Arabic Grammar; Traditional Knowledge; Astrology; Sufism.
Copyist:
Anonymous
Script:
Arabic; Jawi
Writing support:
European paper
Watermark?:
Yes
Countermark?:
Yes
Manuscript cover?:
Yes
Binding?:
Yes
Manuscript cover dimension:
20.8 x 13.5 cm
Manuscript paper dimension:
20.8 x 13.5 cm
Text block dimension:
14 x 8.5 cm
Number of pages:
464 pages
Number of blank pages:
4 pages
Rubrication?:
Yes
Illumination?:
No
Illustration?:
No
Manuscript condition:
Poor
Description of manuscript content:
The manuscript contains various texts on a variety of subjects.
Text 1: The text deals with Arabic grammar and is a commentary (sharḥ) on an unidentified book. It starts with dhamir (signs for closed syllables) and continues with various isims.
Text 2: The text is about knowledge of guns. It talks about how to learn to shoot from a teacher and starts with how to stand, how to hold the weapon and how to link shooting with knowledge of the godhead.
Text 3: The text is about palangkahan and mentions the names of the months in a year and the good and bad things that may happen in each month.
Colophon:
Text 2: Tamat kitab Tembak fi yawmi al-Jum‘ah fi al-waqti ḍuḥa fī shahri al-haj fi al-samān ‘ashr yawm fī al-zamān ghawl fī al-balad Luak.
Other notes:
There are notes in the margins.
Text 1: Part of the paper has holes in it and there are notes in the margins.
Text 2: One-page before the text starts contains a Hadith about how to take care of a beard quoting from Kitab Mughni.
Text 3: The text is preceded with text that explains the signs of death’s struggles.