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Title
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Prayers and talismans
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Institution
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University Library, Cambridge
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Collection Title
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Oriental Manuscripts
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Creator(s)
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anonymous
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Description/Scope and Content
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A leather case, fastened by a strap, containing two sheets of paper inscribed with Arabic prayers, verses of the Koran, and two talismanic figures, one containing the "Most Comely Names of God", written in a Maghribī hand, and apparently from West Africa.
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Date
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undated
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Identifier
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Or. 413
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Language
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Arabic
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Extent
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Dimensions not listed
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Collection Type
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Special Collection
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Level of Processing
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Catalogued in FIHRIST
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Type of Materials/Format
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codex
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Related Collections: Types of Materials
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Islamic Manuscripts - Ethiopian Manuscripts
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Presevation/Conservation concerns
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condition unknown
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Provenance
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Bought from W.D. Webster in 1903.
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Copyright
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Out of copyright
