(Q56638)

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Kunh al-murād fī wafq al-aʻdād
كنه المراد في وفق الاعداد
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Ṭāʼūsī, Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad
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Magic squares--Early works to 1800
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Islamic magic--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Persian--New Jersey--Princeton
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Extent: iii, 89, iii leaves: paper, ill. ; 250 x 160 (233 x 150) mm. bound to 262 x 170 mm.
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Ms. codex.
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Title from beginning of text (fol. 2a, l. 13).
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The name of the author appears at the beginning of the text (fol. 2a, l. 7) and in several squares, the latter in the form "ʻamal Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī" or "ʻamal Yaʻqūb ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭāʼūsī". See fol. 59a, 66a, 67b, 70a.
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Physical description: 21 lines per page. Written in nastaʻlīq in black ink with use of red, with squares, tables and circles in red, black and yellow ink. A few tables are left blank. The text is framed within a gold, black and red border, with an outer frame made of a single blue fillet. Simple illuminated headpieces in red and gold on fol. 1b, 35b and 60b. Laid paper ; glossy.
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11 November 2024
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11 November 2024
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