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91. Add MS 9598, ff 139v-157v

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Title:
Kitāb al-ʿamal bi-al-kūrah al-falakīyah كتاب العمل بالكرة الفلكية Qusṭā ibn Lūqā قسطا بن لوقا
Scope & Content:
A treatise on the use of the celestial globe by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (قسطا بن لوقا; ca 820-912). This work, in 65 short bābs (باب), was widely disseminated through at least two Arabic recensions. The present version of the text is dedicated to Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yaḥyá (أبو الحسن عبد الله بن...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:

Ff. 139v-157v

92. Add MS 9598, ff 158v-181r

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Add MS 9598, ff 158v-181r
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-kūrah al-falakīyah رسالة في العمل بالكورة الفلكية Jazāʾirī, ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Muḥammad, جزائري، عبد الرزاق بن محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise on using the celestial globe by ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥammādūsh al-Jazāʾirī (عبد الرزاق بن محمد بن محمد بن حمادوش الجزائري, b. 1695), consisting of an introduction and 90 sections (فصل). The present copy was completed in 1199/1784-5 by an unnamed scribe (see f. 1...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1199
Extent:

Ff. 158v-181r

93. Add MS 9599

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Add MS 9599
Title:
Collection of Arabic texts on astronomy, astrology and related subjects
Scope & Content:
A collection of texts, fragments and notes on astronomy, astrology andrelated subjects, mostly by Maghribī authors. The manuscript was probablyassembled in Algeria or Tunisia (see note mentioning the Sūq al-Balāṭ [سوقالبلاط] in Tunis on f. 1r and astronomical texts calculated for Tunis andAlgier...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Codex; ff. ii+374+vi

94. Add MS 9599, f 54v

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Title:
Astrological table
Scope & Content:
Table for determining the zodiacal sign (برج) in which the Moon will rise during the European months (شهور العجم) preceded by brief explanatory text. 　 Begins (f. 54v, lines 2-4): الحمد لله ومبيت القمر على البروج في هذا الجدول وهو أن تجعل سبابتك في البيت الذي فيه عدد الأيام العربية وتجعل أيا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

F. 54v

95. Add MS 9599, ff 1r-7r

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Add MS 9599, ff 1r-7r
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-asṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأسطرلاب Mizzī, Shams [Zayn] al-Dīn Muḥammad مزي، شمس [زين] الدين محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise in ten parts (فصل) and a conclusion (خاتمة) on using the astrolabe by Zayn al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Mizzī (زين الدين محمد المزي, d. 1349). A title page (f. 1r) reads as follows: هذه رسالة الأسطرلاب للشيخ الإمام العلامة زين الدين عبد الرحمن المزي الحنفي رحمه الله تعلى (!) A note in the mu...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Ff. 1r-7r

96. Add MS 9599, ff 7v-13r

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Add MS 9599, ff 7v-13r
Title:
Mukhtaṣar fī al-ʻamal bi-al-asṭurlāb wa-rubʻ al-muqanṭarāt wa-al-rubʻ al-mujayyab مختصر في عمل بالأسطرلاب وربع المقنطرات والربع المجيبIbn al-Shāṭir, ʻAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ابن الشاطر، علي بن إبراهيم
Scope & Content:
Introductory text in three sections (فصول) on the use of the astrolabe, the astrolabe quadrant (رُبْع المُقَنْطَرات), and the sine quadrant (الرُبْع المجَيَّب) by ʻAlāʼ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʻAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Shāṭir (علاء الدين أبو الحسن علي بن إبراهيم ابن الشاطر, d. 1360), timekeeper (مُوَق...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Ff. 7v-13r

97. Add MS 9599, ff 14v-18r

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Title:
Six chapters from a text on using the astrolabe
Scope & Content:
Fragment, comprising six chapters (أبواب), from a text on the use of the astrolabe. Contents: Chapter ninety-five: Knowing the qiblah in your land when the astrolabe is sine rather than azimuth (الباب ضه في معرفة القبلة في بلدك إذا كان الأسطرلاب مجيبًا غير مسمت, ff. 14v-15v); Chapter ninety-six...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Ff. 14v-18r

98. Add MS 9599, ff 18r-30v

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Add MS 9599, ff 18r-30v
Title:
al-Qawl fī imtiḥān al-asṭurlāb wa-maʻrifat ṣiḥḥatihi min khaṭāʼ fīhi القول في امتحان الأصطرلاب ومعرفة صحته من خطاء فيه
Scope & Content:
Short text presenting twenty-one methods for testing the accuracy of an astrolabe. 　 Begins (f. 18r, lines 5-6): إن أول ما يحتاج إليه من الامتحان (!) الأ صطرلاب أن يمتحن الصفائح والعنكبوت 　 Ends (f. 30v, lines 1-4): ... فإن وقع رأس الكواكب والأول الذي أخذت ارتفاعه أرفع ما يكون على خط وس...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Ff. 18r-30v

99. Add MS 9599, ff 31r-33v

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Add MS 9599, ff 31r-33v
Title:
Fragment of a commentary on a poem about the Night of Qadr
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an anonymous commentary on a didactic poem (أرجوزة) about the Night of Qadr (ليلة القدر). One or more folios is missing from the beginning of the commentary. Begins (f. 31r, lines 1-2): بمعناه زيادة تأمين وطيب تحية وإكرام بالانتقال أحزم وهل في رمضان أو في جميع العام 　 Ends (f. 3...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
Ff. 31r-33v

100. Add MS 9599, ff 34r-36r

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Add MS 9599, ff 34r-36r
Title:
Fragment of Kitāb al-raḥmah fī al-ṭibb wa-al-ḥikmah كتاب الرحمة في الطب والحكمة Ṣanawbarī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī صنوبري، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a treatise on prophetic medicine (الطب النبوي) in five chapters (أبواب) by Muḥammad al-Mahdawī ibn ‘Alī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣanawbarī (محمد المهدوي بن علي بن إبراهيم الصنوبري, d. 1412). The treatise is often falsely ascribed to Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (جلال الدين السيوطي, d. 1505). This c...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 34r-36r

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