Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 258Y

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DS ID:

DS29730

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 258Y

Title:

Shams al-maʻārif wa-laṭāʼif al-ʻawārif / شمس المعارف ولطائف العوارف

Author:

Būnī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, -1225 / بوني، احمد بن علي

Ahmad al-Buni WIKIDATA

Date:

1468

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper, ill.

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 133 leaves : paper, ill. ; 179 x 132 (115 x 90) mm. bound to 182 x 140 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from colophon (fol. 132a).
17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red for headings and tables. On some fol., vocalization in brown ink (see fol. 85b-98b). Oriental glazed paper with no chain or laid lines visible. Notes in the margin. According to the catchwords, some leaves are missing (see between fol. 32 and 33). Seal on upper cover and on fol. 1a. Foliation in pencil using Western...
The first leaf (originally fol. 1) has been pasted on the back of the upper cover.
Copied on Tuesday 14 Muḥarram 873 (colophon, fol. 132a).
Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Fifteenth century

New Jersey--Princeton

Islamic occultism

Early works

Divination

Astrology, Arab

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9947177603506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/60acb5cd-f5ea-4d58-b61c-1c0f985ddc52/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University