Dhakhīrat al-Iskandar al-Malik ibn Fīliqs Dhī al-Qarnayn.
- Holding institution:
- Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Dhakhīrat al-Iskandar al-Malik ibn Fīliqs Dhī al-Qarnayn.
ذخيرة الاسكندر الملك بن فيلقس ذي القرنين - Description:
- Copy of a treatise on talismans and astrology said to be by Aristotle who wrote it for Alexander the Great, then said to have been translated into Arabic at the request of the Caliph al-Muʻtaṣim. 23 ink illustrations of various creatures drawn on slightly darker paper pasted onto the substrate.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Codices
Diagrams
Manuscripts
Half covers
Astrology, Arab--Early works to 1800
Talismans--Religious aspects--Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York - Geographic region:
- between 1700 and 1850?
- Provenance:
- Gift of George Arthur Plimpton, 1936.Formerly owned by George A. Plimpton (bookplate inside front cover).
- Extent:
- 13 lines per page with some lines shortened when necessary to fit an image.
- Publisher:
- Columbia University.
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 276: Dhakhīrat al-Iskandar al-Malik ibn Fīliqs Dhī al-Qarnayn. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
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- MS Or 276
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World