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ACQUISITIONS OF 1996-9 (Or. 23.649, cont., 23.650)

(57b), Kadin (58a), and Hasan Efendizade (58a); astrological notes are found on f. 72a; and various sema Ys on ff. 73a and 76b. Begins (53a): jjjb *5 fJiU 4In h Jj»I jülj

Ends (77b): lP Jl^t-c.1 LjJL» I Ja * t>ijl jl^ ^AÏ fJ nuJtt ^Lu» 4_L) *** Rebound in gold-embossed, light brown leather; glazed paper in varying shades of cream, pale yellow, pale green, pink and blue; (2)+77+(2) folios, with original numbers (cf. also above); 240x122 mm; catchwords; ta'llk; lines, occasionally headings and rubrics in red; without date or name of a copyist. Purchased from Mrs. I. Acker-Van Eijk in Leiden in July 1996. Catalogue entries: Divanlar 116 (13 items); Fihris 1702 (II, p. 62); Karatay 2383- 4. Literature: Fahir iz in Ef; Halük ipekten in TDVIA.

Cod.Or. 23.650 A miscellany on the the work of Birgili Mehmed Efendi This volume contains a copy and commentary on the well-known Vasiyet, both apparently copied by one copyist who mentions himself in an elaborate colophon (partly quoted below) on f. 71a. He completed (2) in 1133 (1720-1). Two pages, ff. 49a and 52b, probably later added to the manuscript, contain respectively, a table (tasnff) and circles (‘da’ire-i keffaret’) with numbers and explanations, attributed to Birgili Efendi, and an anonymous text on thirty-six grave sins based on the authority of ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar. A partly illegible note occurs on the first flyleaf, recto.