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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Bahjat al-āfāq wa-īḍāḥ al-labs wa-al-ighlāq fī ʻilm al-ḥurūf wa-al-awfāq by Fullānī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1741

Author: Fullānī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -approximately 1741 فلاني، محمد بن محمد

Title: Bahjat al-āfāq wa-īḍāḥ al-labs wa-al-ighlāq fī ʻilm al-ḥurūf wa-al-awfāq

Title: بهجة الايضاح اللبس والاغلاق في علم الحروف والاوفاق

Treatise on the magical use of the letters of the alphabet. Divided into muqaddimah, maqsad and khatimah. Lacking f. 101-130, 141-170

Incipit: الحمد لله الذي خلق الانسان وعلمه البيان والكتابة بالبنان ... وبعد فقد اطبق جميع من يعتد به ... من العقلاء بل حتى الجم الغفير من الاغبيا

Language(s): Arabic

References

view the printed catalogue Gacek no.39

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 119 f.

Dimensions (leaf): 22.5 × 15.5 cm.

Dimensions (written): 17 × 11 cm.

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskhi hand

History

Origin: 1178 AH; 1764 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by F. F. Mitchell

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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