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Dhakhīrat al-Iskandar al-Malik ibn Fīliqs Dhī al-Qarnayn

Dhakhīrat al-Iskandar al-Malik ibn Fīliqs Dhī al-Qarnayn

Alexander the Great

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Copy of a treatise on talismans and astrology said to be by Aristotle who wrote it for Alexander the Great, then said to have been translated into Arabic at the request of the Caliph al-Muʻtaṣim. 23 ink illustrations of various creatures drawn on slightly darker paper pasted onto the substrate.

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OL Work ID
OL32372084W

Subjects

Arab AstrologyEarly works to 1800TalismansArabic ManuscriptsHermetism

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