Item Summary

Book of spells. Incomplete at beginning and end (breaks off in Bāb 19: Faṣl fī nuskhah qawīyah li-hādhā al-ʻamal... -- starting fol. 97a).

Descriptive Information

Title
الشامل في البحر الكامل في الدور العامل في اصول التعزيم وقواعد التنجيم
Transliterated Title
al-Shāmil fī al-baḥr al-kāmil fī al-dawr al-ʻāmil fī uṣūl al-taʻzīm wa-qawāʻid al-tanjīm.
Call Number
Islamic Manuscripts, New Series no. 160
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pv63g0318
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1600-1799
Extent
107 leaves : paper, ill. ; 185 x 110 (125 x 80) mm. bound to 193 x 120 mm.
Provenance
Impression of a rectangular stamp on fol. 1b.
References
Mach, R. and E. Ormsby. Handlist (New Series), 1328
Ullmann, M. Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften (1972), p. 386-387
Brockelmann, C. GAL, I, 495 (17. Kapitel/1) ; SI
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title from beginning of text (fol. 1b).
Physical description: 17 lines per page. Written in small naskh with elements of taʻlīq in black ink with use of red. Thin light biscuit paper, glossy, with thick laid lines visible. Contains charts, figures, and diagrams (see in particular the human form on fol. 37b). Collation notes and annotations on the margins. Catchword on the verso of each leaf.
Inscription in Arabic numerals on a label pasted on the upper cover: "176" (repeated on fol. 1a in Arabic and western numerals).
Beginning as extant: انبسط الىّ واقترح علىّ تهديب مجموع احررت فى علم التعزيم مما يعتمد ويعوّل عليه ويحطّ الرجال عنده ... [1ب] ... الباب الاول فى ماهيت [2أ] التعزيم اما فسّره ومعناه فليتحقق متحقق انه ماخوذ من العزم وتضميم الراى والانطواء على الامر
End as extant: فصل فى نسخة قوية لهذا العمل يكتب ويجعل فى جوزة وتدفن تحت النار ... الى قوله رهقا ان تفعلوا وتحرقوا قلب فلانة بنت فلانة من حب فلان بن فلانة

Physical Characteristics

File Count
220

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

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