[Incomplete text on letter magic]
Author not recorded
- First published:
- 17th century
- Language: Arabic
- Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source
Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2020, funded by CLIR 8 leaves : 207 x 140 (170 x 106) mm Unidentified text related to astrology and letter magic, includes copies of different ways of writing the alphabet. Text begins abruptly Manuscript codex fragment Title supplied by cataloger Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto Layout: 12-13 lines; border-ruled Script: Written in two styles of naskh in black and red; consistent use of hāʼ musalsalah; pointed, partially vocalized Decoration: Rubrications in red, including special alphabets; textblock bordered in red, double rules; illustration of human body in brown and red inks with textblock as the torso (f. 3v); table of the planets in black and red (f. 8r) Shelfmark: MS Or 152a Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934 Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description Two unrelated manuscripts previously housed with this item have been separately cataloged as MS Or 152b and MS Or 152c go to CLIO
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Astrology and Ritual magic and grimoires.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Magic” and “Talismans”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Magic” in the description, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “Magic”· via Internet Archive
- “Talismans”· via Internet Archive
- “Magic”· in title
- “Magic”· in description
- “Magic”· in subject
- “Talismans”· in subject
Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the description.
- “Astrology”· in description
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1700-01-01T00:00:00Z | — | Arabic | — | Public digitized item |
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- Contributing institution: Columbia University Libraries
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