1 copy of A translation of the Dhakhirat al-Iskandar
Bound and uniform with Ellis 11 (2) and 11 (3). By the same scribe. F1a. Signature of A.G. Ellis. A work in ten sections (fann) on various aspects of magic, supposedly translated (into Arabic) from a Greek original. This version lacks the usual story of the discovery of the bookduring al-Mu'tasim's siege of Amorium in A.D. 838.. Headings in red. Contains several illustrations of inscriptions for talismans and a few blank spaces intended for others.
Incipit: Wa in ast awwal-i kitab-i mutarjam
Language(s): Persian.
References
Storey, ii, pp. 457-8.
Ethe, No 2804 (1) [?].
Manfred Ullmann, Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam, pp. 376-7.