MS Arabic 725 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
1 anonymous copy of Fālnāmah
Title: Fālnāmah
Title: فالنامه
Title: فائدة
Incipit: (basmala) f.1v.1 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Incipit: f.1v.2 قال المولى الاعظم ، ينبوع الحِكَم ، افضل المتقدمين والمتأخّرين ، عضد الملة والدين ، طيّب الله ثراه هذه فاٮدة مشتمله على مقدمه وتنبيه وتقسيم وخاتمة أمّا المقدّمة اللفظ قد يُوضع لشخص ٮعينه
Explicit: (ending) f.37v.15 العظيم بسم الله الذي لايضر مع اسمه شئ فى الارض ولا فى السماء وهو السميع العليم
Instructive manual on divination through various prayers and Qurʾānic readings.
Language(s): Arabic and Persian
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: MS composed of two kinds of paper.
Extent: 32 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 155 × 102 mm.
Dimensions (written): 105 × 50 mm.
Foliation: Lacks foliation; catchwords present.
Collation
01+30+001
Layout
1 column, 11 lines.
Hand(s)
Script: taʿlīq
Ink: black and red
Decoration
Rubrication
Magical diagrams and tables
Marginal annotations
Binding
158 × 107 mm. Paper boards; dark leather covers, embossed.
Accompanying Material
Cataloguing card refers to some information about the manuscript in English.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Wellcome Library accession number: 68716