MS. Huntington 532 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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3 works by 3 authors on the subject of Islamic magic

1. fols. 4-194r
Author: Maqrīzī, b. 1218
Title: Ḥall al-rumūz wa-al-ṭilismāt wa-al-khabāyā wa-al-kunūz wa-al-khafīyāt
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 498
[NAM. 375 (1)]
2. ff. 194v-200v
Author: Ḥākim bi-Amr Allāh, Caliph of Egypt, 985-ca. 1021
Title: Formulae for the detection of hidden treasure

*Actually numbered (1) of the subsidiary matter

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 243
[NAM. 375 ([2])*]
3. ff. 201r-207v
Author: Maghribī, ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz
Title: Daʻwat al-sabāsib al-kubrá

An incantation for the opening of hidden treasuries

*actually numbered (2) of the subsidiary matter

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Magic
[NAM. 375 ([3]*)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
191 fols. 7 ff. 7 ff.

History

Origin: 1523 CE 1523 CE 1523 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

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JISC

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