Author
Kūmī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, active 15th century
Author Original
Kūmī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, active 15th century, كومي، محمد بن محمد
Publication Date
1607
Publication Place
-
[ 1607]
Subject
Divination—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800, Arabic alphabet—Symbolic aspects—Early works to 1800, Islamic magic—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
Book
Language
ar
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
112
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9950315543506421
Record ID
dcvx021r32g
Date
1605-01-01T00:00:00Z — 1605
Notes
Treatise on ʻilm al-ḥurūf, with tables and charts. The text is followed by a text on the degrees of numbers (marātib al-aʻdād), tables of the correspondance between letters and signs of the zodiac, magic squares, and the numbers associated with the Qurʼān. | Ms. codex., Title from title page (fol. 1a)., 15 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. Tables and charts in black and red ink. European glazed paper with watermark. Catchword on the verso of each leaf. A few marginal annotations. Inscription on fol. 1a (remedy?). Some fol. mended., Copy completed on 4 Shaʻbān 1016 [Nov. 24, 1607] by ʻUmar ibn Aḥmad ibn ʻUmar al-Damsīsī (colophon, fol. 112b)., Incipit: قال الشيخ الامام ابو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن يعقوب الكومي نسبا التونسي مولدا ... خير ما صدرت به الصحف الالهيات واشتملت عليه فواتح السور الاقدسيات حمد من احاط علمه بالجليات ... [2ب] ... وبعد فاولي ما ارتسم في الواح الاذهان وطرق اسماع ذوي العرفان, Explicit (fol. 97b): وآله الغرّ الكرام انهم اتقي العباد للآله وابر وصحبه الذين قاموا دونه حتى انطوي من الضلال ما انتشر تم الكتاب | Modern library binding, with paper pastedowns and free endpaper. | Ownership statement with seal, signed al-Sayyid Haytham(?) al-Ḥusaynī Sibṭ Abū al-ʻAbbās al-ḤRTīnī(?) on fol. 112b. Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942. | Mach, R. Yahuda, 5176, Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 253 (5/1), Brockelmann, C. GAL, SII, 358/3
