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[Persian magic text].
Text appears to be an incomplete magical or talismanic formulary. Fol. 1a and 97b list Arabic letters and their numerical values. On fol. 1a is a poem on propitious days; Arabic numbers and their corresponding words are written on fol. 97b.
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- Persian
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Item Summary
Text appears to be an incomplete magical or talismanic formulary. Fol. 1a and 97b list Arabic letters and their numerical values. On fol. 1a is a poem on propitious days; Arabic numbers and their corresponding words are written on fol. 97b.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Persian magic text].
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 124
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcxp68kv91g
- Language
- Persian
- Extent
- 97 leaves : paper ; 212 x 102 mm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. gatherings.
- Physical description: 10-14 lines per page; written in nastaʻliq script in black on white European paper. Some keywords and markings in red.
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Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 194
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/84c22a29-ee8d-41a1-b3bd-6e134b8b00ca/manifest