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Left cover, outside
The science of geomancy
(Text, Manuscript)
Language
Uighur; Uyghur
Persian
Origin
Yarkand
;
Eastern Turkistan
, 1226/1811-1812
Physical description
285
(height/length)
x 190
(width)
mm
Format:
Non digital + Digital
Foliation:
The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.
Support:
paper, indigenous, white yellowish, polished
Condition:
Poor
Abstract
The title of the book on f. 4a, repeated on f. 155a. The author is indicated on f. 4a and 155a. The whole book is devoted to the science of geomancy, N.B. especially the drawings on ff. 31-33, 79b, 101-102, 111, 135, 147, 150. Cf. Prov 323:3; Ff. 155b-156b a treatise in Persian called ..., dealing with marriage-divination; On f. 63b a note in Chinese
Notes
On f. 155b the date of compilation is given as 1226 in Yarkand time reckoning (1811-1812), in the year of the pig, the 1st of Rabi ul-akhir, a Wednesday. On f. 155b the name of the copyist, and the owner of the book.
Ownership:
Acquired by Rev. David Gustafsson in Yarkand in the 1920's; later on sold to Gunnar Jarring.
Acquisition:
The ms. was part of the Jarring collection of Eastern Turkistan manuscripts donated to the Lund University Library in 1982.
Book binding
Binding:
Brown leather binding with decorations
Decoration
F. 4b unwan
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Location
Lund University Library
Helgonabacken
Box 3
221 00 Lund
The Jarring Collection
Shelfmark:
Jarring Prov. 193
Identifiers (general)
urn:nbn:se:alvin:portal:record-29361
(nbn)
Identifiers (local)
alvin-record:29361
(alvin)
Licensing of the work
Public Domain Mark (No Known Copyright)
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Appendix
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Jarrings handwritten catalogue (PDF)
Jarrings handwritten catalogue (PDF), 1928 KB
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