[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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    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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