MS Arabic 534 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
An assortment of rituals for divination
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
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 50Decoration
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