Maqamat al-Sihr al-Halal

Title: Maqamat al-Sihr al-Halal
LC Subject: Manuscripts, Persian
Item Locator: Eugene, OR, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, MS 002.
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Author: Suyūṭī, 1445-1505
Description: Manuscript codex. Title devised by cataloger. Collation: Catchwords, no signatures or numbers. Script: Naskh. Most sections written in black with periodic rubrication, others in brown without rubrication by a different scribe (often on thinner paper, probably replacing lost original pages). Decoration: Ornamental title-pages of alternating lines of red and black, tapering to a point. Many tailed globes in red. Binding: Half-binding of thin brown leather over pasteboard, with left-hand flap. Exteriors of covers and flap covered with marbled paper in combed green, yellow, and red. Text block stitched to cover at spine. Cover interiors and flap lined with yellowish paper. Sewing knots between pp. 10-11, 36-37, 54-55 (broken).
Provenance: Donation/Purchase ; Julia Burgess, 1935-1942. Former owners include Edward Payson Roe and Edward Sandford Burgess. Written in black ink on flyleaf: from library of Rev. Edwd. P. Roe, Mar. 18 1909 IV-CI (that is, Reverend Edward Payson Roe (1838-1888); American chaplain and novelist.) Edward Sandford Burgess purchased the book in 1909 at the McLean sale.
Work Type: manuscripts (documents)
Location: Egypt
Date: 1450/1500
Identifier: Ms002
Item Locator: Ms 002
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Dc Rights Holder: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Use Restrictions: Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections & University Archives.
Language: Arabic
Type: Text
Format: application/pdf
Material: paper
Set: University of Oregon Special Collections Manuscripts and Rare Books
Institution: University of Oregon
Layout: 37 unnumbered leaves ; 135 x 193 mm 13 lines per page, single column; no ruling