Title

Neuwe Chronica Türckischer Nation

Full title

Neuwe Chronica / Türkischer nation / von Türcken selbs beschrieben: / Volgendts gemehrt, unnd in vier / Bücher abgetheilt: / Das Erst / Gitabi Teuarichi, Chronic oder Zeitbuch der Fürsten osma- / nischen Stammens: [...] vom ersten Osman Chan biß auff den / Sultan Suleiman Chan und das 1550. Jar Christi, welches [...] / Herr Jeronymus Beck von Leopoldstorff [...] von Constantinopol / mit sich bracht. / Das ander / Von türckischen Geschichten, die nach dem 1550. Jar Christi biß / auffs 1590. zugetragen. / [...] unnd in Truct verferitigt.

Short Title

Neuwe Chronica

Title in English

Annals of the Ottoman sultans, written by the Turks in their own language

Printer

,Claudide Marne und Johann Aubri

Released place

Frankfurt am Main

Released date

1595

Author

Johannes Leunclavius

Language

175

Qur'an

Qur'an structure

Suras

Pages

556

Further notes

Sources

Leunclavius uses Greek sources for his history (e.g. Laonicus Chalkokondyles, Nicephorus Gregoras, Georgios Pachymeres), but also Turkish sources in Italian or Latin translation which he acquired from his diplomatic connections. The Turkish sources are: 1) Annales Beccani, given to Leunclavius by Hieronymus Beck the Habsburg ambassador in Istanbul, which is a translation into Latin of the "Ta'rikh-i Al-i 'Othman" by Molla Celebi, the Ottoman chronicler; 2) Codex Verantius, given to Leunclavius by Faustus Verantius; this chronicle belonged to Faustus' uncle, Antonius Verantius, and it consists in the longer version of Molla Celebi's work; 3) Codex Hanivaldus, which was comissioned by the secretary of the Habsburg ambassador in Istanbul, Philip Hanivald von Eckersdorf, and then offered to Leunclavius; this codex was produced by Murad Bey, the Grand Ottoman Dragoman of Hungarian origins.

Arabic Type

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references:

Almut Höfert, "Hans Löwenklau," Christian-Muslim Relations: A Bibliographical History, Vol. 7, ed. by David Thomas (Leiden / Boston: Brill), 481-488.

Individuals

Descriptive card

This is the German edition of Leunclavius' "Annales Sultanorum Othmanidarum", in which the German humanist writes about the culture and society of the Ottoman world.

Entry author

Octavian Negoita