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Kitāb-i Surkhāb dar ʻilm-i raml. Surkhab's book on the science of Ramel.
( کتاب سرخاب در علم رمل)

Title	Kitāb-i Surkhāb dar ʻilm-i raml. Surkhab's book on the science of Ramel.
Title Original	کتاب سرخاب در علم رمل
Author	Surkhāb. Magenta
Author Original	سرخاب
Publication Date:	1528
Subject	Geomancy > Islamic countries > Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Persian.
Type	belge
Language	Persian
Digital	No
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	63 foliated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 225 x 155 (175 x 110) mm manuscript
Library:	Columbia University Libraries
Library Asset ID	Call Number: MS Or 39
Record ID	13554097
Library Location	Online
Date	1528
Notes	Manuscript codex. Title from note on f. 1r. Layout: 17 long lines with extensive marginalia and numerous tables. Foliation: Foliated in Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper left recto; catchwords most versos, lower left. Script: Written in taʻlīq in black ink. Decoration: Headings, geomantic symbols, and overlines in red; tables in red and black. Origin: Copied in 936 AH, according to the colophon (f. 63r). Shelfmark: MS Or 39. Also available as a digital facsimile. Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Not bound, loose in Western paper wrapper.
Sample Text	On geomancy; stated to be transmitted from sayings of the prophet Daniel (f. 2r); numerous tables and inserts.
Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında	Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
WorldCat	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1055768434

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Kitāb-i Surkhāb dar ʻilm-i raml. Surkhab's book on the science of Ramel.

( کتاب سرخاب در علم رمل)

Author Surkhāb. Magenta

Author Original سرخاب

Publication Date 1528

Subject Geomancy > Islamic countries > Early works to 1800. Manuscripts, Persian.

Type belge

Language Persian

Digital No

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 63 foliated leaves : paper, illustrations ; 225 x 155 (175 x 110) mm manuscript

Library Columbia University Libraries

Library Asset ID Call Number: MS Or 39

Record ID 13554097

Library Location Online

Date 1528

Notes Manuscript codex. Title from note on f. 1r. Layout: 17 long lines with extensive marginalia and numerous tables. Foliation: Foliated in Hindu-Arabic numerals, upper left recto; catchwords most versos, lower left. Script: Written in taʻlīq in black ink. Decoration: Headings, geomantic symbols, and overlines in red; tables in red and black. Origin: Copied in 936 AH, according to the colophon (f. 63r). Shelfmark: MS Or 39. Also available as a digital facsimile. Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Not bound, loose in Western paper wrapper.

Sample Text On geomancy; stated to be transmitted from sayings of the prophet Daniel (f. 2r); numerous tables and inserts.

Ayrıca Şu Başlıklar Altında Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner. Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1055768434