Judeo-Arabic treatise on geomancery : manuscript.
ספר אודות גיאומנסריה ביהודית-ערבית.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Subjects (All):

Geomancy--20th century--Texts.

Geomancy.

Jewish magic.

Astrology.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic--20th century--Specimens.

Manuscripts, Judeo-Arabic.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Kedem Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 70 (31 March 2020) item 261.

Physical Description:

34 leaves : paper, charts ; 22 x 15 cm + 1 note.

Production:

Syria?, 1900?-1920?

סוריה?, 1900?-1920?

Language Note:

In Judeo-Arabic.

Summary:

Manuscript treatise on geomancery, showing the sixteen geomantic figures and their names in Judeo-Arabic ("אלו הן שש עשרה נקודות"; f. 1r) followed by a description of each of the signs and their corresponding elements (f. 1v-7v), remedies and uses of geomantic signs (f. 8r-14v) and additional material including angelic discourse and astrology; the manuscript ends mid-text (f. 25r). Written in a Sephardic semicursive script (text) and a Sephardic square script (captions and titles); catchwords and plosive marks. Item with a manuscript leaf of a cabalistic gematria number chart left in (Yemen, early 19th century).

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Cited as:

Judeo-Arabic treatise on geomancery (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 697). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1422546183