Author
Tāʼūsī, Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad
Author Original
Tāʼūsī, Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad, تاؤوسي، يعقوب بن محمد
Publication Place
-
[between 17--? and 19--?]
Subject
Islamic magic—Early works to 1800, Magic squares—Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Persian—New Jersey—Princeton
Type
kitap
Language
Persian
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Library
Princeton University Library
Library Asset ID
9955182033506421
Record ID
9306sz364
Library Location
HSVM Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 455, HSVM Electronic Resource, ELF1 Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 455, ELF1 Electronic Resource
Date
01-01-1700 T00:00:00 G/12-31-1999 T:Khas:Khasz — 1700-1999
Notes
Treatise on the drawing of magical squares (with numbers, letters, words, etc.) in three sections (lawḥ). This text is also attributed to Sharaf al-Dīn ʻAlī al-Yazdī (d. 858/1454). | Ms. codex., Title from beginning of text (fol. 2a, l. 13)., The name of the author appears at the beginning of the text (fol. 2a, l. 7) and in several squares, the latter in the form "ʻamal Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī" or "ʻamal Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭāʼūsī". See fol. 59a, 66a, 67b, 70a., Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red, with squares, tables and circles in red, black and yellow ink. A few tables are left blank. The text is framed within a gold, black and red border, with an outer frame made of a single blue fillet. Simple illuminated headpieces in red and gold on fol. 1b, 35b and 60b. Laid paper ; glossy., Incipit: حمدى بر وفق اعداد نا متناهى مقرون تسبيح افراد وازواج مكوّنات | Red leather over paper boards. Blind-stamped center and corner-pieces, with an outer frame consisting of two double-fillets. | Storey, Charles. Persian literature, vol. II/3, 492/7, Āghā Buzurg al-Ṭihrānī. Dharīʻah (1330 h. sh.), vol. 18, no. 1272, Kâtip Çelebi. Kashf al-zunūn, vol. V, p. 260 (no. 10952)
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