Ḥall al-ṭilsam wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham.
حل الطلسم وكشف السر المبهم.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Ghamrī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, -1499 or 1500.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

Arabic

Subjects (All):

Talismans.

Islamic magic.

Divination--Religious aspects.

Divination.

Divination--Religious aspects--Early works to 1800.

Islamic magic--Early works to 1800.

Talismans--Religious aspects--Early works to 1800.

Alchemy--Early works to 1800.

Alchemy.

Divination--Religious aspects--Islam.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Penn Provenance:

Acquired in 2014.

Physical Description:

40 leaves : paper ; 230 x 170 (170 x 90) mm bound to 235 x 187 mm

Production:

A.H. 1186 (1772)

Other Title:

Ḥall al-ṭilasm wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham

Ḥall al-ṭillasm wa-kashf al-sirr al-mubham

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

Work on alchemy.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title from introduction (f. 2r); alternate titles supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Contemporary foliation in Hindu-Arabic numerals in black ink, upper left recto. Later pagination also in Hindu-Arabic numerals added in pencil, lower center.

Layout: 26 long lines.

Script: Written in informal naskh; pointed, unvocalized.

Decoration: Rubrications in red including some marginal headers. Medallions in a different red also appear in the margins, though these may be a later addition. Four leaves of modern handmade paper added to the ends when the text was rebound.

Binding: Quarter covers with the remnants of blue paper over card; brown leather spine.

Origin: The copy was finished on 18 Shaʻbān 1186 (13 November 1772).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1963.

OCLC:

1083523370