Amulet : manuscript.
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Amulet : manuscript.
Description
- Title
- Amulet : manuscript.
- Copyright Date
- 18th or 19th century.
- Abstract
-
An amulet on long scroll of vellum or snake skin, rolled around a central axis into a silver hexagonal tube with a cap; niello etched in an arabesque pattern in gold, with three loops where a chain can go through, so that it can be worn as a necklace. The scroll is written in a long central column surrounded by eight different rectangular compartments in different colors. The central column contains Surat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97), followed by Surāt al-Fātiḥat (Qurʼan: Chapter 1), followed by the Creator's verse of Sūrat al-Ḥajj (Qurʼan: Chapter 22:65), followed by a long invocation asking God for help and guidance, followed by a Shiʻī invocation asking for the intecession of Imām ʻAlī, followed by a magic square. The amulet is meant to have magical powers to protect the owner. Name of copyist (and/or creator) and place and date of copying/and or production not mentioned, probably from the 18th or 19th century.
- Description
-
39.5 x 6 cm.
Incipit: Starts with Sūrat al-Qadr (Qurʼan: Chapter 97): "Innā anzalnāhu fī Laylat al-Qadr ..."
Romanization supplied by cataloger.
The central part of the amulet is written in ruqʻah/naskh script and the compartments in thulth script, in black, blue, red and gold.
Title supplied by cataloger. - Extent
- 1 scroll ; 40 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
-
Arabic
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Arabic MSS suppl. 595
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text and three dimensional object
- Genre
-
Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century.
Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century. - Material
- parchment and silver
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Topic)
-
Amulets (Islam)--Early works to 1800.
Arabic manuscripts.
Islamic magic--Early works to 1800.
Prayer--Islam--Early works to 1800.
Qurʼan.--Sūrat al-Fātiḥah--Early works to 1800.
Qurʼan.--Sūrat al-Ḥajj--Early works to 1800.
Qurʼan.--Sūrat al-qadr--Early works to 1800.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Amulet. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13297360
- Object ID (OID)
- 10841975