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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 20.397, cont.)

‘Ömer §ifa’ï [of Bursa, d. 1155/1742, cf. ‘OM III, pp. 227-8]; ‘SüleymanEfendi’ [Hayatlzade Damadi, d. 1128/1715, cf. 'OM III, p. 219]; and Hayatlzade (cf. below); frequently mentioned are also [§ifaTs] Cevher el-fend flt-tibbi l-cedid [cf. Medical Manuscripts, pp. 262-3] and Unmugec [at-tibb] [by Emïr Qelebi, d. 1048/1638-9, cf. Cod.Or. 11.606]. We find the following chapters dealing with medical pastes (ma'cün, 2b-21b, 77a-81a, 81b-91b, 101a-105a, 105b-114a); trefoils (Unfit, 23a-b); pastes containing opium (tiryak, 25a-26b); pills (habb, 27a- 30b, 35a-39b, 40a-b, 49a-54a, 57a-61b, 62a-67b, 116b-117b); powders (cevari§, 41a-44b, 45a-48a, 115a-b); and laxatives (iyaric, 69a-71b). A seperate chapter (92a-100b), written in a different slanting script, is devoted to ‘the Frankish [venereal] diseases’, based [on the fifth part of] the Hamse [Resa'il el-mii$fiye fl emrdzi l-miflkile, in five parts by Hayatlzade [Mustafa Feyzï, d. 1103/1692, cf. ‘OM III, pp. 232-3; for a copy, see Cod.Or. 25.770(2), below]. Apart from the main text, the volume is filled with additional fragments, mostly recipes, in various hands (lb-2a, 21b-22b [margins]; 31b-34a; 55a-56b; 67b; 68b; 71b-72a; 118a; and the inner back-board). A prayer prescription in pencil, headed ‘hö£a Du‘a[-i] gürek' is found on ff. 73b-76a. Jottings, among them an owner’s inscription (?) in pencil (twice), mostly illegible, occur on the inner front-board, ff. la and 118b. Bound in tattered boards with a worn brown leather back and edges; glazed cream paper without watermarks; 118 folios (originally numbered un blue pencil 1-115, 116-7); 210x135 mm; varying writing surfaces and line numbers; occasional catchwords; (main text) irregular small ta ‘Ilk, headings, rubrics and lines in red; without date and the name of a copyist. Owner’s inscriptions with seals dated [1]232 (1816-7) of Mehmed b. Mehmed (tabtb-i hassa, tabtb-i ewel-i... IJaseki Sultan) and of Mehmed b. Ahmed (tabtb-i hassa). Acquired from Fatatri in May 1987. The main work begins (3a, after an extended besmele): aJL5-«JI ... ^ o o b y, 11< jjf jft.M m II j a^ limit j 4j j Ij LoS I * 4it L».jJlaJI Jjt Jj43l3 ob>a>*^JI ... Lr i Jjj I Ilüjij 4J a \t <1 3 oJl Ls j 3 Cj a jL j <ul5 dJ^JU ^ J* * Qjmu