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Treatise on geomancy comprising an introduction, five chapters (bāb) and a conclusion, mentioning al-Shaykh Khalaf al-Barbarī (see fol. 16b). Incomplete at end.
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- Publisher
- [between 17--? and 18--?]
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
Treatise on geomancy comprising an introduction, five chapters (bāb) and a conclusion, mentioning al-Shaykh Khalaf al-Barbarī (see fol. 16b). Incomplete at end.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- بلوغ الوطر في اصول علم الاثر.
- Transliterated Title
- Bulūgh al-waṭar fī uṣūl ʻilm al-athar.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 549H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/70795771w
- Publisher
- [between 17--? and 18--?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1700-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 20 leaves : paper ; 248 x 166 (180 x 90) mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900, from the books of Amīn ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ḥulwānī al-Madanī al-Ḥanafī (Medina).
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett coll., 963
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Contents
- 1. fol. 2b-5b: al-Bāb al-awwal fī maʻrifat al-ashkāl wa-asmāʼihā.
- 2. fol. 5b-8a: al-Bāb al-thānī fī maʻrifat aḥkām al-buyūt ʻalá al-tafṣīl.
- 3. fol. 8a-20a: al-Bāb al-thālith fī taskīn al-ḥurūf wa-istikhrāj ʻadad ḥurūf al-ism baʻḍihā min baʻḍ.
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from beginning of text (fol. 1b, l. 5-6).
- 17 long lines per page. Written in medium large naskh in black ink with use of purple ink for headings and examples. The leaves have been frame-ruled. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Seems to be in the same hand as Princeton University Library, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 548H.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 20 ; 1-2¹⁰ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.
- Incipit: بسم ... الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام علي ... وسلم وبعدفهذه نكت غريبة وفوايد جليلة صحيحة جمعتها من كتب المتقدمين
- Explicit: وابربد لها الله من فرج بد كذلك اجتماع والتقي بلا خلاف
- Binding Note
- Unbound.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 40
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/deb54990-56bf-4861-abd0-eef366bfb52d/manifest