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Libra Esoterica

[On charms and talismans]

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  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: Arabic
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002 79 leaves : 235 x 165 (235 x 165) mm, bound to 230 x 165 mm On charms, talismans, supernatural protective abilities of different Qur'ānic verses. The copy is written in several different hands and has a number of blank leaves in the middle Manuscript codex Title supplied by cataloger Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto Layout: 12-26 long lines with tables. Leaves 48v-59v are blank Script: Several different styles of naskh, ranging from large, informal naskh to a smaller, neater naskh Decoration: Rubrications in red; numerous tables and diagrams throughout Shelfmark: MS Or 16 Origin: The copy was examined in 1228 AH. by its owner (f. 39r); however the note appears on leaves written in a different, neater hand and perhaps refers to those leaves rather than the whole item Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934 Formerly owned by Muḥammad Amīn al-ʻAṭṭār (note on inside front cover) Purple textile cover over card 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 Occultism and esotericism and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Retained metadata contains “supernatural” in the description.

    • supernatural· in description
  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Magic” and “Talismans”. Retained metadata contains “Charms” in the title, “Talismans” in the title, “Charms” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

    • Magic· via Internet Archive
    • Talismans· via Internet Archive
    • Charms· in title
    • Talismans· in title
    • Charms· in description
    • Talismans· in description

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1813-01-01T00:00:00ZArabicPublic digitized item

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