MS Arabic 534 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)

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An assortment of rituals for divination

Author: Anonymous
Title: A collection of invocations, talismans, tables and Qur'anic verses to be used for divination.

Each folio comprises a different divination ritual.

Incipit: (basmala) fol.1b.1 بسم الله الرحمں الرحيم
Incipit: fol.1b.1 ب ب المحبة الناس كلهم اجمعين وامة والبيه وصحبه وبينه والسلطان والسلاطٹں صغير او كبير والمراة والرجل والجں ولا
نس كل ما خلق الله
Explicit: (ending) Fol.89b.10 اَلْمُعِزُ ... اَلْبَصِيُر ... اَلْحَكِيمُ ... اَلْعَدْلُ ... اَلَطِيفُ ... اَلْخَبِيرُ
Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Unburnished; Watermark.
Extent: 89 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 115 mm.
Dimensions (written): 145 × 95 mm.
Foliation: Catchwords present.

Collation

No evidence of sewing.

Condition

Sound

Layout

Hand(s)

Script: Maghribī

Ink: Black and brown

16 96 1.25 90 50

Decoration

Rubrication

Drawings, charts and diagrams.

Additions:
  • Fol.1a: Talismanic tables and illustrations.

Binding

176 × 123 mm. Paper; paper covers; leather satchel.

History

Origin: 18th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

This was quite probably acquired by Sir Henry Wellcome during his excavations in Sudan.

Subjects

  • Occultism--Religious aspects--Islam
  • Talismans
  • Divination

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