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ACQUISITIONS OF 1980-7 (Or. 17.105, cont., 17.106)

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Cod.Or. 17.106 Terceme-i Mukaddime-i ïbn Ijaldün lH* f4 - aAio f A late 19th-century copy of a translation by the seyhülislam Pïrizade Mehmed Sahib (d. 1162/1749), of the first book of the Prolegomenon (Muqaddima) to the famous history by the Tunisian scholar, Ibn Khaldun (d. 784/1384). The work, also known as ‘Unvanü s-siyer (cf. GOW, p. 282), consists of an introduction (lb- 3b) and many chapters and sections. It ends in the eighth section of the sixth chapter (fast) concerning the sciences (‘ulüm, 447a). A few marginal indications of content and a correction towards the end. The work is preceded by an eleven- page table of contents on different paper clearly added to the MS at a later stage. The first two flyleaves contain a few notes. Magnificent black leather cover with flap, richly embossed with gold tooled insets in Oriental style; glazed white (first eight unnumbered folios) and delicate, glazed café-au-lait-coloured paper; (l)+8+460+4+(l) folios with original numbers; 262x150 mm and 191x86 mm; 29 lines; catchwords; calligraphic nesih\ headings, rubrics and lines in red; gold borders within black lines; a fine headpiece with floral motifs in gold, blue, pink and orange on f. lb (see plate); copied, according to a rhymed inscription on the ‘title page’ (quoted below), by the owner Muhyïddïn Beg in 1304 (1886-7). Acquired from E.J. Brill, Leiden, March 1981. Begins (lb, after a besmele): a Jèijü a* 45 j-> “>?* 63* jL-v*' cr 1 * 1 ... 45 (jJ Ends (460b): ... (_jli5 4Ü-J9I 4LI 4J>l>,m i 4J J-Éjl JSLifc* <-»“ » ~ >.(L Aiis jljj-S Jj*l 3 4Lil>Lt <t.KI"■**■» 3 4JJA* Colophon (idem) :