form and meaning
Short explanations and questions to accompany your reading.
Read the guide →Mevlânâ Müzesi: mekânı okumak
Bir müze ziyaretinde mimari, koleksiyon ve kaynak bilgisini birlikte düşünün.
Read the guide →Ney: çalgı, ses ve dinleme
Bir simgeyi tanırken çalgının gerçek icra geleneğini de görün.
Read the guide →Mevlevî eğitiminde hizmet ve çile
Bir eğitim geleneğini yalnızca süre sayısına indirgemeden tanımak.
Read the guide →Semâ ile semah arasındaki ayrım
Benzer adları olan iki geleneği kendi bağlamlarında tanımak.
Read the guide →Mevlânâ’nın Konya’sını düşünmek
Biyografiyi şehir, eğitim ve yapı kültürüyle birlikte okumak.
Read the guide →Tarihî semâ gravürlerine nasıl bakmalı?
Bir Avrupa baskısını görsel belge olarak kullanırken sorulacak sorular.
Read the guide →Explore world collections
Selected museum and library records. Catalog descriptions, digital images and full-text access vary by institution.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
An illuminated Masnavi dated 1488–1489: text and the art of the book.
Open collection record ↗Baltimore · USAThe Walters Art Museum
Illustrated Masnavi W.626, completed in India in 1663.
Open collection record ↗Manchester · UKUniversity of Manchester Library
Book Five of the Masnavi: Persian MS 254 and records of related volumes.
Open collection record ↗London · UKBritish Library
Delhi Persian 1104B: catalog records for annotated copies of Books Five and Six.
Open collection record ↗Paris · FranceBibliothèque nationale de France
The library’s article on a Masnavi copied in Turkey in 1646 (PDF).
Open collection record ↗İstanbul · TürkiyeTDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi
A reference article on the work, editions, translations and commentaries.
Open collection record ↗