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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.365, cont.)

ur/Uj 3 |»li _>j * bl.» aS 4j ij±*ui jLtl The preface begins (5a): kiliSjlo Üe-fl-« 3 Ó 4 -*- 3 a*>- 3 U»®* tjlii Ó4J*Ï*. LjUalou i_»L£ 3J aju Ul jl-aJ j hi jli ijLj a5 jiua <c«L> Moili Ends (66a): jL>* jLtf L»j 5 jLu jj Catalogue entries: Flemming 304, where other MSS are mentioned; see also Sohrweide II, 162. Edition: Istanbul 1270. Literature: A. Zeki Velidi To|an, ‘Ali Ekber’ in ÏA\ see also Flemming p. 242. (2) ff. 66b-79b A treatise on the science of talismans The anonymous treatise (risale) without title consists, according to the introduction (67a:2), of an introduction (66b-67a), a prologue (mukaddime), three main sections (makale) and a conclusion (hatime). The last (third) chapter (bab) of the third section (cf. 74b: 16-7) and the conclusion seem to be missing in this copy. Particular attention is paid to the function of talismans in warding off the plague (cf. lb:9-10). Begins (66b): J3-“» O Lo ui I lr> aS a Ja, Li J3I j J< 3. * 3**- ( a5>. 3 ^ I T» I hi Uji ^Lc. j^l aju L*l... j-j aJjj ^ ■«I ^ ... u 3 ü«jü•>• ^1j1o.hIT> ale. U3J3I jjl^ ^Iji . .-»J .^ Ends (79b): «ÜLUJI j aJL^I |k i*i jlU^r ai 3 ... 33JUJJI 3 ö-*JUJI cjj oil a*»JI 3 6--*-^>-l ajLk^I 3 4JI ^jlc. 3 ... 4J3-Wj LLm 3 ij^LJI uj aBI Ia«U. A 4 J J ■*« II 4-11 ■ <1 ^Jl t_" < i|*»