BEIN Bailey S566: From the library of Laura Bailey., Title from cover., Editor: Vaginal Davis., and A one-shot offshoot from Vaginal Davis's Fertile LaToyah Jackson zine.
Ibn al-Ḥājj, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, -1336 ابن الحاج، محمد بن محمد، -1336
Published / Created:
1887.
Call Number:
Hartford Seminary Arabic MSS 549
Image Count:
212
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
"Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār" (Suns of lights and treasures of secrets), a treatise on Islamic magic and occultism, by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj al-Tilimsānī al-Fāsī al-ʻAbdarī, Abū ʻAbd Allāh (died 1336), a Mālikī Islamic law scholar, from al-Maghrib (North Africa), who came to Egypt and died in Cairo. Copied on Friday, 2 Jumād al-Ākhir, 1304 (26 February, 1887) by Ḥassānayn Khaṭṭāb al-Nujaylī. Place of copying not mentioned
Alternative Title:
Kitāb Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār and كتاب شموس الأنوار وكنوز الأسرار
Description:
In Arabic., Title from folio 1b., Romanization supplied by cataloger., Incipit: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm. al-Ḥamdu lillāh alladhī awdaʻa ruqūm al-ḥurūf badāʼiʻ asrārih, wa-rakkaba minhā maʻāniya asmāʼih, wa-fajjara minhā yanābīʻ al-aʻdād wa-buḥūr al-awfāq bi-mawāhib anwārih, wa-wakkala rūḥānīyatan taqūmu wa-takhdumu arbābahā fī jamīʻ al-maṭālib, tadullu bi-surʻatihā ʻalá faradānīyatihi, fa-fataḥa bisāṭ al-uns, wa-aṭlaʻa man shāʼa min al-ins ʻalá ʻajāʼib malakūtihā mimman akhlaṣa min ʻibādih ...", Secundo folio: ward wa-misk alf marrah., 15 x 22 cm; written surface: 9 x 17.7 cm; 25 lines per page., Binding: In dark brown leather with flap; cover and flap embossed with central medallion., In good naskh script, in black ink, on white paper; headings in purple; many magic squares and a magic circle; on some leaves a seal with the phrase "Dawāwīn maṣraf"; some corrections on the margins; catchwords., On folio 1a: "Hādhā Kitāb Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār li-Ibn al-Ḥājj al-Tilimsānī al-Maghribī, ʻalá al-tamām wa-al-kamāl, wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh ʻalá kull ḥāl. M.", On folio 1b: "... wa-sammaytuhā bi-Kitāb Shumūs al-anwār wa-kunūz al-asrār ...", Colophon: "Tamma bi-ḥamd Allāh wa-ʻawnih. Wa-kāna al-farāgh min hādhā al-kitāb fī yawm al-Jumʻah al-mubārak, al-muwāfiq ithnayn Jumād al-Ākhir, sanat 1304, arbaʻah wa-thalāthmiʼah wa-alf, min al-Hijrah al-Nabawīyah, ʻalá ṣāḥibihā afḍal al-ṣalāh wa-atamm al-salām. Wa-kāna dhālika ʻalá yad kātibihi wa-nāqilihi al-faqīr ilá al-Karīm al-Wahhāb, ʻabduhu Ḥassānayn Khaṭṭāb al-Nujaylī, ghafara Allāh la-hu wa-li-wālidayhi wa-lil-Muslimīn ajmaʻīn. Āmīn. Āmīn. Wa-al-ḥamdu lillāh Rabb al-ʻĀlamīn. Wa-ṣallá Allāh ʻalá Sayyidinā Muḥammad, al-Nabī al-ummī, wa-ʻalá ālihi wa-ṣaḥbihi wa-sallam. Āmīn. M.", and Translation of the colophon: "It is completed by the praise of God and His help. The copying of this book was completed on blessed Friday, 2 Jumād al-Ākhir, 1304 of the Hijrah of the Prophet, may the best prayer and the most perfect peace be upon Him. Copied and transcribed by the hand of the poor to the Generous and Abundant Giving One, His servant, Ḥassānayn Khaṭṭāb al-Nujaylī, may God forgive him, his parents and all Muslims. Amen. Amen. Praise be to God Lord of the Universe. May God pray on our Master Muḥammad, the Illiterate Prophet, and on his family and companions and grant them peace. Amen. M."
BEIN AUS200: Extra trump VI was altered to make the trump IV. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Tarock., Composition of deck: 54 [AH, AD; K, Q, C, J; 10-7S; 4-2H; 4-2D; 10-7C; trumps I-XXI, Fool]., Stamp on Ace of Hearts, black: G. Fischer / Prossnitz / 1823., King of Spades with sceptre; JC: Fabricirt / von / GOTTFRIED / FISCHER // Bürgerlicher / Karten - Mahler / in Prossnitz in / Mähren., Trumps: Double figure (I, Fool) or variable double figure (II-XXI) trumps; II: Katzbach / d. 26t. Aug. / 1813; III: Blücher / Den-ewicz / d. 6t Sept. 1813; V: Belle Alliance / 18 Juni 1815 / La Rothiere / 1 Febr. 1814; VI: Wartenburg / d. 3tn October 1813 // Wieder erkämpft [Brandenburg Gate]; VII: G. Görschen / c. 2 May 1813; VIII: Leipzig / v. 16. Bis 19. Octbr / 1813; IX: Rhein / Uebergang / d. 1t Jän 1814; X: PARIS / d. 7t Juli 1815; XI: Culm / d. 30tn Aug. 1813; XIII: Fried. Wilhelm / Herzog / von / Braunschweig / den 16tn July / 1815; XIV: G.F. / Tarock / Karten // Paris / d. 31t Merz / 1814; XVI: Für / Deutsch / Land; XVII: Es lebe Deutschland; XIX: Grosbeeren / d. 22. 23 Aug. / 1813 // Montmartre / 30t März / 1814; XX: Waterloo / d. 18t Juni / 1815; XXI: Eintracht siegte [heraldic devices of the Allies] // Friede; Fool: Excusee., and Black tax stamp on Ace of Hearts: B / 14K / Karten / 1823.
Letter signed from Queen Elizabeth to Sir George Carew, Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance, bearing the authority of the petty seal of the Signet. Queen Elizabeth instructs Sir George to transport all manner of ordnance from the Tower of London to the northern border towns of Berwick, Newcastle, and Carlisle. Written from the manor of Greenwich, 1595 July 9.
Alternative Title:
Scottish Border Defense 1595
Description:
Earlier in July 1595, a force of several hundred Spanish soliders raided the city of Cornwall inciting further need to defend the Scottish border., In English., Variant title from description in Parkes, S. et al., Elizabethan Club of Yale University and its Library., and Bears the official seal of the Signet office.
Subject (Geographic):
England., Berwick (England), Carlisle (England), and Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603. and Carew, George, Sir, -1612.
Reproduction of a drawing by Seth Eastman that depicts in the foreground two Native Americans, on foot with saddled horses nearby, skinning a buffalo. In the background, the scene is of the riverine plains and distant hill tops. The upper half of the image is of sky
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Below image, centered: Pl. 13.
Publisher:
Lippincott, Grambo & Company
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
American bison hunting and Indians of North America
Caption title., Date based on publisher T. Evans's activity dates. See: Todd, W.B. Directory of printers and others in allied trades, London & vicinity, 1800-1840, page 66., In one column with a woodcut above the title., A slip song., In verse., First line: Say now what's the job that assembles this mob ..., and For further information, consult library staff.