Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Incomplete text of prayers and incantations.

Call number

Ms. Codex 2024
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977524332903681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1237600629
• https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex2024.html

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Arabic

Origin

Summary

An incomplete collection of prayers and incantations, mostly labeled as fāʼidah with explanations of when to use them and what their benefits are. Item is missing pages and is disordered.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   

Extent

110 unfoliated leaves : 210 x 161 (145 x 110) mm

Foliation

Unfoliated; catchwords every verso, lower left.

Support

Paper

Binding

Item is disbound; some gatherings are still sewn; no covers.

Layout

Written in 13 long lines.

Decoration

Rubrications in red; some magic squares and other diagrams in red and black.

Script

Written in naskh in black ink; pointed.

Provenance

• Purchased from Addison and Sarova Auctioneers 30 March 2019, lot 1021.
   

Subjects topical

• Islam--Customs and practices--Early works to 1800
• Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
• Religious life--Islam--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Manuscripts, Arabic
• Manuscripts, 17th century
• Manuscripts, 18th century
• codices (bound manuscripts)
• diagrams

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — [Incomplete text of prayers and incantations].

Decorations

• fol. 14r — Diagram
• fol. 34r — Table
• fol. 42r — Table
• fol. 42v — Table
• fol. 43r — Table
• fol. 43v — Table
• fol. 63r — Diagram
• fol. 63r — Table
• fol. 63v — Table
• fol. 64r — Table
• fol. 64v — Table
• fol. 65r — Table
• fol. 66r — Table
• fol. 66v — Table
• fol. 76r — Table
• fol. 76v — Table
• fol. 77r — Table
• fol. 77v — Table
• fol. 78r — Table
• fol. 78v — Table
• fol. 85r — Table
• fol. 85v — Table
• fol. 101r — Diagram
• fol. 107r — Diagram
• fol. 107v — Table
• fol. 110r — Diagram
• fol. 110v — Diagram