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Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 199r-200r
- Record Id:
- 040-004376389
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003693958
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100167887680.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 199r-200r
- Title:
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Bāb nuqila min kitāb ākhar li-Suqraqṭis باب نقل من كتاب آخر لسقرقطس
Suqraqṭis سقرقطس
- Scope & Content:
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Instructions for the making of protective amulets and talismans attributed to the sage Suqraqṭis (سقرقطس, perhaps meant to be Socrates [سقراطس] or Hippocrates [بقراطس]).
Begins (ff. 199r, line 13-199v, line 2):
ينقش هذه الأسماء على فص ياقوت أو نجادي (؟) أو بلور وهي
الأسماء التي دعا بها سليمان بن داود عليهما السلم وهي هذه
الأسماء اللهم كهطهڡحڡڡسطٮحله ههحملڡسع
ودوم ههٯٮاح ...
Ends (f. 200r, lines 7-8):
... وإن أردت أن تخرج الحيات
والعقارب من الدار فاختم به ما أجبت
Colophon (f. 200r, lines 9-14):
تم ذلك بعون الله تعالى وتوفيقه والحمد لله
شكرًا مخلصًا كما هو مستحق و
مستوجب لا رب سواه
ولا إله إلا هو سبحانه
وتعالى
علوًا كبيرًا
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003693958
040-004376389 - Is part of:
- Delhi Arabic 1946 : Collection of texts on talisman making and related occult sciences
Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 199r-200r : Bāb nuqila min kitāb ākhar li-Suqraqṭis باب نقل من كتاب آخر لسقرقطسSuqraqṭis… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003693958[0011]/040-004376389
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Delhi Arabic 1946
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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Ff. 199r-200r
- 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:
- Medicine--Early works to 1800
Talismans