Details

Subject(s)

• Islamic—Prayers and devotions [Browse]
• Prayer—Islam [Browse]
• Talismans—Islamic countries [Browse]
• Amulets (Islam) [Browse]
• Islamic magic [Browse]
• Traditional medicine—Islamic countries [Browse]

Summary note

A manual of prayers, invocations, talimans, amulets, remedies, and recipes based on seven verses of the Qurʾān (9:51, 6:17, 11:6, 11:56, 29:60, 35:2, 39:38) that teach that the destiny of all living things is in God's hands.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 1b.
• Physical description: 12 lines per page; written in naskhi script in black on white European glazed, laid paper. Rubrication and catchwords; text framed in red. Fol. 1b and 2a decorated with simple red and yellow headers. Index on modern paper inserted before fol. 1. Contains numerous diagrams.
• Origin: Copy completed 1 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1251 AH (26 February 1837) (fol. 40a).

Binding note

Contemporary full brown leather with flap; blind-stamped decoration with foliar motif.

Language note

Arabic.

Source acquisition

Gift; The Gardner Magic Project in memory of David A. Gardner, Princeton Class of 1969. AM 2005-84.

Other title(s)

• Sharḥ al-sabʻ āyāt
• شرح السبع آيات
• Qurʼan. Selections
• قرآن.

OCLC

60356317

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