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Majmū' al-ṣanā'i'

by Blacker-Wood Library of Zoology and Ornithology. Manuscript. Ivanow 164, Dhūlfiqār 'Alī, transcriber, Maghribī, Muḥammad author & Maḥmūd Khān Ṣāḥib, former owner

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: Persian
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

150 unnumbered pages ; 24 x 15 cm Manuscript Title (f.2b), copy date and copyist's name (f.74a), dedication statement from colophon, author's name (f.6a) 15 lines per page; Indian nasta'alīq European paper, rubricated, ruler-border Catch words, marginal glosses Consists of 41 chapters (bāb) each divided into several faṣls Includes a table of contents (ff.2b-6a) Dedicated to Maḥmūd Khān Ṣāḥib Is catalogued under the title Javāhir al-ṣanā'ya' in Curzon collection, page 429 Gacek, Adam. Persian manuscripts in the libraries of McGill University Text on magic, alchemy, making precious stones Purchased by Ivanow in Lucknow, 1927 Half bound black leather, black cloth over boards, badly wormed and damaged, hinges are repaired with black tape, stab sewn Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books : Purchased by Ivanow in Lucknow, 1927 Holding in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books : Half bound black leather, black cloth over boards, badly wormed and damaged, hinges are repaired with black tape, stab sewn Gacek, Adam. Persian manuscripts in the libraries of McGill University, 140

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

  • Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the description.

    • Magic· in description
  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

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

    • Alchemy· via Internet Archive
    • Alchemy· in description
    • Alchemy· in subject

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  • Contributing institution: McGill University Library
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  • Internet Archive institutional collection: toronto
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internet-archive:McGillLibrary-rbsc_ms-bw-ivanow-0164-17114
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