
Date of this Version
2-8-2015
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Keywords
Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800, Islamic magic--Early works to 1800 Codices, Prayers, Manuscripts Arabic--18th century, Manuscripts Digital
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Recommended Citation
Porter, Dot, "Facsimile of LJS 40, Collection of prayers and charms" (2015). Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): EBooks. 100.
https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/100


Comments
Collection of prayers, including several based on the Āyat al-Kursī (Verse of the Throne) for protection from evil and others ascribed to Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Zayn al-Dīn al-Aḥsāʼī, John the Baptist as he appears in the Koran as Yaḥyá, and other religious figures. At the beginning of the manuscript is an invocation against destruction by bookworms (f. 1r); at the end of the manuscript are a love charm and charm for protection from evil.