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Collection of encrypted correspondence between the compiler and various correspondents, in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. The compiler cites Shihāb al-Dīn al-Jindī al-ʻAlāʼī, Burhān al-Dīn al-Qudsī, and Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar al-Ḥusaynī as authorities for some of the alphabets. The manuscript is incomplete, lacking its beginning and end. Occasional marginal notes. Some worm damage in margins.
Support: paper; Extent: 106 leaves : 180 x 124 (119 x 82) mm. bound to 180 x 135 mm; Collation: Paper, 106; 1² 2¹⁰ 3-4⁸ 5¹⁰ 6⁴ 7⁶ 8-12¹⁰ 13⁸. Catchwords on each page, lower left verso.
Written in 13 long lines.
Written in naskh script.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Syria?
Possibly written in Syria, in the 15th century.
Modern quarter leather, wood covers.
Arabic
Sold at auction at Christie's, 1996.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, June 1996.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.
Syria?
Possibly written in Syria, in the 15th century.
Arabic
Sold at auction at Christie's, 1996.
Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd.
Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.
Collection of encrypted correspondence between the compiler and various correspondents, in approximately 150 alphabets, accompanied by transcriptions of the letters in Arabic. The compiler cites Shihāb al-Dīn al-Jindī al-ʻAlāʼī, Burhān al-Dīn al-Qudsī, and Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Jaʻfar al-Ḥusaynī as authorities for some of the alphabets. The manuscript is incomplete, lacking its beginning and end. Occasional marginal notes. Some worm damage in margins.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in naskh script.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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