MS Arabic 529 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
Assorted writings in Arabic including invocations, verses from Qur'an and Hadith and talismanic tables
Title: Assorted writings in Arabic
Includes invocations, poetic verses, Qur'anic verses, talismanic tables and remarks on some of the sayings of the Prophet and the Companions.
Incipit: (basmala) fol.1a.1 بسم الله الرحمں الرحيم
Incipit: fol.1a.2 ومن نظر اليل والنهار لا يجد المصبة الدنيا والاخرة ومں نظر
ها دخل الجنة بغير حساب ومں نظرها ڢكانما حج بيت الحرام ومں نظر اليه ڢكانما تصدق ألف دينار
ها دخل الجنة بغير حساب ومں نظرها ڢكانما حج بيت الحرام ومں نظر اليه ڢكانما تصدق ألف دينار
Explicit: (ending) fol.390a.1 اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى كْلِ حَاِل سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا الله الا الله الله اكبر ولا حول ولا قوة الا بالله العلى العظيم استغڢر الله العظيم
Language(s): Arabic
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Unburnished; Watermark
Extent: 390 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 160 × 110 mm.
Dimensions (written): 140 × 90 mm.
Foliation: Pencil, European;
Collation
Folios are of different types and sizes.
Condition
Deteriorated
Layout
Folios are in different layouts and there is no evidence of gathering or sewing.
Hand(s)
Script: Naskh
Ink: Black, brown and red
Scribe: Different hands
18 90 0.6 90 20Decoration
Rubrication
Additions:
- Fol.1b: Talismanic charts and illustrations.
Binding
178 × 146 mm. Rope; leather flaps.
History
Origin: Undated
Subjects
- Hadith
- Occultism--Religious aspects--Islam
- Talismans
- Divination