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Sirr al-asrār fī ʻilm al-āthār; Shamsīyah fī al-kashf ʻan mā awdaʻ fī al-Jadāwil al-zahrīyah.

Abstract:
Set of texts about geomancy. The second is a commentary and abridgement of a longer work on geomancy (ʻilm al-raml) by ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī al-Khitāʼī.
Creator:
Shāfiʻī, Shams al-Dīn.
Date:
1500
Identifier:
9977406951103681; (OCoLC)1059578477; (OCoLC)on1059578477
Language:
Arabic
Provenance:
Accessioned by the Libraries, 1891.; Likely acquired by Talcott Williams in Morocco; from The Daily Pennsylvanian, 5:18, 20 November 1889: "The University has recently received eighteen Arabic manuscripts, embracing judicial, historical and poetic works. These were procured by Mr. Talcott Williams, in his recent trip to Morocco".
Publisher:
[Morocco?], [between 1500 and 1799?)
Relation:
Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1918.html
Subject:
Divination -- Religious aspects -- Islam.; Geomancy.; codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Medieval.; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 17th century.; Tables (Data); Manuscripts, Arabic -- 16th century.; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 18th century.
Resource Type:
Manuscripts
Physical Description:
66 leaves : paper, illustrations; 215 x 160 (175 x 110) mm bound to 215 x 170 mm.
Personal Name:
Shāfiʻī, Shams al-Dīn, Shamsīyah fī al-kashf ʻan mā awdaʻ fī al-Jadāwil al-zahrīyah.; Williams, Talcott, 1849-1928, former owner.; Khiṭāʼī, ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active in 1426. Jadāwil al-zahrīyah fī īḍāḥ ʻilm al-raml wa-al-zāʼirjah al-khafīyah.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Origin: Written after 1426.; Script: Written in naskh in black.; Ms. codex.; Decoration: Rubrications; many leaves of tables included (f. 15r, 17r, 18r, 18v, 21r, 23r, 29r, 30v, 43v-66r inclusive).; Binding: Bound in red leather over paperboard with flap (Type II); covers blind stamped with central mandorla with paper onlay and frame; flap also blind stamped with paper onlay. Binding is in poor condition: flap has separated and front cover is held on only by two hinges.; Foliation: Modern western foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: 21-23 long lines; frame ruled.; Title of the manuscript from title of the first work (f. 1r) and the title of the second work (f. 37v).; Arabic.
Physical Location:
Ms. Codex 1918