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Three treatises on the prediction of future events based on astronomical, meteorological and other natural phenomena. The contents of the volume are: (1) Fihrist Arisṭā[ṭā]līs (ff 1v-37r); (2) Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel (ff 37r-64r); (3) Ramādī, Ibn M...
A treatise on meteorological divination attributed to Aristotle and perhaps related to the tradition of his Meteorologica (كتاب الأثار العلوية). Begins (f. 1v, lines 2-7): الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أثر و [!] المرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وأصحابه أجمعين وبعد فهذا كتاب فهرست أرس...
Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel
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A treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel, divided into two parts: Part 1 (ff. 37r-48v); Part 2 ( فصل آخر على حكمة دانيال عليه السلام; ff. 48v-64r). Begins (f. 37r, lines 3-6) قال دانيال عليه السلام إذا أردت أنْ تعلم أحوال السنة من أولها إلى آخرها وما يحدث بها من...
ترصيد شهر المحرم المبارك Tarṣīd shaḥr al-Muḥarram al-mubārrak رمادي، ابن مراد Ramādī, Ibn Murād
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A treatise on meteorological divination by Ibn Murād al-Ramādī. The manuscript was copied on 19 Ṣafar 1295 (22 February 1878) by an anonymous scribe from an autograph copy, dated 4 Muḥarram 1041 (2 August 1631; see colophon on f. 69v). Begins (f. 64v, lines 2-5): ... نبتدي بعون الله وتوفيقه ب...