Kitāb fī ma‘rifat ṭabā’i‘ al-ḥayawān al-barrī wa-al-baḥrī كتاب في معرفة طبائع الحيوان البري والبحري Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
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This Arabic work on zoology is in fact a compilation of translations of three treatises by Aristotle (384-322 BC). The Arabic text is arranged into 19 books (أقوال), which divide the Aristotelian treatises as follows: Books 1-10 (Historia animalium), Books 11-14 (De partibus animalium), and Book...
Treatise on swordmanship, archery and other military skills [Dhikr al-ʿamal bi-al-sayf] [ذكر العمل بالسيف]
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Anonymous compendium on military technologies and skills. The manuscript is defective at the beginning and the author's name is unknown. The assumed title 'On Using the Sword' (ذكر العمل بالسف) is taken from a heading on f. 1r. The copy was completed on 9 Rabī' I 739/24 September 1338 by an ...