Author
Muḥammad ʿAlī Ṭabāṭabāʾī Iṣfahānī
Subject
Divination--Early works to 1800, Medicine, Arab
Type
Book
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
104
Physical Dimensions
104 ff. (+3) Dimensions (leaf): 172 × 116 mm. Dimensions (written):
Library
FIHRIST Library
Library Asset ID
Or 16175
Record ID
18406
Library Location
Oriental Manuscripts, British Library
Notes
Two Persian treatises and one in Arabic, on geomancy, medicine, and general good health. Other contents: f. 1r, geomantic divination markings, talismanic figures; 2r, magic squares, talismanic formulae, formula for sleepless infants, verses, etc.; 89v, description of the hoopoe, in semi-shikasta nasta‘līq; 90r, the qualities of a cock, in the same hand as the last; 104r, an imprecation against the idols of Quraysh, in the same hand as text 3; nine bayts of verse addressed to Imam Ḥasan, and three to Fāṭima, in a later hand. Purchased from A Kazzaz, 11 March 2005.
Koleksiyon
Oriental Manuscripts
Biçim
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