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Image Number: 
Bookreader ArabicMS_404
Reference Number: 
Arabic MS 404
Parent Work Title: 
The Book of Venus
Date Created: 
18th century
Description: 
The Book of Venus, eighteenth century manuscript of magic, astrology, spells and talismans, lucky signals and divination. Title in Persian hand; 19 lines to the page. No date. The writing is loose Indian Nasta'liq of about 1780 CE. There are some Persian sentences in the text (fol. 135b). Many figures and diagrams. Headings in red. The text is often very ungrammatical, owing possibly to the carelessness of the copyist.
Language Code: 
ara
Language: 
Arabic
Language Code: 
per
Language: 
Persian
Subject: 
Astrology
Subject: 
Magic--Early works to 1800
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
215 mm
Item Width: 
135 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Hamilton, George William, 1807-1868, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2015-05-21
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-06
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands