[Turkish and Arabic miscellany]. ([18--?], 1800)
A collection of prayers, quotations, magic, and notes on popular medicine, largely in Ottoman Turkish, likely written by several owners as notes and memory aids.
10. fol. 66b: [Extract concerning the recitation of certain sūrahs].
Ms. codex.
Physical description: Written in naskh and nastaʻliq scripts in black and red inks by many hands; on heavy European unglazed, laid paper. Paginated 1-93 in Arabic script in blue ink; fol. 47a-66b written upside-down and paginated 1-39 in Arabic script in reverse.
Bouwman Oriental Books
Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.
Owner's note on fol. 66a dated 19 Nīsān 1304 (1 May 1888).
Keywords: Astrology, Turkish; Islam -- Prayers and devotions; Islamic magic; Magic squares; Traditional medicine -- Turkey; Manuscripts, Turkish -- 19th century; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 19th century