651

ACQUISITIONS OF 1996-9 (Or. 23.645, cont., 23.646)

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Ends (142b):

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Catalogue entry: Sohrweide II, 88, where other manuscripts are mentioned.

Cod.Or. 23.646 Tefa ’til-name auaL JjLu An anonymous, undated manual for drawing omens for various purposes from Koranic texts, supposedly based on the authority of the ‘§eytiii l-ekber’ (Ibn al- ‘Arabï, d. 638/1240). The title, erroneously spelt as ‘<l»Is JliS’, is found in headings on pp. 2 and 4. The shaykh is mentioned in p. 4:1-2 and as ‘al-‘Arabï Muhyï d-Dïn’ in the heading preceding the text on the same page. The work consists of 23 tables and is preceded by an index (pp. 2-3) and an introduction (pp. 4-6). The introduction prescribes the rituals to perform before using the tables; by blindly pressing a number of letters with the forefinger of the right hand, one should, having collected 32 letters, form the text of a Koran verse. The tables, consisting of quadrangles with numbers (first line) and letters, are pre-