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Kitāb al-dalālāt ʻalá al-ittiṣālāt wa-qirānāt al-kawākib fī al-burūj al-ithná ʻashar wa-ashrāfihā wa-hubūṭātihā wa-istiqāmātihā wa-rujūʻihā wa-ẓuhūrihā wa-ghaybātihā wa-kawnihā maʻa al-raʼs wa-al-dhanab كتاب الدلالات على الاتصالات وقرانات الكواكب في البروج الاثنا عشر وأشرافها وهبوطاتها واستقاماتها ورجوعها وظهورها وغيباتها وكونها مع الرأس والذنب
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Handbook for making astrological predictions based onthe conjunctions of the planets and the lunar nodes in the various signs of the zodiac. A marginalium beside the title at the head of f. 23v gives the text an alternative short title: The Book of Judgements (كتاب الأحكام). Sezgin (Geschichte ...
Collection of short chapters and sections on various astrological topics. This first of these texts is numbered 5 (ه) in the present collection. Contents: (1) Chapter on the applications of the planets one to another in whatever sign (باب في الاتصالات [!] الكواكب بعضها ببعض في أي برج كان, ...
Kitāb al-ḥukm ʻinda ṭulūʻ al-shiʻrá كتاب الحكم عند طلوع الشعرى Hermes هرمس
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Handbook on making astrological judgments based on the rising of Sirius (الشعرى). As with the first item (ff. 3r-18r) in the present manuscript, this text belongs to the genre of Islamicate occult scientific literature known as the pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, which takes its name from the f...
Bāb fīmā yunsabu ilá kull wāḥid min al-kawākib min al-akhlāq باب فيما ينسب إلى كل واحد من الكواكب من الأخلاق
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Short chapter on the character traits attributed to the influence of each of the planets. This text is not given a number in the present collection. Begins (f. 89v, lines 3-4): اعمل أن أخلاق الناس وطبائعهم مقسومة بين الكواكب السبعة على قدر طبائعها ودلائلها وأشكالها Ends (f. 90r, line 6-8): ...
Two sets of instructions for making talismans. The first set gives instructions for solar talismans to be made at the arrival of the Sun in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The second set gives instructions for making a talisman of Jupiter. This text is numbered 7 (ز) in the present coll...
Faṣl fī intiqāl al-kawākib li-l-burūj فصل في انتقال الكواكب للبروج
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Treatise on making astrological judgments based on the arrival of each of the seven planets in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. A marginal note to the left of the title, perhaps by the hand of the main scribe, claims that the text is an extract 'from the judgments of Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Maghr...
Faṣl fī aḥwāl al-ʻiqdatayn wa-ḥulūlihā (!) fī al-burūj al-ithnā ʻashr فصل في أحوال العقدتين وحلولها في البروج الاثنى عشر
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Section on astrological judgments on the basis of the arrival of the two lunar nodes (العقدتين), 'the head' (الرأس) or ascending node and 'the tail' (الذنب) or descending node, in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. This text is not given a number in the present collection, and is followed ...
Faṣl fī maʻrifat al-kawākib wa-mā lahum min al-aqālīm wa-min al-buldān فصل في معرفة الكواكب وما لهم من الأقاليم ومن البلدان
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Section on the associations between the seven planets and the seven geographical climes, classes of people, plants, animals and objects. This text is numbered 9 (ط) in the present collection. Begins (f. 113v, lines 2-3): ... زحل له الإقليم الأول وله من البلدان السند والهند والحبش وسودان ا...
Bāb fī maʻrifat dalālāt al-burūj ʻalá al-buldān wa-ghayrihāباب في معرفة دلالات البروج على البلدان وغيرها
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Chapter on associations between the twelve signs of the zodiac and countries, classes of people, plants, animals and objects. This text is numbered 10 (ي) in the present collection. Begins (f. 116r, lines 10-12): ... برج الحمل له العراق وفارس وأذربيجان وألمان وبرطانية والجلالقة وبلاد الأ...
Faṣl naẓar al-kawākib li-l-shams waqt ḥulūlihā awāʼil al-fuṣul al-arbaʻahفصل نظر الكواكب للشمس وقت حلولها أوائل الفصول الأربعة
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Instructions for making astrological judgements based on the planets aspecting the Sun at the equinoxes and solstices. This text is numbered 11 (يا) in the present collection. A horoscope diagram is drawn in the lower gutter margin of f. 121v. Begins (f. 120v, lines 7-11): ... إن نظرها زح...
