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Dhakhīrat al-Iskandar al-Malik ibn Fīliqs Dhī al-Qarnayn

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  • 17th century
  • Language: Arabic
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002 59 leaves : 260 x 175 (190 x 110) mm, bound to 270 x 180 mm Copy of a treatise on talismans and astrology said to be by Aristotle who wrote it for Alexander the Great, then said to have been translated into Arabic at the request of the Caliph al-Muʻtaṣim. 23 ink illustrations of various creatures drawn on slightly darker paper pasted onto the substrate Manuscript codex Title from title page and introduction (f. 4r) Foliation: Foliated in Hindu-Arabic numerals in pencil, upper center recto. Catchwords every verso, lower left Layout: 13 lines per page with some lines shortened when necessary to fit an image Script: Written in clear naskh in black ink; pointed Decoration: Rubrications in red. 23 small monochrome illustrations on brown paper pasted onto the substrate (f. 34v-37r, 38v-39v, 40v-41v, 42v, 44v-46r) Origin: The item is undated, but perhaps copied in the 18th or first half of the 19th century Shelfmark: MS Or 276 Gift of George Arthur Plimpton, 1936 Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover) Half covers. Brown textile spine and corners with brown and green marble paper sides over pasteboard. Plain brown doublure Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2020, funded by CLIR Columbia University Catalog: go to CLIO

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Astrology, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Talismans”. Retained metadata contains “Talismans” in the description and “Talismans” in the subject metadata.

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  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Hermetism”. Retained metadata contains “Hermetism” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Hermetism”· in subject
  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the description and “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Astrology”· in description
    • “Astrology”· in subject

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1700-01-01T00:00:00Z[between 1700 and 1850?]Arabic—Public digitized item

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