455

ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 14.556, cont.)

the one described in Sohrweide I, 334, although the introduction is different, and does not mention an Arabic original; see also Fihris 562-3 and 1089 (I, pp. 143, 284). Some marginal additions. The work is preceded by a prayer prescription (3 lines, 120a). (For similar texts, see Cod.Or. 25.728, below.) Heading (120b): ^jl Imj ill I) A j 11 )l * " II all jj r I Begins (ibidem, after a besmele): I [?] jj l_i (jl 4i Ul ... i)- 1 «b 4^3 LaJI j ,j_- -II «II i_j j tjj \ y«-ll jl 4Lw a. ..' Ju jj I jSI j. ■ •" Ends (161b): >4 ajjl jl>« 4...11_>I |»L*j $ <>c.4..,11_. «I jL*i 4Lt r Laa» JJ» J ... ^lij 1*15 Jjl [? aLlLas-j =] (jJLjj 3^. A ,11|3 Cj-iL-c. - < *■ A J * 4_.< r r r i* 1 -* 5 ^ ui 4j A i u. o^j>».i a a jLj .» Colophon (ibidem): A i ui y, ut jj a ,M hi 4_i»b a ^4»ji u jh.n.« jjl jl a~, a. juJLaJI [4-~<] \ \ VV* 4 ... aALuu^ï [S]

(11) f. 162a A table, probably used for magical purposes. It consists of a series of numbers divided into squares, indicated in the margin as ‘bane’ (= hane, see plate). It is preceded by a heading in red: i4.1,4J AÏ a5LUI ljuk

(12) ff. 163a-164b A folded sheet (two folios) from a different manuscript, containing a fragment of a prose text on the story of Adam and Eve (Havva). It begins (163a): !>_< ii* 3 jla jXü> iU jLla 13->- J ^ ^ JA I ujL1a> a I • ^ Bound in worn, brown leather with flap; glazed white to light brown paper of varying quality; 1 +164 folios; 214x153 mm, varying; writing spaces and number of lines varying; crude, irregular nesib (la-32b), headings, rubrics and lines in red up to 11a; vowelled, more spidery nesih (33a-89a, 91b-118a), headings and