<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Illuminated talismanic scroll : manuscript.</dc:title><dc:description>An illuminated talismanic scroll, begins with the basmalah formula (Bismillahi al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm), followed by Sūrat al-Fātiḥah (Qurʼān, Chapter one), followed by twenty-nine of the ninety-nine of al-Asmāʼ al-Ḥusná (Most Beautiful Names of God), written in a horizontal fashion. Each name is written in gold on black background, in circular shape, each circle is surrounded by tiny script, known as ghubār script in the form of a dome. The tiny script begins with Sūrat al-Fātiḥah (Qurʼān, Chapter one), followed by the Throne verse (Qurʼān, Sūrat al-Baqarah: verse 255), followed by prayers, quotations from the Qurʼān, and other often repeated Islamic phrases. All these verses and invocations are meant to protect the owner of the scroll.</dc:description><dc:description>435 x 19 cm.</dc:description><dc:description>In different scripts and styles of writing, in black, gold, silver and other colors on thick paper.</dc:description><dc:description>Incipit: Starts with the Basmalah: "Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm ..."</dc:description><dc:description>Romanization supplied by cataloger.</dc:description><dc:description>Title supplied by cataloger.</dc:description><dc:format>text</dc:format></oai_dc:dc>