University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1963

Metadata

DS ID:

DS30147

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1963

Title:

Ḥall al-ṭilsam wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham / حل الطلسم وكشف السر المبهم

Author:

Ghamrī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1499 or 1500 / غمري، احمد بن محمد، -1499 أو 1500

Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ghamrī WIKIDATA

Date:

A.H. 1186 (1772)

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 40 leaves : paper ; 230 x 170 (170 x 90) mm bound to 235 x 187 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from introduction (f. 2r); alternate titles supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Contemporary foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, upper left recto. Later pagination also in Hindu-Arabic numerals added in pencil, lower center.
Layout: 26 long lines.
Script: Written in informal naskh; pointed, unvocalized.
Decoration: Rubrications in red including some marginal headers. Medallions in a different red also appear in the margins, though these may be a later addition. Four leaves of modern handmade paper added to the ends when the text was rebound.
Binding: Quarter covers with the remnants of blue paper over card; brown leather spine.
Origin: The copy was finished on 18 Shaʻbān 1186 (13 November 1772).
Acquired in 2014.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Eighteenth century

Islamic magic

Divination--Religious aspects--Islam

Early works

Alchemy

Divination

Talismans

Divination--Religious aspects

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9962565163503681

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania