Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 544H

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DS ID:

DS29456

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 544H

Title:

Kitāb ʻUyūn al-ḥaqāʼiq wa-īḍāḥ al-ṭarāʼiq / / كتاب عيون الحقائق وايضاح الطرائق /

Author:

ʻIrāqī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, active 12th century-13th century / عراقي، محمد بن احمد

Al-Simawi WIKIDATA

Date:

1858

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, ill.

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 150, i leaves : paper, ill. ; 212 x 135 (162 x 83) mm. bound to 220 x 150 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (fol. 1a).
The title also appears in the same form at the beginning of the text (fol. 1b), and on a modern label on the spine written in Roman characters, reading "ʻUyûn el-ḥaqâʼiq wa Îḍâḥ eṭ-Ṭarâʼiq [next line] Aḥmed el-ʻIrâqî".
The name of the author appears on the title page as Ibn al-Qāsim, and at the beginning of the text as Abū al-Qāsim al-ʻIrāqī (fol. 1b).
13 lines per page. Written in a medium small naskh in black and red ink. European glazed paper with watermark. Contains magic script, charts and drawings of talismans. Modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Copied on 7 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1274 (colophon, fol. 150a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 150 + i ; 1-1510 ; catchword on the verso of each leaf. The quires are numbered in reversed order (starting from the end) in Western numerals.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Nineteenth century

Magic tricks

Early works

Islamic magic

Talismans

Islamic countries

New Jersey--Princeton

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9948223473506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/0dd14d96-bafe-448c-8332-58fc83f04e72/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University