Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 206

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DS ID:

DS29514

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Third Series no. 206

Title:

Kitāb al-Nūr al-sāṭiʻ wa-al-sirr al-qāṭiʻ fī ʻilm al-awfāq / كتاب النور الساطع والسر القاطع في علم الاوفاق

Author:

Khalwatī, Muḥammad / خلوتي، محمد

Date:

1820-1860

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 98 i.e. 100] p. (15 lines), bound ; 20 cm.

Note:

Page 100 has an inscription in red ink.
Colophon from p. 98.
On p. 2 of cover: Muḥammad al-Shāfī, al-Nūr al-Sāṭīʻ.
Previous owner's name in gold at foot of spine: Muḥammad ʻUlwān.
Ms. in unvocalized naskh script on unglazed paper. Overlinings in red ink; keywords and diagrams in violet ink. Catchwords. Some marginalia. P. 21-40 bound upside down. P. 1-2 in a different hand; replaces a lost leaf.
Paper is machine-made and very discoloed. Probably first half of 19th cent. Some tears at corners and edges. Paper repair to hinge of first leaf. Text block has been trimmed. Paper very acidic and brittle.
Binding is quarter morocco in green. Title in gold on spine.
AM 1993-19.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Nineteenth century

Magic squares

Islamic magic

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9930594013506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/a10564a7-607f-465b-bca5-0fc5433cb2fa/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University