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Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 116r-119r
- Record Id:
- 040-004376384
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003693958
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100167885357.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 116r-119r
- Title:
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Kitāb al-aḥjār كتاب الأحجار
- Scope & Content:
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Unattributed text on the magical and medical properties of stones. The text is defective at beginning, starting abruptly, but no folio seems to be missing since the catchwords at the foot of f. 115v (وأما المحك) are apparently meant to match the initial words on f. 116r (وماء المحك).
Begins (f. 116r, lines 1-3):
وماء المحك أبيض أصاب لابسها ما يطلبه من السلطان
أو من أشراف الناس وإن كان المحك أسود وفق لابسها
لكل شيء أراد ونجح في الحاجات ...
Ends (f. 119r, lines 1-3):
وقال آخر تؤخذ تراب قبر عشق فيذر الماس الذي فيه
السلوانة ويسقي العاشق فيسيلوا عن المرأة وكل ذلك
لأوقات مختارة وأوان معاوم
Colophon (f. 119r, line 4):
تم كتاب الأحجار ولله الحمد كثيرًا
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003693958
040-004376384 - Is part of:
- Delhi Arabic 1946 : Collection of texts on talisman making and related occult sciences
Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 116r-119r : Kitāb al-aḥjār كتاب الأحجار - Hierarchy:
- 032-003693958[0007]/040-004376384
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Delhi Arabic 1946
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Ff. 116r-119r
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Publications:
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Study:
- Saif, Liana, 'A Preliminary Study of the Pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica: Texts, Context, and Doctrines', Al-ʻUsūr al-Wusṭā 29 (2021), pp. 20-80, esp. 67-68 https://doi.org/10.52214/uw.v29i1.8895
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Talismans