Treatise on swordmanship, archery and other military skills [Dhikr al-ʿamal bi-al-sayf] [ذكر العمل بالسيف]
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Kitāb fī al-shaṭranj wa-manṣūbātihi wa-mulaḥih كتاب في الشطرنج ومنصوباته وملحه
Scope & Content:
Anonymous handbook on chess, dealing with its legality, origins, symbolism, classes of players, poetry in praise of chess, poetry to be recited at various stages of play, and chess techniques. The sections on techniques cover chess problems (منصوبات), openings (تعبيات) and puzzles (مخارق). For a...