Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 455

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DS ID:

DS13185

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 455

Title:

Kunh al-murād fī wafq al-aʻdād

Author:

Ṭāʼūsī, Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad / تاؤوسي، يعقوب بن محمد

Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad Ṭāʼūsī WIKIDATA

Date:

between 17--? and 19--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: iii, 89, iii leaves: paper, ill. ; 250 x 160 (233 x 150) mm. bound to 262 x 170 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from beginning of text (fol. 2a, l. 13).
The name of the author appears at the beginning of the text (fol. 2a, l. 7) and in several squares, the latter in the form "ʻamal Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī" or "ʻamal Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭāʼūsī". See fol. 59a, 66a, 67b, 70a.
Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red, with squares, tables and circles in red, black and yellow ink. A few tables are left blank. The text is framed within a gold, black and red border, with an outer frame made of a single blue fillet. Simple illuminated headpieces in red and gold on fol. 1b, 35b and 60b. Laid paper ; glossy.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Persian

Magic squares

Islamic magic

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9955182033506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/628530f4-f773-41ce-9b3f-13868a96b576/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University