Untitled work on the virtues and uses of the letters Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarālī أبو الحسن الحرالي

Content

A short, untitled treatise on the properties and uses of the letters and associated magical practices. The treatise is attributed to Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarālī, who may be identical with the author of works on astronomical instruments Abū al-Ḥasan (or al-Ḥasan ibn) ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Marrākūshī (d. ca 660 AH/AD 1262).

The text has been written vertically on the folios, and the folios are in reverse order. The foliation has been reversed to take into account the direction of the text.

Begins (f. 105v, lines 2-3):

قال الشيخ أبو الحسن الحرالي أنت سألتني عن الحروف وطبائعها ووجوه منافعها فاعلم أن ذلك يؤخذ

يؤخذ (!) من مراتب الحروف التي تبتني عليها معرفة طباعها وتنشأ من ذلك وجوه منافعها ...

Ends (f. 108v, lines 8-10):

... حجرًا من

مراعة بغل وضعه تحت المائدة من جهة من لا تريد أن يأكل فيكون ذلك. قلب من عرس وكبده

تربطهما في جلد إبل وعلقه على الكاتب فإنه يغلط في حسابه ويخطئ

Extent and format

ff. 105v-108v (foliation reversed)

It is part of

Medical compendium

370 images

Ref: Arundel Or 10

Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 174 x 124 mm leaf [130 x 94 mm written]

Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling:

• Misṭarah; 11 lines per page; vertical spacing 8 lines per 10 cm (ff. 4v-27v);
• Misṭarah; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing lines per 10 cm (ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r);
• No ruling visible; average 18 lines per page; 16 lines per 10 cm (ff. 105v-108v)

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and over lining in red

Binding: British Museum binding in brown leather

Condition: minor waterstains, some foxing and light grime from thumbing, some folios torn and repaired (e.g. ff. 10, 11 and 68)

Marginalia: Occasional marginal annotations and corrections

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Arundel Or 10, ff 105v-108v

History of this record

Date(s)

711-712 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Context of creation

Aleppo

Provenance

See note on f. 28r of one Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Khalīl (?) ibn al-Ḥaṣūn (?) who inspected and copied the texts on ff. 28v-104r and 109r-174r on 17 Jumādá II 829/26 April 1426.

Front paper i verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. contains an anonymous bookplate with motto ‘NULLIUS IN VERBA’.

Folio 4r contains stamp inscribed ‘Soc. Reg. Lond. ex dono Henr. Howard Norfolciensis’.

Related material

Subjects

Medicine, Greek and Roman

People & organisations

Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣā'id Ibn al-TilmīdhAvicennaGalen

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Untitled work on the virtues and uses of the letters Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥarālī أبو الحسن الحرالي, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Arundel Or 10, ff 105v-108v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023901480.0x000006> [accessed 10 March 2025]

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