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Project / Collection Harley Collection Language Arabic Subject Divination--Early works to 1800

1. Harley MS 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 262
Title:
Kitab-i Remel - كتاب رمل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the book of remel, or divination by means of dots. The preamble of the text tates that it was composed for Hārūn al-Rashīd by a sage known as ᶜAbdallah ibn Ani. The instructions given for consulting it are as follows: make at random an indefinite number of dots on sand or p...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 82 ff

2. Harley MS 5490

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5490
Title:
[Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains texts in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian. The following 17 texts are in Ottoman Turkish, unless otherwise noted: (I) ff 4r-16v : Necatu'l-garik, a religious poem by Hüdai under the heading 'Haza risale fi'l-cem' ve'l-tefrik el-müsemma bi-Necatu'l-garik.' The author's n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
21 texts, 374 ff

3. Harley MS 5522

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5522
Title:
Kitab-i Remel - كتاب رمل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a book of remel, the science of divining through the use of dots. Its arrangement is largely similar to the text found in Harley MS 262. In a preface, the book is said to have been written for Hārūn al-Rashīd by 12 sages selected out of twelve thousand, and to comprise 144...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 76 ff