Anonimo - Manuscrito, Talismán árabe s. XVI-XVII - 1

Object: Manuscript, recipe book, or talisman (Requires expert evaluation, translation, and certification)
No text provided for translation.
Writing: handwriting
Period: Possibly between the 16th and 17th centuries.
Genre. Occult sciences
Format: med. 8.5 x 7 x 4 cm. Pocket size.
Number of Folios: 234 (front and back)
Cover: Parchment on cardboard support.
Frame: stitched leaves
Back: Stuck
Inks: black, red, white, and yellow.
Sheets: vegetable fiber pulp paper
Condition: acceptable and functional for reading (needs some restoration on the cover and some cleaning).

Provenance: Private collection
Membership: Possible belonging of a scholar, witch (Shawafa), or sorcerer (Sahir) in Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, or Egypt...

Contents: Extracts or interpretations of ancient texts of Sufi origin or esoteric tradition texts transcribed by scribes whose function is to serve as guides for performing witchcraft or the assigned work (amhal): Power, wealth, health, divination, the evil eye, love…
Love: 'Arabian black love magic and Arabian white love magic' to recover a loved one, attract a partner for marriage, rituals to enslave and subordinate, rituals for passion and sexual desire.
Money: 'Money magic to attract wealth, money attraction, spells for well-being and abundance.'
Black magic Arabic to eliminate a rival, destroy the enemy, break and separate spells, revenge magic.
Protection: 'Elimination of magic and strong magical protection against curses, the evil eye, and all forms of black and harmful magic.'

Brief Historical Background
From the deep-rooted superstition and paganism merged with religion, mysticism and esotericism gave rise to objects such as grimoires or talismans... In the Islamic world, until the 19th century, the talisman or recipe books held significant social importance. Among the various famous works and ancient authors, notable Sufi masters with important backgrounds in Al-Andalus stand out, along with works like 'El Picatrix', Ghayat al-Hakim 'The Purpose of the Wise', a work from the 11th century. Also from Al-Andalus is the renowned Sufi Ibn Arabi (Murcia 1164, Damascus 1240). The most important encyclopedia is that of Ahmad Al-Buni. (Black magic, white magic) Ahmad Al-Buni (born in Bunna today, Annaba, Algeria, 13th century, died 1225) was a mathematician, philosopher, Sufi, and astrologer. His work comprises three volumes with 40 chapters each.
Shams al-Ma'arif al Kubra. The Sun of Greater Knowledge
Shams al- Marif al Suqhra. The sun of lesser knowledge.
The source of wisdom
Usually, the copies consisted of texts and graphics: representations of quadrants between numbers, alphabets, myths, astrology, and Coranic prayers, esoteric compendiums fused together as instructions to be later developed through ritual and invocation, aiming to address the need for desire or protection.
These practices and studies, during the Middle Ages, experienced greater proliferation and persecution in the important cities of Al-Andaluz, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt… where they were banned by Quran orthodoxy, leading their practice to go underground and the talismans to be guarded among scholars and the elite. Regarding the Iberian Peninsula, talismans became among the most persecuted objects by the Roman Catholic Holy Office, alongside Western grimoires and books of alchemy.

Famous talismans are examples.
The arena of divination
The great name of God
Geomancy
White magic talisman
Astrology of Kitab Daniel E-Nabi

Source: Wikipedia

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