Ms. codex. The title given inside the front flyleaf reads: Nešri. Abschrift der Wiener Handschrift von Theodor Nöldeke; spine title reads: Nešri. Foliation: Paper, i + 177 + i; [1-168, 168[a]-176], later foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Layout: Written in 16-24 long lines, with a wide right margin for notes; text lines written right to left, but pages proceed left to right (as foliated in manuscript). Binding: 19th-century quarter-cloth (type 3), marbled paper covers, gilt spine Nešri. Origin: Copied from Flügel 386, Nationalbibliothek, Vienna, in 1857 by Theodor Nöldeke (note in English, inside upper cover). This manuscript was examined by Professor Aḥmad Mahdavī Dāmghānī. His notes in Persian are on file in the Library. The original Vienna manuscript from which this copy was made is listed in the catalogue compiled by Gustav Flügel (1802-1870), Die arabischen, persischen un türkischen Handschriften der Kaiserlich-königlichen Hofbibliothek zu Wien (Vienna: K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1865-67; reprinted, Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1977-). Cited as Flügel 386. Acquired after 1970. Formerly owned by Franz Taeschner, editor of an edition of this work (Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1951-1955). Appears in the catalog of Franz Taeschner's Turkish collection (Turcica), catalogue No. 426 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), number 1204 (price, catalog, and item number in pencil, inside upper cover).
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