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هذا كتاب الطب الروحاني في العالم الانساني ... [الخ.]
Hādhā Kitāb al-ṭibb al-rūḥānī fī al-ʻālam al-insānī ... [etc.]
1773
A treatise on spiritual powers for healing diseases. Followed by another text on the subject of letters and their astrological use. This is followed by another short text on letters and divination. The two texts are illustrated with tables and charts.
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- Publisher
- 27 Muḥarram 1187 [April 20, 1773]
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1030H
- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Spiritual healing—Early works to 1800
- Healing—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800
- Arabic alphabet—Symbolic aspects—Early works to 1800
- Divination—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800
- Islamic magic—Early works to 1800
- Astrology, Arab—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- diagrams
- Watermarks
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Item Summary
A treatise on spiritual powers for healing diseases. Followed by another text on the subject of letters and their astrological use. This is followed by another short text on letters and divination. The two texts are illustrated with tables and charts.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هذا كتاب الطب الروحاني في العالم الانساني ... [الخ.]
- Transliterated Title
- Hādhā Kitāb al-ṭibb al-rūḥānī fī al-ʻālam al-insānī ... [etc.]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1030H
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc3t9463397
- Publisher
- 27 Muḥarram 1187 [April 20, 1773]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1773
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 25 leaves : paper ; 212 x 152 (160 x 95) mm. bound to 212 x 158 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired by Robert Garrett from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 934; 1028
- Brockelmann, C. GAL, SI, 800 (160).
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 1a-10b: Hādhā Kitāb al-ṭibb al-rūḥānī fī al-ʻālam al-insānī / taʼlīf Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn ʻArabī.
- 2. fol. 11b-22a: al-ʻIqd al-manẓūm mā taḥtawī ʻalayhi al-ḥurūf min al-khawāṣṣ wa-al-ʻulūm.
- 3. fol. 22b-24b: Kitāb al-Ṣād wa-huwa miftāḥ al-jafr al-akbar / Ḥusayn al-Ikhlāṭī.
- Notes
- Ms. composite codex.
- Title from fol. 1a.
- Collation: Paper; fol. 25; catchwords.
- Layout: 19-23 lines per page.
- Description: Rubricated; watermarks (three crescents); MS in fair condition, texts 2 and 3 appear to be of an earlier date, and are in much worse condition than the first text: there is substantial water damage, mildew, ink smudging and loss of text.
- Decoration: MS is illustrated with astrological diagrams.
- Origin: [Ṭibb al-rūḥānī] Copied 27 Muḥarram 1187 by Ḥusayn Muḥammad (fol. 10b).
- Incipit: [طب الروحاني] الحمد لله الذي عزت عزته اولا واخيراً ... وبعد فهذا الكتاب جليل يسمى بالطب الرحانى فى العالم الانسانى -- [العقد المنظوم] بسم الله ... اما بعد فاني اذکر في هذا العقد المنظوم.
- Explicit: [طب الروحاني] ماذا تريد فقلت ان لا ترجعى ان لاترجعى ان لا ترجع -- [العقد المنظوم] وقد ضمنت ذلك جدولا واضحا تراه فيما بعد هذه الصفحة وبالله المستعان. تم.
- Binding Note
- Stiff paper binding with yellow marbled paper on covers and brown leather on spine. Pastedowns in green marbled paper.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Spiritual healing—Early works to 1800
- Healing—Religious aspects—Islam—Early works to 1800
- Arabic alphabet—Symbolic aspects—Early works to 1800
- Divination—Islamic countries—Early works to 1800
- Islamic magic—Early works to 1800
- Astrology, Arab—Early works to 1800
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
- diagrams
- Watermarks
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 58
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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