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كتاب السر المصون والجوهر المكنون / للامام الغزالي.
Kitāb al-Sirr al-maṣūn wa-al-jawhar al-maknūn / lil-Imām al-Ghazzālī.
1600-1699
On Islamic magic and occultism. Preface ascribes the text to al-Ghazzālī as an extract from ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib's Kitāb al-Jafr. Incomplete at end.
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- Publisher
- [17th century?]
- People
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- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4310Y
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
On Islamic magic and occultism. Preface ascribes the text to al-Ghazzālī as an extract from ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib's Kitāb al-Jafr. Incomplete at end.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب السر المصون والجوهر المكنون / للامام الغزالي.
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb al-Sirr al-maṣūn wa-al-jawhar al-maknūn / lil-Imām al-Ghazzālī.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 4310Y
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc3t946275p
- Publisher
- [17th century?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1600-1699
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 54 leaves : paper ; 162 x 113 (120 x 72) mm bound to 172 x 122 mm.
- Provenance
- Ownership stamp (fol. 2b). Garrett's bookplate on upper pastedown.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Brockelmann, GAL, I, 545 (no. 67); S I, 755.
- Bouyges, Essai de chronologie des œuvres de al-Ghazali, no. 175.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from (fol. 1a).
- Marginal notes. Label on upper cover. Inscriptions (fol. 2a and 52a-b). Diagram (fol. 17a) and magic squares (fol. 9a, 26b). Insert from bookdealer and label with text: "ELS No. 4310".
- Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 54 + i ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
- Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (later flyleaf: roman-alphabet initials "PP"; text: circle topped with a star) ; MS in good condition.
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الذى اشرف صدور الصديقين بعهد الميشاق ... وبعد فهذه مشتملة على ما اسبخرجه وجمعه الامام الاعظم حجة الاسلام ابو عبد الله محمد الفزالي ...
- Ending: ... ونجل القط ونجل الكلب الطخ ذلك الاوح باللبن الخامض وادفنه في بيت ...
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in red fabric and embossed red paper. Orange paper pastedowns and flyleaves.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 116
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1626111a-c5f4-4e0e-b7aa-7cd30f5004e1/manifest