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Sirr al-Asrār fī ʻilm al-āthār; Shamsīyah fī al-kashf ʻan mā awdaʻ fī al-Jadāwil al-zahrīyah. The secret of secrets in archaeology; A tool for revealing what was deposited in the floral tables.
( سر الاسرار في علم الاثار ؛ شمسية في الكشف عن ما أودع في الجداول الزهرية)

Title Sirr al-Asrār fī ʻilm al-āthār; Shamsīyah fī al-kashf ʻan mā awdaʻ fī al-Jadāwil al-zahrīyah. The secret of secrets in archaeology; A tool for revealing what was deposited in the floral tables.
Title Original سر الاسرار في علم الاثار ؛ شمسية في الكشف عن ما أودع في الجداول الزهرية
Author Shāfiʻī, Shams al-Dīn.
Publication Date: 1500
Publication Place [Morocco?], [between 1500 and 1799?) -
Subject Divination--Religious aspects--Islam., Geomancy.
Type Document
Language Arabic
Digital No
Manuscript Yes
Physical Dimensions 66 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 215 x 160 (175 x 110) mm bound to 215 x 170 mm.
Library: Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID 1059578477
Record ID 9977406951103681
Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date 1500
Notes Ms. codex., Title of the manuscript from title of the first work (f. 1r) and the title of the second work (f. 37v)., Foliation: Modern western foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left., Layout: 21-23 long lines; frame ruled., Script: Written in naskh in black., 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., Origin: Written after 1426. | Arabic. | 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". | Access to this item is subject to staff review.
Sample Text 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.
Atıf Şekli UPenn Ms. Codex 1918.
İçerik Shāfiʻī, Shams al-Dīn, Shamsīyah fī al-kashf ʻan mā awdaʻ fī al-Jadāwil al-zahrīyah., Khiṭāʼī, ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active in 1426. Jadāwil al-zahrīyah fī īḍāḥ ʻilm al-raml wa-al-zāʼirjah al-khafīyah., شافعي، شمس الدين، شمسية في الكشف عن ما أودع في الجداول الزهرية., خطائي، عمر بن احمد بن علي, جداول الزهرية في ايضاح علم الرمل والزائرجة الخفية.
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Sirr al-Asrār fī ʻilm al-āthār; Shamsīyah fī al-kashf ʻan mā awdaʻ fī al-Jadāwil al-zahrīyah. The secret of secrets in archaeology; A tool for revealing what was deposited in the floral tables.

( سر الاسرار في علم الاثار ؛ شمسية في الكشف عن ما أودع في الجداول الزهرية)
Author Shāfiʻī, Shams al-Dīn.
Publication Date 1500
Publication Place [Morocco?], [between 1500 and 1799?) -
Subject Divination--Religious aspects--Islam., Geomancy.
Type Document
Language Arabic
Digital No
Manuscript Yes
Physical Dimensions 66 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 215 x 160 (175 x 110) mm bound to 215 x 170 mm.
Library Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID 1059578477
Record ID 9977406951103681
Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date 1500
Notes Ms. codex., Title of the manuscript from title of the first work (f. 1r) and the title of the second work (f. 37v)., Foliation: Modern western foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left., Layout: 21-23 long lines; frame ruled., Script: Written in naskh in black., 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., Origin: Written after 1426. | Arabic. | 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". | Access to this item is subject to staff review.
Sample Text 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.
Atıf Şekli UPenn Ms. Codex 1918.
İçerik Shāfiʻī, Shams al-Dīn, Shamsīyah fī al-kashf ʻan mā awdaʻ fī al-Jadāwil al-zahrīyah., Khiṭāʼī, ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī, active in 1426. Jadāwil al-zahrīyah fī īḍāḥ ʻilm al-raml wa-al-zāʼirjah al-khafīyah., شافعي، شمس الدين، شمسية في الكشف عن ما أودع في الجداول الزهرية., خطائي، عمر بن احمد بن علي, جداول الزهرية في ايضاح علم الرمل والزائرجة الخفية.
Tür codices (bound manuscripts), Tables (Data), Manuscripts, Medieval.
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