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Treatise on ancient, alchemical and magical alphabets

Treatise on ancient, alchemical and magical alphabets and their use in talismans and magic, with tables, incomplete at end. Contains also transcriptions of secret scripts used in a series of texts, such as the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ (fol. 30a-b). Description Physical Description: 46 leaves : paper, charts ; 198 × 145 (146 × 102) mm. bound to 250 × 149 mm. Origin: [17--?] Contents: Fol. 1a-22a: 24 scripts (from the language of Adam to the Kūfī script, which appeared during the reign of ʻAlī) -- fol. 22b-23b: consideration on scripture in general and the Arabic script -- fol. 23b-34a: the seven "al-aqlām al-musnadah" -- fol. 34b-37b: the seven ancient "al-aqlām al-musnadah" -- fol. 37b-40b: other scripts (qummī, fahlawī, etc.) -- fol. 41b-45b: al-aqlām al-sīmīyā -- fol. 46a-b: blank. Notes: Ms. codex. Contains tables with the letters of the different alphabets and their Arabic equivalent, a diagram explaining the secret meaning of the cross (fol. 37b) and another representing the tree of scriptures (fol. 40b). This is not the Shawq al-Mustahām fī maʻrifah rumūz al-aqlām by Ibn Waḥshīyah. Title Source: Title supplied by cataloger. Physical Details: Number of line

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