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Title
Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār
Additional title: شموس الانوار وكنوز الاسرار
Names
Ibn al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1336 (Author)
ابن الحاج: محمد بن محمد، -1336 (Author)
Collection

Arabic manuscripts collection

Dates / Origin
Other Date: Rajab 1130 [1718]
Place: Tilimsān
Library locations
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: M&A 984532A
Topics
Islamic magic
Alphabets -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab -- Africa, North -- 18th century
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab -- Algeria -- Tlemcen -- 18th century
Manuscripts, Arabic -- New York (State) -- New York
Alphabets
Islam
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Arab
Manuscripts, Arabic
North Africa
New York (State) -- New York
Algeria -- Tlemcen
Genres
nastaʻliq
illuminated manuscripts-Africa, North-18th century
countermarks-Africa, North-18th century
early works
Notes
Citation/reference: Islamic Manuscripts in the New York Public Library, (ed.) Barbara Schmitz (NYPL / Oxford University Press, 1992), page 328.
Statement of responsibility: Abū ʻAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj al-Tilimsānī.
Content: Ms. codex
Content: Physical description: Cream medium thick paper with gate-shaped watermarks, 21 lines, Maghribī script in brownish black ink, key words and headings in pale green, red and blue. Charts, magic squares and digagrams in red, blue, green and black. Incipit: سم الله الرحمن الرحيم. الحمد لله الذي أودع رقوم الحروف بدائع أسراره: وركب منها معاني أسمائه: وفجر منها ينابيع الأعداد وبحور الأوفاق بمواهب أنواره
Preferred citation: NYPL. M&A 984532A
Funding: Preservation and access were made possible by the generous support of Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and Adam Bartos.
Language: Arabic; Naskh and Thuluth script.
Statement of responsibility: ابو عبد الله محمد بن الحاج التلمساني.
Restriction: Restricted use. Requires permission for access. NN
Additional physical form: European leather and cloth binding with marbled paper doublures and endpaper. NN
Physical Description
Extent: 115 leaves : paper, ink, charts, illustrations ; 210 x 170 mm (140 x 100 mm)
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
Arabic
Identifiers
MSS Unit ID: 116
RLIN/OCLC: 1567968746
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23923106
Barcode: 33433133559868
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 147ac5d0-83a5-013f-9742-0242ac110002
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

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  • 2027

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