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ACQUISITIONS OF 1970-9 (Or. 12.583, cont., 12.591, 12.594)

miniatures from various Berlin manuscripts; 30 photographs, some on cardboard, and prints in various formats, partly in colour and published by the British Museum, of, mostly, miniatures from various manuscripts; a clipping with the text and musical score of a $arki by Dede Efendi, from Hay at 46 (1960).

Cod.Or. 12.591 A xerox copy of Cod.Or. 12.622, see below.

Cod.Or. 12.594 Tevarib-i Al-i ‘Osman üULc, jT An incomplete undated, but clearly modern, copy of one of the first chronicles on the history of the Ottoman dynasty by Dervi§ Ahmed ‘A§ikl, better known as ‘ A§ik Pa§azade, who flourished in the second half of the 15th century and early years of the, next, 16th century. The work is also known as ‘Menakib’. Both this and the title given here appear in a heading on f. lb (see plate). The author and a detailed pedigree of his ancestors are mentioned in the introduction, p. 1:2-3. The manuscript, which consists of an unbound quire, breaks off at the beginning of the 170th chapter (bab). It is kept in a folder with the inscription ‘ Abschrift von dem Codex Mordtmann des Tarih des ‘ASikpasazade', and in a different hand: ‘bij Prof. Giese' (meant is here Giese’s edition). The ‘Codex Mordtmann’ was a copy made by A.D. Mordtmann (1811-79) in 1859 from an original which had belonged to Henri Cayol (d. 1865), a collector of coins and manuscripts who lived in Istanbul. This copy was burnt in the fire of 1863 which ravaged Pera (Beyoglu). Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Giese (1870-1944) saw Mordtmann’s copy in March 1925 for his edition of ‘A§ik Pa§azade’s text (published in 1929). It was then in the possession of Mordtmann’s son, J.H. Mordtmann (1852-1932), cf. Giese’s edition, pp. 2-3. (For another copy of a slightly different version of the same work and further data, see Cod.Or. 12.440, above). An unbound quire kept in a paper folder; yellowish paper of low quality; 1 + 157+2 pages, with original numbers; 305x250 mm and 260x215 mm; 23 lines; without catchwords; inexpert nesih with nk‘a elements, possibly written by a Western orientalist; without a date or the name of a copyist. Purchased from the