Description of Columbia University. MS Or 60: Baḥr al-ʻUyūn.

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On magic, including sīmiyā and rīmiyā. This work closely resembles Kāshifī's Asrār-i Qāsimī, also called Siḥr al-ʻUyūn.

Persian Baḥr al-ʻUyūn. بحر العیون Kāshifī, Ḥusayn Vāʻiẓ, -1504 or 1505 کاشفى، حسین واعظ، former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1 Baḥr al-ʻUyūn

paper

75 paginated leaves : 230 x 155 (180 x 110) mm, bound to 240 x 160 mm Contemporary pagination in Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, upper center. 17 long lines with some symbols and diagrams. Written in nastaʻliq in black ink, pointed. Rubrications in red. Some diagrams and symbols in black and red. Symbol Symbol Symbols Symbols Symbols Symbols Diagram Symbols Table Symbol

Red half leather binding with green marbled paper sides.

Item is undated and the colophon is scrubbed; likely produced in 19th century India.

18--? India? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Islamic magic--Early works to 1800 Talismans--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Persian Half covers Trough-marbled paper Codices Diagrams Manuscripts