Title
Arabic manuscript on magic and talismans, Abu Al-Hasan ‘Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Antaki’s Kitab Kanz Al-Talasim Fi ‘Ilm Al-Sihr wa Al-‘aza’im
Year/Period
29 March 1708
Region
North Africa, Morocco or Algeria
Object Type
manuscripts (documents)
Material
paper (fiber product)
Technique
writing (processes), bookbinding (process)
Dimension
Object size: 28.2 x 21 x 4 cm
Accession No.
2015-00066
Collection of
NLB Type
Document
This Arabic manuscript on magic and talismans, in 117ff each with 25ll of black maghribi script and with titles in larger red script, is in modern stamped brown binding. The colophon records that it was copied from the author’s autograph.The work is not recorded, but the author, ‘Ali bin Ibrahim al-Antaki also authored another manuscript entitled al-Durrah al-nuraniyah fi istikhraj yawaqit al-qasidah al-basiriyah, dated AH 1222/1807 AD.
