Untitled work on the virtues and uses of the letters Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarālī أبو الحسن الحرالي [‎107r] (2/7)

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A short, untitled treatise on the properties and uses of the letters and associated magical practices. The treatise is attributed to Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarālī, who may be identical with the author of works on astronomical instruments Abū al-Ḥasan (or al-Ḥasan ibn) ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Marrākūshī (d. ca 660 AH/AD 1262).

The text has been written vertically on the folios, and the folios are in reverse order. The foliation has been reversed to take into account the direction of the text.

Begins (f. 105v, lines 2-3):

قال الشيخ أبو الحسن الحرالي أنت سألتني عن الحروف وطبائعها ووجوه منافعها فاعلم أن ذلك يؤخذ

يؤخذ (!) من مراتب الحروف التي تبتني عليها معرفة طباعها وتنشأ من ذلك وجوه منافعها ...

Ends (f. 108v, lines 8-10):

... حجرًا من

مراعة بغل وضعه تحت المائدة من جهة من لا تريد أن يأكل فيكون ذلك. قلب من عرس وكبده

تربطهما في جلد إبل وعلقه على الكاتب فإنه يغلط في حسابه ويخطئ

Extent and format

ff. 105v-108v (foliation reversed)

Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 174 x 124 mm leaf [130 x 94 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling:

• Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm (ff. 4v-27v);
• Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing lines per 10 cm (ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r);
• No ruling visible; average 18 lines per page; 16 lines per 10 cm (ff. 105v-108v)

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and over lining in red

Binding: British Museum binding in brown leather

Condition: minor waterstains, some foxing and light grime from thumbing, some folios torn and repaired (e.g. ff. 10, 11 and 68)

Marginalia: Occasional marginal annotations and corrections

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

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