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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.366, cont.)

five years (in fact between 1688 and 1725, cf. Schutte, Repertorium, pp. 308-9); the publication by ibrahïm Miiteferrika of Katib Qelebi’s Cihan-mma [in 1145/ 1732, see also under Cod.Or. 12.363, above], had inspired him to translate the French work as a more summary introduction to the technical aspects of the science for students and the general public. The work was dedicated to Grand Vizier [Heklmogli] ‘AIT Pa§a (mentioned in f. 5b:9, in office 1144/1732- 1148/1735, cf. SO 1 VI, p. 1752). Illustrations and tables in black, red and gold are found on ff. 7a-8b, 12a, 15b-16a (two multicoloured compasses containing only Islamic terms, covering two whole pages, not in the original), 20b-21a (cf. the French edition of 1688, pp. 47-9), 28a (a table comparing linear measures, both traditional Islamic and European ones, not in the original). Varicoloured maps in Western style are found on ff. 30b-31a (eastern and western hemispheres of the globe) and ff. 32-33a (the Mediterranean area, with a small table comparing the Islamic, French and Italian mile, see plate). The work is preceded by a table of contents (fihristü l-kitab) on ff. lb-2a. Bound in dark red and black leather with gold-tooled insets in Oriental fashion; glazed cream paper with watermarks (crown and grapes with legend MOYEN, the names ofMANDY, ANCU..DO and triple crescent); (l)+33 + l +(1) folios; ori ginal numbering in red, 2-25; 277x180 mm and 213x109 mm; 21 lines; catch words; calligraphic nasiTj; headings, rubrics and red lines; gold borders within black lines; a headpiece with floral motifs in gold, pink, blue and white in f. 3b; gold flourishes in margins and comers of written surfaces on ff. 3b, 14b, 20a, 27b and 29b; illustrations, tables and maps (cf. above); without a date and the name of a copyist; owners’ inscriptions of el-Hacc Mehmed ‘AzmT, a scribe (halife) in the oda-i tahnrat at the Ministry of War (bab-i ser'asken), with seal, the date 21 §ewdl 1282 (9 March 1866) and the price ‘75’; of Subhl Efendi; and of Franz Taeschner (Ms. Nr. 43) occur on f. la. A separate piece of paper in Taeschner’s handwriting with data on the MS and the note ‘gekauft von Nasrüllah, Okt. 1926' is found in the MS; it is mentioned by Taescher in the article mentioned below, p. 109n.

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