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Ḥall al-ṭilsam wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham

Also known as Ḥall al-ṭilasm wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham; Ḥall al-ṭillasm wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham; حل الطلسم وكشف السر المبهم

by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ghamrī

  • First published:
  • 18th century
  • Language: Arabic
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
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Work on alchemy.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

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

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata and “Talismans” in the subject metadata.

    • “Magic”· in subject
    • “Talismans”· in subject
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Alchemy”. Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description and “Alchemy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Alchemy”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Alchemy”· in description
    • “Alchemy”· in subject
  • Divination and oracles

    Controlled discovery queries from colenda matched “Divination”. Retained metadata contains “Divination” in the subject metadata.

    • “Divination”· via Colenda Digital Repository — University of Pennsylvania Libraries
    • “Divination”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

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University of Pennsylvania digitized manuscript

40 leaves : paper ; 230 x 170 (170 x 90) mm bound to 235 x 187 mm; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.; Arabic.; Binding: Quarter covers with the remnants of blue paper over card; brown leather spine.; Decoration: Rubrications in red including some marginal headers. Medallions in a different red also appear in the margins, though these may be a later addition. Four leaves of modern handmade paper added to the ends when the text was rebound.; Foliation: Contemporary foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, upper left recto. Later pagination also in Hindu-Arabic numerals added in pencil, lower center.; Layout: 26 long lines.; Ms. codex.; Origin: The copy was finished on 18 Shaʻbān 1186 (13 November 1772).; Script: Written in informal naskh; pointed, unvocalized.; Title from introduction (f. 2r); alternate titles supplied by cataloger.

1772—Arabic—Public download

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Identifiers

Colenda
  • ark:/81431/p3bv7b23v

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Cataloging notes

  • Colenda collection: Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund
  • Penn Libraries catalog identifier: 9962565163503681
  • Physical location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1963
  • Provenance: Acquired in 2014.
  • Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0
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