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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.418, cont., 12.419)

Leyla, daughter of MoravTzade, and vice-versa (44b-45a); two songs (45b); a gazel by Enver Efendi, divan efendisi of Grand Vizier Selim Pa§a (46a); a gazel by Fuzülï (46b); a gazel by the same (only three hemistichs, 47 a); two gazels by Fuzülï (48b); a gazel by Fuzülï; a series of choruses (nakarat, 49a); and more nakarat (two items, 49b). Finally, we find a pious phrase in Arabic (written upside-down, 51a); two prescriptions for the treatment of ailing baggage horses invented by the clever blacksmith (na'lband), the late Aksarayï ibrahïm Aga {idem, 56a-55b); a series of vowelled letters (61a); and prescriptions with lists of ingredients for various ailments like diarrhoea and dysuria as well as a recipe for an invigorating ma'cün (62a-61b, written upside-down). A notebook bound in boards with brown leather backing; both covers are adorned on the outside with identical printed pictures of a military emblem with trumpets, flags, branches with leaves, bells, topped by a star and surrounded by an elaborate border on the outside; thick white glazed paper, leaves showing a vertical fold in the parts where poems are written; 62 folios; 182x120 mm; nk‘a and nesih written in various directions; the inscription ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 101’ is found on f. la.

Cod.Or. 12.419 A miscellany The manuscript contains undated copies of two works, the second of which is incomplete, both probably copied by the same scribe. A few marginal additions. (1) ff. lb-25b Nevadirii l-hikem _>■»!>» A copy of a treatise on various subjects by Mustafa b. Ahmed b. ‘Abdullah, who used the pen-name of ‘All (d. 1008/1600). The name of the author is mentioned in f. lb:5; the title is found in f. 3a: 10 and elsewhere - both also occur in a pencil note on f. la. No manuscripts seem to be documented for libraries outside Istanbul. The work consists of an introduction, seven chapters styled nadire, and an epilogue. In the introduction (lb-3a), ‘All explains how he, defterdar at Sivas,