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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Arabic Subject Agriculture--Early works to 1800

1. Add MS 10461

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Add MS 10461
Title:
Kitāb al-filāḥah كتاب الفلاحة Ibn al-ʻAwwām, Yaḥyá ibn Muḥammad ابن العوام، يحيى بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Comprehensive treatise on agriculture by the Andalusian agronomist Abū Zakariyā Yaḥyá ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ishbīlī (أبو زكريا يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد الإشبيلي, fl. late 12th century?), known as Ibn al-ʻAwwām (ابن العوام). The copy was made by an anonymous Spanish Arabist, reputedly from Madri...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+205+iv

2. Add MS 22371

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Add MS 22371
Title:
al-Thānī min Kitāb al-Filāḥah الثاني من كتاب الفلاحة Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn أحمد بن الحسين، ابن وحشية
Scope & Content:
Volume Two of a copy of the Nabataean Agriculture (الفلاحة النبطية), a work on agronomy in the tradition of the Graeco-Latin Geoponica, which mixes diverse subjects related to farming such as plant, animal and weather lore; descriptions of agricultural techniques; and much material of a more leg...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
13th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+257+iv

3. Or 8857, ff 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v

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Or 8857, ff 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v
Title:
Kitāb al-azminah كتاب الأزمنة
Scope & Content:
Collection of calendrical, astronomical, meteorological and medical information along with details about Christian feast days and events in the commercial calendar. The material is arranged by month following the order of the Orthodox liturgical calendar, which begins on 1 Aylūl/September. For a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Ff. 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v