Jarring Prov. 193
[ Jarring Prov. 193 | Jarring's handwritten catalogue ]
The science of geomancy.
Uighur, Persian.
Eastern Turkistan (Yarkand).
1226/1811-1812.
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Lund University Library
The science of geomancy. Eastern Turkistan (Yarkand), 1226/1811-1812, Uighur, Persian
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.
Physical description
Extent: ff. 156 ; 285 x 190mm.
Decoration
F. 4b unwan
Binding
Brown leather binding with decorations
Foliation
The ms. is foliated by G. Jarring.
Condition
Poor
History
Origin
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.
Provenance
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.
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