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Language(s): Persian

Occult (knowledge of the hidden)

Title: Asrār al-ṭilismāt

Title: اسرار الطلسمات

Author: ‎‎‎Anonymous ‎‎‎ ‎

Incipit: ||… باشد و بدست هم دیگری تلف کنند و اگر این نوشته را معراض کند مثل نمک در میان آنگروه افشاند جهت متفرق شدن…

Explicit: …با آنکه بطالع غایب رفتار نماید بباد و خاک آب و آتش هرگاه طالع ناری باشد هر سه پایه… بخور مناسب طالع. [جدول]… سه پایه دود نماید بلاشبه حاضر شود. والسلام||

Colophon: None.

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

FAW 63

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Western paper (plain and watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (regular and thick), one size, glossy.

Extent: 132 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 14.5 × 9.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 10 × 5 cm.

Layout

12 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Cursive Nastaʿaliq, regular hand, several hands.

Additions: ‌Some financial notes in Siyaq script on f. 132b, dated Rabiʿ al-avval and Rabiʿ al-s̱ānī 1350 AH/1931. .

Binding

Light brown leather, 10.5 × 15.5 cm, front + back cover, single layer of leather only.

Ruled.

History

Origin: 13th century AH; 19th century CE ; Unknown place of origin

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Record Sources

This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).

Availability

Entry to the Library is permitted upon presentation of a valid university ID card (for admissions procedures, please visit Wadham College Library, Persian Studies Section). Please Contact persian.library@wadham.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Key to bibliographical abbreviations of alternative versions:

Libraries:

AQR: Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi; FAW: Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection); GIE: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Manuscripts; GIP: Great Islamic Encyclopedia Library, Photographed and Microfilmed Manuscripts; GUL: Library of Ayatollah Gulpayigani; MAJ: Library, Museum and Documentation Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly; MAL: Malek National Museum and Library; MNL: Mar'ashi Najafi Library; NLI: National Library of Iran; SEP: Sepahsalar (Shahid Motahari) Mosque and School of Tehran; TCL: Tabriz Central Public Library; UTL: Central Library of University of Tehran;

Catalogues:

ALZ: الذریعه; ARP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی عربی; COM: فهرست مشترک نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; DEN: فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران (دنا); FAM: فهرست نسخه‌های خطی فارسی; FAP: فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی فارسی; FIH: فهرستواره کتاب‌های فارسی; KAS: کشف الظنون عن اسامی الکتب و الفنون; RAY: ریحانة الادب فی تراجمِ المعروفین بالکنیة او اللّقب; TAB: طبقات اعلام الشیعه.

Funding of Cataloguing

Wadham College (University of Oxford)

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