Details

Subject(s)

• Dream interpretation—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800 [Browse]

Summary note

A manual of dream interpretation in 99 bāb. Sources listed on fol. 2b-3a include the work of Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, Kitāb Dānyāl, the book of Imām Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq, and others. On fol. 1b-2a, notes and poetical quotations. Apparently not the same as Storey, Persian literature, II, 470 (2).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title from fol. 3a.
• Physical description: 11 lines per page; written in neat nastaʻliq in black on blue and tan glazed, laid European paper. Headings in red or overlined in red; keywords overlined in red. Catchwords; some marginal notes. Arabic quotations in naskh. Damp staining around margins. Slight insect damage on first few folios. About 3/4 of fol. 12 is torn away.
• Incipit: سپاس بىحد و ثناى بىعد مر خداوندى که جمد ذرات کاىنات از قدرتش در وجود آمدند ...

Binding note

Limp black leather with simple tooled ornament; slight insect damage.

Language note

Persian.

Provenance

Owner's stamp of Muḥammad Muḥsinī on fol. 80a. Smudged owner's stamps on fol. 89b. Owner's stamp on fol. 115b.

Source acquisition

Purchase; Bouwman Oriental Rare Books, 2011/04/08 (2001-91).

OCLC

711903951

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