Abstract: Treatise in five chapters (faṣl) on the magical properties of the letter qāf and its use in charms, with figures.Binding note: Unbound.Ms. codex.Title from beginning of text (fol. 1b, l. 14).27 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh in black ink with use of red. European glazed paper with watermark ("JL Gran Masso"), frame-ruled. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals.Collation: Paper ; fol. 10 ; 1¹⁰ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Incipit: بسم ... الحمد لله الذي اكرمنا باسراره ونلا قلوبنا بانواره والصلاة والسلام علي سيدنا محمد الذي تنورت الاكوان بظهوره ... اما بعد فيقول الفقير الذليل ... هذه رسالة لطيفة تتعلق بالوفق الميني(؟) اذكر فيه الفوائد الواصلة الينا من المشايخ العظامExplicit: ولبستم وفقي وعاونتم ضعفي في كل ما اريد الوحا ٢ العجل ٢ الساعة ٢ بارك الله فيكم وعليكم وصلى الله علي سيدنا محمد وعلي اله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا والحمد لله رب العالمين امين
Abstract: Short treatise on the elements of divination, drawn chiefly from the works of Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn al-ʻArabī (d. 1240), and comprising an introduction in 8 parts, a maṭlab, and a conclusion.Binding note: Upper and lower covers made of decorated paper over paper pasteboards.Ms. codex.Title from title page (fol. 1a).The name of the author appears at the beginning of the text as Salīm al-Wāʻiẓ (fol. 1b).17 lines per page. Written in medium small naskh using black ink and magenta. The text is framed in a single magenta line throughout. Contains charts. Glazed paper with watermark. Pagination in black ink using Arabic numerals between brackets in the center of the upper margin. Foliation in pencil using Western numerals (with no fol. 4).Collation: Paper ; fol. 30 ; 30¹⁰ ; catchword on the verso of each leaf.Incipit: بسم ... الحمد للَّه الذي اودع اسرار الحادثات في كنوز الحروف والكميات وجعل الاعداد ظروف الواقعات ... اما بعد فيقول العبد الفقير سليم الواعظ لما انعم الله تعالي علي بكتب المادة وقرائتهاExplicit: من الماء فالثابتةِ حروف ه ج ر ط ل فولدها الي تمام التوليد ثم اللقط منها تم
Abstract: Illustrated Persian manuscript on magic and astrology, including a book of spells describing incantation and talismans, and 56 painted illustrations.Binding note: Blind stamped and tooled red leather.Ms. codex.Title from end of text (written with tāʾ marbūtah).Physical description: 11 lines per page ; written in medium small nastaʻlīq in black ink. Arabic written in naskh. From fol. 50b on: written in nastaʻlīq in purple ink. Wove paper with embossed seal with inscription in Cyrillic on a few leaves. Annotations in English on the margins of the first leaves. Picture representing a young man placed at the end of the copy.56 illustrations in watercolor representing the signs of the Zodiac, demons linked to these signs, constellations, birth of stars, and archangels such as Mikāʾīl and Jibrāʾīl.Origin: According to note on fol. 1a, copied in Iṣfahān, Shaʻbān 1324 H. Sept.-Oct. 1906 by ʻAlī Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar Abū al-Ḥasan al-Nāʾinī(?) al-Muṣāḥib. At the end of several texts accompanying the illustrations is the name Raṣṣād(?) B̄āshī, son of the late Jaʻfar, with dates ranging from 1330 to 1339 H. 1911 to 1921.Incipit: بسم ... بكير از زير قدم او يكمشت خاك واين جعارا هفت بخواند ... بسم ... اللهم اله السموات والارض اعجل اعجل اعجل ارجع ارجع ارجع حب الخير