Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 152a

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6547

Shelfmark:

MS Or 152a

Title:

Incomplete text on letter magic

Date:

17th or 18th century?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 8 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 207 x 140 (170 x 106) mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex fragment.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto.
Layout: 12-13 lines; border-ruled.
Script: Written in two styles of naskh in black and red; consistent use of hāʼ musalsalah; pointed, partially vocalized.
Decoration: Rubrications in red, including special alphabets; textblock bordered in red, double rules; illustration of human body in brown and red inks with textblock as the torso (f. 3v); table of the planets in black and red (f. 8r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 152a.
Two unrelated manuscripts previously housed with this item have been separately cataloged as MS Or 152b and MS Or 152c.

Keyword:

tables (documents)

diagrams

manuscripts (documents)

Talismans

Islamic magic

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13893212

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13893212_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library