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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.381, cont.)

(4) ff. 6b-8b A short treatise on the duties related to the pilgrimage based on various sources (two titles are mentioned on f. 7a); the treatise mostly consists of the text of Arabic prayers to be said on various occasions. Begins (f. 6b, after a besmele): ojil asjjIaLS J,| £» aS jjuaJ, Ends (8b): ... JJ >J Oij a-^j^l jSI a $$ L*-c> i^JLu j (5) ff. 9a-21a A treatise (risale), without title, on the pilgrimage by Mücellidzade §eyfc el-Hacc Ibrahim, follower of the path of Abü 1-Qasim’ - his name is mentioned in f. 20b:8-9. It presents a survey of the duties, obligations and customs related to the pilgrimage which is followed by the text of prayers to be said at the various stages of the tour through the holy places. The text bears some resemblance to that found in Cod.Or. 12.378. Begins (9a, after a besmele): aJI i .&«»*• ^ ail yJL» j ó-Jtull 4-jüül f aL m^ii j ajj^l ijJji a <_i.> I *<KI. ^ ... a-iJjl “«•er- 1 * jjjaL 3 Author’s colophon (20b): e L>JI a JjAi**, j-iiJI LI 3 Jlj^jtjl ÜU ^Jl oi* jj 3 j a.Jr 4iiI (-r Le |A-o/LiJI I jjj jJs Ends (21a): " UT^O" Ijj j a-^Jjl ojJjl jAlJiLuó J/1 ... A«^L^^4l/| ( ^ J L aj jyuiji j£ ^J| J*l ^J/L Uj 4Ü ^

The MS is bound in boards covered in varicoloured marble paper with a brown leather backing; glazed white paper (partly visible watermarks: fleur-de-lis crown, letters A and GI); (l)+22+(l) folios; 170x108 mm and 105x55 mm,’