Who will Bell the Cat? That is the Question! Oskar Rescher’s Copy of Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL) and Fuat Sezgin’s Uncompleted Brockelmann Project

Güler Doğan Averbek

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Who will Bell the Cat? That is the Question! Oskar Rescher’s Copy of Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL) and Fuat Sezgin’s Uncompleted Brockelmann Project

Yazarlar:

Güler Doğan Averbek

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Şarkiyat Mecmuası Issue 43, pp.101-115

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001304762

pISSN:

1307-5020

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 Born in Stuttgart in 1883, Oskar Rescher a.k.a. Osman Reşer was a productive Orientalist of the 20th century. He maintained a life between Germany and Istanbul from 1909 to 1925 and then settled in Turkey in 1925. Rescher visited many manuscript libraries in Turkey, saw thousands of manuscripts, sold thousands of manuscripts abroad, and performed bibliographic studies; he constantly updated the copy of Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur GAL and placed additional note slips in places where the margins were insufficient. Upon reaching the agreement to co-prepare the updated edition of GAL containing the manuscripts found in Istanbul, Fuat Sezgin brought Rescher from the Süleymaniye Library to the Istanbul University-affiliated Institute of Islamic Studies and took Ramazan Şeşen as the assistant to this project. However, withdrawing from the project upon Sezgin making changes to the plan, Rescher continued to update the copy of GAL on his own. This mentioned copy currently is in the possession of Prof. Dr. Claus-Peter Haase. Rescher wrote in the articles how the new revised edition of GAL should be prepared and added a note to the top of the list. In the last article, he recommends not making an update without considering his additions and corrections. The value of Reschers updates will be appreciated if one takes into account that Brockelmann while having benefitted from daftars and catalogues of Istanbul manuscripts, had not seen the libraries of Turkey while preparing his work. This article presents the details of Sezgins GAL project and discusses why the project failed and what can be done next while querying the value of Reschers copy of GAL.

 Born in Stuttgart in 1883, Oskar Rescher a.k.a. Osman Reşer was a productive Orientalist of the 20th century. He maintained a life between Germany and Istanbul from 1909 to 1925 and then settled in Turkey in 1925. Rescher visited many manuscript libraries in Turkey, saw thousands of manuscripts, sold thousands of manuscripts abroad, and performed bibliographic studies; he constantly updated the copy of Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur GAL and placed additional note slips in places where the margins were insufficient. Upon reaching the agreement to co-prepare the updated edition of GAL containing the manuscripts found in Istanbul, Fuat Sezgin brought Rescher from the Süleymaniye Library to the Istanbul University-affiliated Institute of Islamic Studies and took Ramazan Şeşen as the assistant to this project. However, withdrawing from the project upon Sezgin making changes to the plan, Rescher continued to update the copy of GAL on his own. This mentioned copy currently is in the possession of Prof. Dr. Claus-Peter Haase. Rescher wrote in the articles how the new revised edition of GAL should be prepared and added a note to the top of the list. In the last article, he recommends not making an update without considering his additions and corrections. The value of Reschers updates will be appreciated if one takes into account that Brockelmann while having benefitted from daftars and catalogues of Istanbul manuscripts, had not seen the libraries of Turkey while preparing his work. This article presents the details of Sezgins GAL project and discusses why the project failed and what can be done next while querying the value of Reschers copy of GAL.

 Born in Stuttgart in 1883, Oskar Rescher a.k.a. Osman Reşer was a productive Orientalist of the 20th century. He maintained a life between Germany and Istanbul from 1909 to 1925 and then settled in Turkey in 1925. Rescher visited many manuscript libraries in Turkey, saw thousands of manuscripts, sold thousands of manuscripts abroad, and performed bibliographic studies; he constantly updated the copy of Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur GAL and placed additional note slips in places where the margins were insufficient. Upon reaching the agreement to co-prepare the updated edition of GAL containing the manuscripts found in Istanbul, Fuat Sezgin brought Rescher from the Süleymaniye Library to the Istanbul University-affiliated Institute of Islamic Studies and took Ramazan Şeşen as the assistant to this project. However, withdrawing from the project upon Sezgin making changes to the plan, Rescher continued to update the copy of GAL on his own. This mentioned copy currently is in the possession of Prof. Dr. Claus-Peter Haase. Rescher wrote in the articles how the new revised edition of GAL should be prepared and added a note to the top of the list. In the last article, he recommends not making an update without considering his additions and corrections. The value of Reschers updates will be appreciated if one takes into account that Brockelmann while having benefitted from daftars and catalogues of Istanbul manuscripts, had not seen the libraries of Turkey while preparing his work. This article presents the details of Sezgins GAL project and discusses why the project failed and what can be done next while querying the value of Reschers copy of GAL.

 1883te Stuttgartta dünyaya gelen Osman Reşer Oskar Rescher, 20. asrın üretken şarkiyatçılarındandır. 1909-1925 yıllarında Almanya-İstanbul arasında bir hayat sürmüş, 1925te Türkiyeye yerleşmiştir. Türkiyede pek çok yazma kütüphanesini ziyaret eden, binlerce yazma gören, yurt dışına binlerce yazma satan ve bibliyografik çalışmalar yapan Reşer, bu esnada elindeki Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur GAL nüshasını sürekli güncellemiş, marjinlerin yetersiz kaldığı yerlere ilave not kâğıtları koymuştur. GALin İstanbulda bulunan yazmaları da ihtiva eden güncellenmiş edisyonunu birlikte hazırlama konusunda mutabakata varmaları üzerine Fuat Sezgin, Reşeri Süleymaniye Kütüphanesinden İstanbul Üniversitesine bağlı İslâm Tetkikleri Enstitüsüne getirmiş, Ramazan Şeşeni de bu projeye asistan olarak almıştır. Fakat Sezginin planda değişiklik yapması üzerine projeden çekilen Reşer, GAL nüshasını tek başına güncellemeye devam etmiştir. Söz konusu nüsha bugün Prof. Dr. Claus-Peter Haasenin temellükündedir. GALin gözden geçirilmiş yeni baskısının nasıl hazırlanması gerektiğini maddeler hâlinde yazan Reşer, kendi ilave ve tashihleri göz önünde bulundurulmadan bir güncelleme yapılmasını tavsiye etmemektedir. Brockelmannın, eserini hazırlarken defterler ve kataloglardan istifade etmekle birlikte Türkiye kütüphanelerini görmediği göz önünde bulundurulursa Reşerin güncellemelerinin kıymeti anlaşılacaktır. Bu çalışmada Sezginin GAL projesinin detayları sunulmuş, projenin neden akamete uğradığı irdelenmiş ve Reşerin GAL nüshasının kıymeti sorgulanırken bundan sonra neler yapılabileceği üzerinde durulmuştur.

Makale detayları

Who will Bell the Cat? That is the Question! Oskar Rescher’s Copy of Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL) and Fuat Sezgin’s Uncompleted Brockelmann Project

Yazarlar:

Güler Doğan Averbek

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Şarkiyat Mecmuası Issue 43, pp.101-115

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001304762

pISSN:

1307-5020

Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur

Carl Brockelmann

Fuat Sezgin

Oriental StudiesGeschichte der arabischen Litteratur

Carl Brockelmann

Fuat Sezgin

Şarkiyat Çalışmaları

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Güler Doğan Averbek

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi: Şarkiyat Mecmuası Issue 43, pp.101-115

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001304762

pISSN: 1307-5020

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Güler Doğan Averbek

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Şarkiyat Mecmuası Issue 43, pp.101-115

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001304762

pISSN:

1307-5020