| ID | 19 |
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| Author | Aḥmed b. Süleymān [possibly Ibn Kemāl, Şemseddīn Aḥmed b. Süleymān, also known as Kemāl Paşazāde (d.1534)] |
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| Work Title | Risāle-i ṭılsım (Treatise on Talismans) Title as known and catalogued, the author does not provide a title within the text. |
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| Manuscripts | Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Esat Efendi Ms. 3782, 86r-89r Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Hacı Mahmud Efendi Ms. 5584, 37v-56r Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Şehid Ali Paşa Ms. 2795, 13v-16v Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Reisülküttap Ms, 01199, 1v-12r |
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| Editions | Süleymaniye Kütüphanesi, Esat Efendi 3782, 86r-89r: S. Dalkıran, “İbn-i Kemal’in Tılsımât Risâlesi”, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları, 104 (1996), 195–208. |
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| Date | 1500-1596 |
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| Content Summary | The treatise introduces the theoretical aspects of talisman making and explains the ways in which the science of talismans produces protective efficacy through the combination of celestial and terrestrial forces. Brief examples of successful uses of talismans are given from medieval Arabic literary, historical and geographical works. |
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| Bibliography | A.T. Şen, “Practicing Astral Magic in Sixteenth-Century Ottoman Istanbul: A Treatise on Talismans Attributed to Ibn Kemal (d. 1534)”, Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft, 12.1 (2017), 66-88. viii-categories talismanic |
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| Date Added | 2024-09-18 15:57:31 |
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