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2561. Or 5591, ff 50v-68r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 50v-68r
Title:
Collection of short astrological texts
Scope & Content:
Collection of short chapters and sections on various astrological topics. This first of these texts is numbered 5 (ه) in the present collection. 　 Contents: (1) Chapter on the applications of the planets one to another in whatever sign (باب في الاتصالات [!] الكواكب بعضها ببعض في أي برج كان, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 50v-68r

2562. Or 5591, ff 68v-89r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 68v-89r
Title:
Kitāb al-ḥukm ʻinda ṭulūʻ al-shiʻrá كتاب الحكم عند طلوع الشعرى Hermes هرمس
Scope & Content:
Handbook on making astrological judgments based on the rising of Sirius (الشعرى). As with the first item (ff. 3r-18r) in the present manuscript, this text belongs to the genre of Islamicate occult scientific literature known as the pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, which takes its name from the f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 68v-89r

2563. Or 5591, ff 89v-90r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 89v-90r
Title:
Bāb fīmā yunsabu ilá kull wāḥid min al-kawākib min al-akhlāq باب فيما ينسب إلى كل واحد من الكواكب من الأخلاق
Scope & Content:
Short chapter on the character traits attributed to the influence of each of the planets. This text is not given a number in the present collection. Begins (f. 89v, lines 3-4): اعمل أن أخلاق الناس وطبائعهم مقسومة بين الكواكب السبعة على قدر طبائعها ودلائلها وأشكالها Ends (f. 90r, line 6-8): ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 89v-90r

2564. Or 5591, ff 90r-93v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 90r-93v
Title:
Instructions for talisman making
Scope & Content:
Two sets of instructions for making talismans. The first set gives instructions for solar talismans to be made at the arrival of the Sun in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The second set gives instructions for making a talisman of Jupiter. This text is numbered 7 (ز) in the present coll...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 90r-93v

2565. Or 5591, ff 94r-110r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 94r-110r
Title:
Faṣl fī intiqāl al-kawākib li-l-burūj فصل في انتقال الكواكب للبروج
Scope & Content:
Treatise on making astrological judgments based on the arrival of each of the seven planets in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. A marginal note to the left of the title, perhaps by the hand of the main scribe, claims that the text is an extract 'from the judgments of Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Maghr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 94r-110r

2566. Or 5591, ff 110v-113r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 110v-113r
Title:
Faṣl fī aḥwāl al-ʻiqdatayn wa-ḥulūlihā (!) fī al-burūj al-ithnā ʻashr فصل في أحوال العقدتين وحلولها في البروج الاثنى عشر
Scope & Content:
Section on astrological judgments on the basis of the arrival of the two lunar nodes (العقدتين), 'the head' (الرأس) or ascending node and 'the tail' (الذنب) or descending node, in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. This text is not given a number in the present collection, and is followed ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 110v-113r

2567. Or 5591, ff 113v-116r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 113v-116r
Title:
Faṣl fī maʻrifat al-kawākib wa-mā lahum min al-aqālīm wa-min al-buldān فصل في معرفة الكواكب وما لهم من الأقاليم ومن البلدان
Scope & Content:
Section on the associations between the seven planets and the seven geographical climes, classes of people, plants, animals and objects. This text is numbered 9 (ط) in the present collection. 　 Begins (f. 113v, lines 2-3): ... زحل له الإقليم الأول وله من البلدان السند والهند والحبش وسودان ا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 113v-116r

2568. Or 5591, ff 116r-120v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 116r-120v
Title:
Bāb fī maʻrifat dalālāt al-burūj ʻalá al-buldān wa-ghayrihāباب في معرفة دلالات البروج على البلدان وغيرها
Scope & Content:
Chapter on associations between the twelve signs of the zodiac and countries, classes of people, plants, animals and objects. This text is numbered 10 (ي) in the present collection. 　 Begins (f. 116r, lines 10-12): ... برج الحمل له العراق وفارس وأذربيجان وألمان وبرطانية والجلالقة وبلاد الأ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 116r-120v

2569. Or 5591, ff 120v-121v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 120v-121v
Title:
Faṣl naẓar al-kawākib li-l-shams waqt ḥulūlihā awāʼil al-fuṣul al-arbaʻahفصل نظر الكواكب للشمس وقت حلولها أوائل الفصول الأربعة
Scope & Content:
Instructions for making astrological judgements based on the planets aspecting the Sun at the equinoxes and solstices. This text is numbered 11 (يا) in the present collection. A horoscope diagram is drawn in the lower gutter margin of f. 121v. 　 Begins (f. 120v, lines 7-11): ... إن نظرها زح...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 120v-121v

2570. Or 5591, ff 122r-135v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 122r-135v
Title:
Bāb fī ḥulūl al-kawākib fī al-buyūt al-ithná ʻashr باب في حلول الكواكب في البيوت الاثنى عشر
Scope & Content:
Chapter on astrological judgments based on the arrival of the planets in the twelve places (بيوت) on the ecliptic. This text is numbered 12 (يب) in the present collection. 　 Contents: Section discussing the arrival of Saturn in the twelve places (ff. 122r-125r); Section discussing the arrival...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 122r-135v

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