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Or 4897, ff 304r-305r
- Record Id:
- 040-003390341
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003390289
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100050844036.0x0000b3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100153985850.0x000024
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 4897, ff 304r-305r
- Title:
- Instructions for ritual practice
- Scope & Content:
- Instructions for ritual practices involving talisman (perhaps a filled-in talisman contained within the folded page). Sections of backwards and intercrossed writing. "There is no doubt in it, it has been tested, it is from the Shams al-Maʿārif (of al-Būnī?)"
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- West African Arabic Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003390289
040-003390341 - Is part of:
- Or 4897 : Collection of Arabic works from the Senegambian region II
Or 4897, ff 304r-305r : Instructions for ritual practice - Hierarchy:
- 032-003390289[0052]/040-003390341
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Or 4897
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 ff
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100145185258.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1895
- Date Range:
- Mid 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: thin white paper, no visible watermark.
Dimensions: one 300mm × 175mm sheet folded in half,
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil,
Script: large Central Sudanic hand.
Ink: black, no rubrication, catchwords N/A, vocalisation.
Ruling: no margin lines, lines per page vary.
Binding: British Library binding, c.1895. Originally loose-leaf
Condition: Complete work.
Marginalia: none
- Arrangement:
- bound
- Administrative Context:
- Place of origin: West Africa
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)