Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Add. 223 (University Library, Cambridge University)

Oriental Manuscripts

Contents

1 copy of A collection of talismans, charms and incantations

Language(s): Partly in Arabic and Persian, but chiefly in an unintelligible jargon, probably Balaybalan

References

Physical Description

Form: other
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Layout

Hand(s)

Decoration

The manuscript contains many magical figures and cabalistic squares.

History

Origin: undated

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by G. Lewis (d. 1729) in 1727.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on E. G. Browne: A hand-list of the Muhammadan manuscripts, including all those written in the Arabic character, preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1900 E. G. Browne: A catalogue of the Persian manuscripts in the Library of the University of Cambridge. Cambridge, 1896 abbreviated by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC


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