Apor, Eve: The Persian Manuscripts of the Vámbéry-Bequest (A MTAK kiadványai 62. Budapest, 1971)

On 15th September 1913 Ármin Vámbéry, an eminent personality of Hungárián oric ntalistics, corresponding member of the Hungárián Academy of Sciences died. After his death, his son, Rusztem Vámbéry gave his father's bequest to the Academy Library in 1914, and in this way eleven Persian manuscripts came into the possession of the Library, together with two Arabic and 43 Turkish ones. (See the list of manuscripts and printed books from Vámbéry: Keleti kéziratok és könyvek Vámbéry könyvtárából [Orientál manuscripts and books from Vámbéry's library] - Akadémiai Értesítő, Budapest 1916. pp.660-683.) Now all of these manuscripts can be found in the Orientál Department of the Academy Library. ters. O. 43. author: LotfCAlibeg Ádar taxallos: Adar • _ title: Ataskade Complete, from the beginning of the 19th century. The blnding is missing. 376 folios. 17,8 x 27,2 cm, 14,4 x 29 cm, 21 lines per page. White paper. Pol. 2V: an °onvan rlchly decorated (gold, blue, red, with coloured flowers). Gold-red-blue ruled margins, the text in black, the titles in red. Nice small nesta

cliq. Prora 7V fourslip distribution with gold margins. Without colophon. 2R: Vámbéry's note:. "A persa irodalom törtenetének ezen díszes példányát Neriman Khan, a bécsi persa követtől ajándékba kaptam; Budapest 1894 november havában [This ornate copy of Persian jjl iiL. ^t. «JüJ é J

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