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.