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[Turkish handbook on folk medicine and magic].
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
Description
120 leaves, bound : paper, ill. ; 123 x 95 mm.
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Special Collections - Manuscripts
Islamic Manuscripts, Third Series no. 729
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Traditional medicine
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Turkey
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Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
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Early works to 1800
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Islamic magic
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Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
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Early works to 1800
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Magic squares
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Summary note
A collection of notes, recipes, magic squares, and other diagrams on popular medicine and magic, about 700 in all. The booklet appears to be someone's private notebook.
Notes
Ms. codex.
Physical description: 13-15 lines per page, written in naskh script in brown on Eurpean laid paper. Illustrated with diagrams; entries separated by a horizontal line. Some damp staining.
Binding note
Full leather oriental binding with small flap.
Source acquisition
Purchase; Bouwman Oriental Books, 2009/11/11 (2010-53).
OCLC
475482209
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