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<h1><a name="top"></a>Catalogue: Magical/Astrological Medicine</h1>
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<em>Ris&#257;lah dar haw&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font></em> <span class="ms">&nbsp;&nbsp;(MS P 29, marginal item 16)</span></dt>
<dd>(<em>Essay on Occult Properties</em>)</dd>
<dd><strong>&#1585;&#1587;&#1575;&#1604;&#1607; &#1583;&#1585; &#1582;&#1608;&#1575;&#1589;</strong></dd>
<dd> by Ibn S&#299;n&#257; (<a href="bioA.html#avicenna">Avicenna</a>) (<a href="glossary.html#d">d.</a> 1037/428)</dd>
<dd><strong>&#1575;&#1576;&#1608; &#1593;&#1604;&#1609;</strong></dd>
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<p class="indent"> The brief Persian essay on <em>khawass</em> (occult properties of substances) is attributed to Ibn S&#299;n&#257; (Avicenna). </p>
<p class="indent">No other copy is recorded. </p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Physical Description</span></h2>
<p class="indent">Persian. 2 <a href="glossary.html#leaves">leaves</a> (margins of fol. 62a-63b). <a href="glossary.html#dimensions">Dimensions</a> 35.5 x 21. Text written diagonally in margins between outer <a href="glossary.html#frames">frame</a> (31 x 4.5 cm) and frame of inner text area (22.5 x 11.5 cm). The author is given as [A]b&#363; &#8216;Al&#299; S&#299;n&#257;. </p>
<p class="indent">The <a href="glossary.html#manuscript">manuscript</a> containing this item is undated but elsewhere signed by the <a href="glossary.html#scribe">scribe</a>, Sayyid <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7716;</font>usayn Yazd&#299;. There is a portrait of a scribe immediately below the <a href="glossary.html#colophon">colophon</a> giving the scribe's name (fol. 173a). The volume must have been completed before 1546/953 H, when an owner's stamp for one &#8216;Im&#257;d al-D&#299;n Zakar&#299;y&#257;&#8217; ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad ibn Ma<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>m&#363;d Lim&#363;n&#299; was placed in the volume. It appears to have been copied in India. </p>
<p class="indent">The text is written in the same hand as the main text in the volume. The marginal text is written in a small, compact, professional, and elegant <a href="glossary.html#taliq">ta&#8216;liq</a> tending toward <a href="glossary.html#naskh">naskh</a> script in black ink with headings in red and red <a href="glossary.html#overlinings">overlinings</a>. There are <a href="glossary.html#catchword">catchwords</a> for the central text, which is enclosed in <a href="glossary.html#frames">frames</a> of blue, red, <a href="glossary.html#gilt">gilt</a>, and black lines. The marginal text is written in short diagonal lines between the frame enclosing the central text and a larger frame of blue, gilt, and black lines. </p>
<p class="indent">The glossy yellow-brown paper is moderately thin with only <a href="glossary.html#laid">laid lines</a> visible. There is some water damage near the edges, and the edges have been trimmed from their original size. <a href="glossary.html#folio">Folios</a> 1 and 173 have been reinforced. </p>
<p class="indent">There are 173 <a href="glossary.html#leaves">leaves</a> in the volume. Fols. 1a and 173b are blank. The main item in the volume, occupying the central text area of fols. 1b-173a is <em>&#8216;Aj&#257;&#8217;ib al-makhl&#363;q&#257;t wa-ghar&#257;&#8217;ib al-mawj&#363;d&#257;t</em> by <a href="bioQ.html#qazwini">al-Qazw&#299;n&#299;</a> (<a href="natural_hist6.html">MS P 29</a>). There are 35 distinct treatises written in the wide margins of the folios. The marginal items are: <a href="natural_hist7.html#p29">MS P 29, marginal item 1</a>: (fol. 1b) <em>Dar <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>aq&#299;qat-i &#8216;&#257;lam</em>, anon.; <a href="physiognomy4.html">MS P 29, marginal item 2</a>: (fols. 2a-3b) <em>Ris&#257;lah-i qiy&#257;fah</em> by <a href="bioS.html#sayyid">Sayyid &#8216;Al&#299; Hamd&#257;n&#299;</a>; <a href="E14_E16.html#E16">MS P 29, marginal item 3</a>: (fols. 3b-10b) <em>Ris&#257;lah-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ifz al-<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>i<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ah </em> by <a href="bioJ.html#jurjani">al-Jurj&#257;n&#299;</a>; <a href="mon9.html#p29item4">MS P 29, marginal item 4</a>: (fols. 10b-12a) <em>Muqaddimah-i nabz</em>, anon. ; <a href="mon9.html#p29item5">MS P 29, marginal item 5</a>: (fols. 18a-19b) <em>Muqqadimah-i &#8216;ishq</em>, anon. ; <a href="crafts2.html">MS P 29, marginal item 6</a>: (fols. 19b-22b) <em> shar<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>-i pat </em>, anon.; <a href="mon9.html#p29item7">MS P 29, marginal item 7</a>: (fols. 23a-25b) <em>Dar &#8216;ishq</em>, anon.; <a href="adab_literature4.html#p29item8">MS P 29, marginal item 8</a>: (fols. 26a-29b) <em>Ris&#257;lah-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ar&#299;qah-i naqsh-band&#299;y</em>, anon.; <a href="astronomy3.html#p29item9">MS P 29, marginal item 9</a>: (fols. 33b-33b) on astronomical principles, untitled, anon.; <a href="astronomy3.html#p29item10">MS P 29, marginal item 10</a>: (fol. 41a) on the zodiacal sign of Cancer, untitled, anon.; <a href="natural_hist7.html">MS P 29, marginal item 11</a>: (fols. 42b-45a) on ancient authorities, untitled, anon.; <a href="astronomy3.html#p29item12">MS P 29, marginal item 12</a>: (fols. 45b-46b) <em><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7716;</font>aq&#299;qat-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>&#363;l-i va &#8216;ar<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7693;</font>-i aq&#257;l&#299;m</em>, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item13">MS P 29, marginal item 13</a>: (fols. 52a-53b) on astrology and magic, untitled, anon.; <a href="diet6.html#p29item14">MS P 29, marginal item 14</a>: (fols. 54a-56b) <em>Ris&#257;la dar kh&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>&#299;yat-i zan&#257;n</em>, anon.; <a href="astrology3.html">MS P 29, marginal item 15</a>: (fols. 57a-62a) on magic squares and talismans, untitled, anon.; MS P 29, margin item 16: (fols. 62a-63b) is here catalogued; <a href="mathematics2.html">MS P 29, marginal item 17</a>: (fols. 63b-66b) <em>Muqaddim&#257;t-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>is&#257;b</em>, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item18">MS P 29, marginal item 18</a>: (fols. 66b-70a) on numerology and lunar mansions, untitled, anon.; <a href="magical9.html">MS P 29, marginal item 19</a>: (fols. 70a-73b) on occult properties, untitled, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item20">MS P 29, marginal item 20</a>: (fols. 73b-77b) <em>Muqaddimah-i raml</em>, anon.; <a href="gameplaying1.html#p29item21">MS P 29, marginal item 21</a>: (fol. 77b) <em>Muqaddimah-i ganjifah</em>, anon.; <a href="gameplaying1.html#p29item22">MS P 29, marginal item 22</a>: (fol. 77b) <em> Muqaddimah-i sha<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>ranj</em>, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item23">MS P 29, marginal item 23</a>: (fols. 78a-80b) on magical alphabets, untitled, anon.; <a href="general_history2.html#p29item24">MS P 29, marginal item 24</a>: (fols. 81a-88b) <em>Khul&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>ah-i taw&#257;r&#299;kh</em>, anon.; <a href="general_history2.html#p29item25">MS P 29, marginal item 25</a>: (fols. 88b-91a) <em>Khul&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>ah-i r&#257;j&#257;wat&#299;</em>, anon.; <a href="general_history2.html#p29item26">MS P 29, marginal item 26</a>: (fols. 92a-93a) on wonders among world rulers, untitled, anon.; <a href="adab_literature4.html">MS P 29, marginal item 27</a>: (fols. 96a-99a) reports and sayings of learned Sufi shaykhs (untitled), anon.; <a href="adab_literature4.html#p29item28">MS P 29, marginal item 28</a>: (fols. 99a-101b) <em>Dar akhl&#257;q-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>am&#299;dah</em>, anon.; <a href="adab_literature4.html#p29item29">MS P 29, marginal item 29</a>: (fols. 101b-108a) <em> Tu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>fat al-wuzar&#257;' </em>, anon.; <a href="astrology6.html#p29item30">MS P 29, marginal item 30</a>: (fols. 108b-109b) on magic, untitled, anon.; <a href="astrology4.html#p29item31">MS P 29, marginal item 31</a>: (fols. 114b-129a, 132a-140a, 141a-147a, 148a-162a) on medical-magical procedures (untitled) by <a href="bioI.html#muttalib">Ibn &#8216;Abd al-Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7789;</font>alib</a>; <a href="diet11.html#p29item32">MS P 29, marginal item 32</a>: (fols. 162a-165a) <em>Ris&#257;lah dar akl va shurb</em>, anon.; <a href="natural_hist12.html#p29item33">MS P 29, marginal item 33</a>: (fol. 166a) <em>Dar <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>isab-i siy&#257;q-i <font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ayawan&#257;t</em>, anon.; <a href="pharmaceutics43.html">MS P 29, marginal item 34</a>: (fols. 167a-167b) on compound recipes, untitled, anon.; and <a href="astrology6.html#p29item35">MS P 29, marginal item 35</a>: (fols. 169a-172b) <em>Khaw&#257;<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font><font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7779;</font>-i jafr&#257;t</em>, anon. There are no marginal texts on fols. 12b-17b, 30a-31b, 34a-40b, 41b-42a, 47a-51b, 91b, 93b-95a, 110a-114b, 129b-131b, 140b, 141b-142a, 147b, 165b, 166b, 168a, 168b [only marginal corrections], and 173a.</p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Binding</span></h2>
<p class="indent">The volume is bound in <a href="glossary.html#pasteboards">pasteboards</a> covered with dark-brown leather. On the covers there are gold-tooled frames filled with acanthus leaves, with flowers or a star in the center and corners. The spine has gold-stamped flowers and a border. The binding is not original. There are modern <a href="glossary.html#pastedowns">pastedowns</a> and <a href="glossary.html#endpapers">endpapers</a>. </p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">Provenance</span></h2>
<p class="indent">There is an owner's stamp dated 1546/953 H with the name &#8216;Im&#257;d al-D&#299;n Zakar&#299;y&#257;&#8217; ibn Mu<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>ammad ibn Ma<font face= "Arial Unicode MS">&#7717;</font>m&#363;d Lim&#363;n&#299; (folio 173a). </p>
<p class="indent">The volume was purchased from R. Thomas Heller, New York, on 3 August 1949. No further information is available on the provenance. </p>
<h2><span class="h2blue">References</span></h2>
<p class="indent">[unpublished] </p>
<p class="psource">NLM Microfilm Reel: FILM 55-41 no. 3</p>
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