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Collection Area Oriental Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Or 9649 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Or 9649

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9649
Title:
Three treatises on musical organs by Mūrisṭus مورسطس
Scope & Content:
Three technical treatises (رسالات) on the construction of musical organs attributed to Mūrisṭus (مورسطس), variously and tentatively identified as Ariston (the dedicatee of the Pneumatica of Philo of Byzantium, d. c 220 BC), Ameristos (an early Greek mathematician mentioned in Proclus' [d. 485] c...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Codex; ff. iii+13+xxii

2. Or 9649, ff 1v-5r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9649, ff 1v-5r
Title:
Ṣan‘at al-arghīn al-būqī صنعة الأرغين البوقي Mūrisṭus مورسطس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the construction of a hydaulic pipe organ (الأرغين البوقي; lit. 'trumpet organ'). The instrument is said to have been carried into battle and used as a siren capable of emitting a blast the could be heard for sixty miles. The author states that he made such an organ for the 'king of ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-5r

3. Or 9649, ff 6v-10v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9649, ff 6v-10v
Title:
Ṣan‘at al-arghīn al-zamarī صنعة الأرغين الزمري Mūrisṭus مورسطس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the construction of a pneumatic pipe organ (الأرغين الزمري; lit. 'reed-pipe organ'). The instrument is said to produce all manner of wonderous sounds, which cause their listeners by turns to weep, fall asleep at once, rejoice and dance, and lose their senses (f. 6v, lines 3-6, transc...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 6v-10v

4. Or 9649, ff 11v-13r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9649, ff 11v-13r
Title:
Ṣan‘at al-juljul صنعة الجلجل Mūrisṭus مورسطس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the construction of a rattling instrument called the juljul (الجلجل), which produces distressing (شجيّة) sounds. The instrument, which is oval in shape and made of copper and glass, is said to have been made in ancient Egypt by a certain Sā‘āṭis (ساعاطس القديم في بلاد مصر العتيقة; f....
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 11v-13r

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