Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 276

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6576

Shelfmark:

MS Or 276

Title:

Dhakhīrat al-Iskandar al-Malik ibn Fīliqs Dhī al-Qarnayn

Place:

between 1700 and 1850

Date:

1700-1850

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (59 leaves) : paper, illustrations

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from title page and introduction (f. 4r).
Foliation: Foliated in Hindu-Arabic numerals in pencil, upper center recto. Catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 13 lines per page with some lines shortened when necessary to fit an image.
Script: Written in clear naskh in black ink; pointed.
Decoration: Rubrications in red. 23 small monochrome illustrations on brown paper pasted onto the substrate (f. 34v-37r, 38v-39v, 40v-41v, 42v, 44v-46r).
Origin: The item is undated, but perhaps copied in the 18th or first half of the 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 276.
Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

diagrams

half covers

Astrology, Arab

Hermetism

Manuscripts, Arabic

Talismans

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230896

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230896_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library