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THE TAESCHNER COLLECTION (Or. 12.352, cont.)

state that the copy was written by Lutfi himself (cf. quotations below). The work was completed on 1 Rebr'u l-ewel 1283 (14 July 1866). Another autograph copy, covering the years 1241-3, is preserved in the National Library at Cairo (cf. Fihris 430,1, p. 112; see also Cod.Or. 12.353, below; for MS copies preserved in Turkey, see M. Miinir Aktepe, introduction to Vol. IX, pp. xi-xii; Vol. X, pp. 1-2). The work is preceded by an introduction (lb-4b), including a preface (3b- 4b). The work itself is divided into sections of unequal length, devoted to separate events but also to ‘curiosities’ (garibe, e.g. on the birth in Africa of triplets, all three of whom had a different skin colour, 29b). A table showing the damage to houses and other properties in various quarters suffered in a great fire which destroyed a part of Istanbul around the ööcapa§a quarter is found on f. 25b (see plate; see also ff. 14a-b). A quatrain by the author is found on f. la (see quotation below). A few interlinear and marginal additions and corrections by the author. A separate sheet with a draft survey of contents also by the author is found in the MS. Bound in board covered in black paper with green backing; on the outer front board occurs a label describing the contents and autorship; light brown paper; (l)+38+(l) folios; 244x175 mm and 198x111 mm; 15 lines, varying; catchwords; rik'a\ double blue borders; gold borders within black lines on ff. lb- 23; a headpiece with floral patterns in gold yellow, red and blue is found on f. lb; the autograph was completed in 1283/1866 (cf. above); the inscription ‘Franz Taeschner Ms. Nr. 28’ by the owner himself occurs on f. la. Inscriptions of the title page (la, see plate): ^JjI ^£,1 a ...<■■■ jj. x.i ^ cJj.s J^jLi yjuLsj \ VAT la.i.naj y-UaJ j^JLdl <uu»L>. 1~^. A poem by the author (ibidem): -> 51 3*5 3** * jU»LU[«] jU j'j pjS * jLöjLö iiL ^>(*0 jjj-j ^iJaJ ^1 jJUj*. jAïljS jlSjl la»j (jjjJI^ Begins (lb, after a besmele): W* - ** Ur** 4S jjAjI 3 4UjjJj > 4öy». jli* 3 uL> jvui I |»Lj j jL.a.» j |*LVI ijjj 4lj I» a 4 i alf CxJLLi « / ; UI-, 5 .< Ends (36b-37a): 4iA} Aü fcaToN.» Ijöbt» 3-UU 5 jl JALai 4-JÜ 4_Lui yijl ^1