University of Pennsylvania, LJS 409

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS656

Shelfmark:

LJS 409

Title:

Kitāb al-Kashf wa-al-bayān. Īḍāḥ al-rumūz fī al-burhān.

Date:

[between 1600 and 1799?]

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 9 leaves : paper ; 152 x 105 mm bound to 157 x 109 mm

Former Owner(s):

Aga Khan, Sadruddin, Prince, 1933-2003

Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan WIKIDATA

Note:

Binding: Cracked brown leather folder.
Decoration: Drawing in red and black ink of laboratory equipment, including mortar and pestle, furnace, and glass containers (f. 9v); rubrications in red.
Ms. codex.
Origin: The item is undated; possibly copied in the 16th or 17th century.
Title from caption title (p. 349).
Layout: Written in 20-27 long lines.
Collation: Paper, i (later paper) + 9 + i (later paper); 1⁹; 348-365, pagination in ink, upper outer corners.
Script: Written in naskh in black and red; pointed.
Formerly owned by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; sold at auction as part of his collection at Piasa (Paris), 7 June 1999.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Mar. 2001.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2019.
Ownership stamp (f. 9v).

Keyword:

Early works

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Renaissance

drawings (visual works)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Islamic magic

Alchemy

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9957840863503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3md3v/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania