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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.356, cont., 12.357)

without water marks, partly stained and damaged, but later restored; (1)+71 +(1) folios; 232x140 mm and 154x84 mm; 17 lines; catchwords; calligraphic ta'ltk; headings, rubrics, Arabic quotations and dots in red; gold borders within black lines; gold dots on ff. lb-2a; a magnificent headpiece with floral motifs in gold, blue, pink, red and white on f. lb (see plate); without date and the name of a copyist; the inscription ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 32’ by the owner himself occurs in f. la; a note by Taeschner on the contents, (fancy) title and purchase (from Nasmllah at ‘Constantinople’, Summer 1924) and written on a separate piece of paper is found in the MS. Begins (lb): ... jJji jl -i. .?■>,, jU. ai.1 * L-.J *1> jLj ^ tjl I ajjj ojLlu aJ* »jj^l ajli LI j>»w. fiL*! JaI Jjjilill >»L jJsLi. s ni.K. jlji 3^* &>** jois aJj, kill* Ojjjl j>dCLejL>i» Ends (70b): J-J <_»>*" I jLj tJjL 4ij j^3 lili Jj jlSjjj >*■! 3 OiJ* 3 o jij J^al JlL j a^ij lilij j ^LSj jL» . a j