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كتاب شموس الانوار وكنوز الاسرار / تأليف ابن الحاج احمد الكبير التلساني قدس سره
Kitāb Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār / taʼlīf Ibn al-Ḥājj Aḥmad al-Kabīr al-Tilimsānī qaddasa sirrah.
1800-1899
Treatise of uncertain authorship in thirty chapters (bāb), on ʻilm al-ḥurūf and other occult sciences, with charts of talismans. See M. Ullmann, Die Geheim-..., p. 392, n. 2. In this copy, the text is divided in two parts. The text is followed on fol. 67b-68b by several fāʼidah by the same hand, and by a short text on the 22 mansūkhāt as transmitted from the Prophet Muḥammad, with zoological metaphors, on fol. 69a-b (thicker paper).
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- Publisher
- [ 18--?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Subject
- Divination—Religious aspects—Islam—14th century
- Arabic alphabet—Symbolic aspects—Early works to 1800
- Talismans—Islamic empire—14th century
- Islamic magic—14th century
- Occultism—Islamic Empire—14th century
- Animals—Symbolic aspects—Islam
- Animals—Religious aspects—Islam
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
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Item Summary
Treatise of uncertain authorship in thirty chapters (bāb), on ʻilm al-ḥurūf and other occult sciences, with charts of talismans. See M. Ullmann, Die Geheim-..., p. 392, n. 2. In this copy, the text is divided in two parts. The text is followed on fol. 67b-68b by several fāʼidah by the same hand, and by a short text on the 22 mansūkhāt as transmitted from the Prophet Muḥammad, with zoological metaphors, on fol. 69a-b (thicker paper).
Descriptive Information
- Title
- كتاب شموس الانوار وكنوز الاسرار / تأليف ابن الحاج احمد الكبير التلساني قدس سره
- Transliterated Title
- Kitāb Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār / taʼlīf Ibn al-Ḥājj Aḥmad al-Kabīr al-Tilimsānī qaddasa sirrah.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 3182Y
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc4q77g332q
- Publisher
- [ 18--?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1800-1899
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 69 leaves: paper ; 225 x 165 (180 x 125) mm. bound to 225 x 170 mm.
- Provenance
- Inscription in red ink on fol. 1a, reading: "al-Faqīr Rajab FRDī". Acquired from Abraham Shalom Yahuda, 1942.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Mach, R. Yahuda, 5209
- Brockelmann, C. GAL, II, 83 ; SII, 95
- Ullmann, M. Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam (1972), 392
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from rubric on fol. 1b. The same title appears in the preamble of the text, at the end of Juzʼ 1 and Juzʻ 2 (fol. 32a and 67a), and the beginning of Juzʼ 2 (fol. 33a).
- Physical description: 23 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of magenta. Contains charts and figures. European paper. The text is not vocalized.
- Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the upper cover: "Thālith 45". Inscription in Arabic script on a label pasted on the pastedown of the upper cover: "521/2 ḥ".
- Incipit: الحمد لله الذي اودع رقوم الحروف بدايع اسراره وركب منها معاني اسمائه وفجر فيها ينابيع الاعداد ... اما بعد فقد سالني بعض المحبين ابان الله لي ولهم معالم التحقيق وسلك بنا وبهم مناهج اهل التحقيق ان اضع لهم كتابا فى سر علم الحروف وروحانية الاسماء وما كتموه ارباب هذا الشان من اسرار صنعة الحكماء ومواهب العلماء ... الباب الاول في سر الحروف حرف الالف صورته هذا
- Explicit: يقول لك الساعة الفلانية والطالع الفلاني يجتمع معه في اليوم الفلاني و...؟ مما يعتمد عليه وبالله تعالى التوفيق لا رب غيره ولا معبود بالحق سواه وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم
- Binding Note
- Quarter bound with flap, in golden brown leather and marbled paper. Yellow paper pastedowns.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Divination—Religious aspects—Islam—14th century
- Arabic alphabet—Symbolic aspects—Early works to 1800
- Talismans—Islamic empire—14th century
- Islamic magic—14th century
- Occultism—Islamic Empire—14th century
- Animals—Symbolic aspects—Islam
- Animals—Religious aspects—Islam
- Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 145
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/567baddd-d5d4-48c9-b49f-fde3544d5809/manifest