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Ḥall al-ṭilsam wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham.; Ḥall al-ṭillasm wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham; Ḥall al-ṭilasm wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham

Title:
Ḥall al-ṭilsam wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham.; Ḥall al-ṭillasm wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham; Ḥall al-ṭilasm wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham
Abstract:
Work on alchemy.
Creator:
Ghamrī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1499 or 1500.
Date:
1772
Description:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Format:
40 leaves : paper; 230 x 170 (170 x 90) mm bound to 235 x 187 mm
Identifier:
9962565163503681; (OCoLC)1083523370; (OCoLC)on1083523370; (PU)6256516-penndb-Voyager
Language:
Arabic
Provenance:
Acquired in 2014.
Publisher:
A.H. 1186 (1772)
Relation:
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366295; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1963.html
Subject:
Islamic magic.; Alchemy.; Talismans.; Divination -- Religious aspects -- Islam.; Divination -- Religious aspects.; Alchemy -- Early works to 1800.; Divination -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800.; Islamic magic -- Early works to 1800.; Talismans -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800.; Divination.; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 18th century.; Codices (bound manuscripts)
Type:
Manuscripts
Corporate Name:
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Rights:
https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Binding: Quarter covers with the remnants of blue paper over card; brown leather spine.; Origin: The copy was finished on 18 Shaʻbān 1186 (13 November 1772).; Decoration: Rubrications in red including some marginal headers. Medallions in a different red also appear in the margins, though these may be a later addition. Four leaves of modern handmade paper added to the ends when the text was rebound.; Script: Written in informal naskh; pointed, unvocalized.; Foliation: Contemporary foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, upper left recto. Later pagination also in Hindu-Arabic numerals added in pencil, lower center.; Layout: 26 long lines.; Title from introduction (f. 2r); alternate titles supplied by cataloger.; Arabic.
Call Number:
Ms. Codex 1963
Collection:
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.