Details

Subject(s)

• Astrology, Turkish [Browse]
• Geomancy—Turkey [Browse]
• Islam—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Talismans—Religious aspects—Islam [Browse]
• Talismans—Turkey [Browse]
• Turkish poetry [Browse]
• Muḥammad Prophet -632—Poetry—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Turkish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 714 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• diagrams [Browse]
• scientific illustrations (images) [Browse]

Contains

• Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1213?-1296? Muḍarīyah. [Browse]
• بوصيري، شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد، 1213?-1296? مضرية. [Browse]

Summary note

Contains a poem praising Muhammad, an epistle on geomancy, talismanic squares, poetic quotations, and astrological charts and diagrams.

Notes

• Ms. composite codex.
• Title from spine.
• Marginal notes. Appears to be part of a larger mss. since page numbering in Arabic begins with 41. Fol. 11b-15b, 19b-22a, 28-31 blank.
• Layout: 9-25 lines per page ; poetry in 1 or 2 columns per page.
• Description: Border and charts of Risale-i reml in blue ; columns of poetry quotations bordered by double blue lines ; charts and diagrams in black and violet or in black, blue and red.

Binding note

Modern buckram binding.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

• Nastaʻliq;
• Ruqʻah.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1b-4a: al-Qaṣīdah al-muḍarīyah / lil-Imām al-Būṣīrī. A prayer in poetic form in praise of Muhammad.
• 2. fol. 4b-11a: Hādhā Risale-i reml. An Ottoman Turkish text on geomancy.
• 3. fol. 16a-19a: [Talismanic squares]. Consists of ten talismanic squares along with explanations in Ottoman Turkish.
• 4. fol. 22b-25b: [Poetic quotations in Ottoman Turkish].
• 5. fol. 26a-27b: [Astrological charts and diagrams]. Contains 3 charts and 3 circular diagrams on astrology in Ottoman Turkish.

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Source acquisition

Purchase; Worldwide Antiquarian, 2009-01-29 (2009-83).

Other title(s)

• Risale-i raml.
• Talismanic squares.
• Poetic quotations in Ottoman Turkish.
• Astrological charts and diagrams.
• Risālat raml.
• رسالة رمل.

OCLC

505788974

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