[Collection of texts on the occult arts].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
  • Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
  • Arabic
  • Turkish
Published/​Created
[between 189-? and 191-?]
Description
149 leaves : paper, ill. ; 191 x 129 (138 x 84) mm. bound to 200 x 135 mm.

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    Contains
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Physical description: Written in taʻliq script in black on white modern paper. Rubrication and catchwords; numerous tables and figures in black and red. Fol. 68b-69a, 149b blank.
    Binding note
    Black cloth binding with pink endpapers.
    Language note
    Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1b-68a: Kavaid-i abdah. Explains occult practices such as cifir, reml, and fal. Turkish.
    • 2. fol. 69b-84b: Bayān ahwāl taskīn ʻunṣūr. Arabic.
    • 3. fol. 85a-96a: Misal-ı surat-ı reml. Turkish.
    • 4. fol. 96b-98b: Zāʾirjat al-Zinātī.
    • 5. fol. 99a-147b: Oracular book for fortune-telling. Turkish.
    • 6. fol. 148a-149a: Extracts from Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Munajjim's Maqālāt.
    Source acquisition
    Purchase; Smitskamp Oriental Antiquarian, 1999/11/3 (2000-37).
    Other title(s)
    • Kavaid-i abdah.
    • قواعد ابدح.
    • Bayān aḥwāl taskīn ʻunṣūr.
    • بيان احوال تسكين عنصور.
    • Misal-ı surat-ı reml.
    • مثال صورت رمل.
    • Zāʾirjat al-Zinātī.
    • زائرجة الزناتي.
    OCLC
    516156065
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