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2731. Or 9265, ff 55r-96v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9265, ff 55r-96v
Title:
Kitāb al-wāḍiḥ fī al-ramy كتاب الواضح في الرمي Ṭabarī, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad طبري، عبد الرحمن أحمد
Scope & Content:
A copy of a practical treatise on archery, very popular and widely-used especially in the Mamluk period, by Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو محمد عبد الرحمن أحمد الطبري, active ca 9th century). The preface names the work (f. 55v, line 10) and mentions its structure in thirty bābs...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Ff. 55r-96v

2732. Or 9265, ff 97r-118v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9265, ff 97r-118v
Title:
Untitled treatise on the arts of the lance and warfare Ṭabarī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad طبري، عبد الرحمن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Incomplete text on horseback manoeuvres with the lance and general warfare (see f. 110v, lines 9-10: وقد ضمنت هذا الكتاب ما يوجب لمتعاطي الحرب...). A note on the volume's second flyleaf (ii-v) attributes this text to Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو محمد عبد الرحمن أحمد الطبري, a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

Ff. 96v-118v

2733. Or 9452

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9452
Title:
Medical compendium
Scope & Content:
Contains two medical treatises and a collection of ten extracts from poets and medical authors. (1) Hippocrates (أبقراط), al-Fuṣūl (الفصول) (ff 1v-32r); (2) Ibn Jazlah (ابن جزلة), Minhāj al-bayān (منهاج البيان) (ff 21v-62r); (3) Ten extracts on medical topics in verse and prose (ff 62r-64v). The...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
3 Ramaḍān 690
Extent:
Codex; ff v+64+ii

2734. Or 9452, ff 1v-21r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9452, ff 1v-21r
Title:
فصول أبقراط Fuṣūl Abuqrāṭ
Scope & Content:
Translation of the Aphorisms of Hippocrates translated by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq in the mid to late AD 9th/3rd AH century. The text is divided into 7 maqālahs: Maqālah 1 (begins f. 1r); Maqālah 2 (f. 3v); Maqālah 3 (f. 6v); Maqālah 4 (f. 8v); Maqālah 5 (f. 13r); Maqālah 6 (f. 16v); Maqālah 7 (19r). T...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
3 Ramaḍān 690
Extent:
ff. 1v-21r

2735. Or 9452, ff 21v-62r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9452, ff 21v-62r
Title:
Fuṣūl al-sittah فصول الستة Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ‘Īsá ابن جزلة، يحيى بن عيسى
Scope & Content:
Alphabetical handbook on pharmacology by Abū ‘Alī Yahyá ibn ‘Īsá (أبو علي يحيى ابن عيسى ), known as Ibn Jazlah (ابن جزلة; d. 493/1100). The full title is Minhāj al-bayān fī mā yast‘amaluhu al-insān (منهاج البيان فيما يستعمله الإنسان), but the title page (f. 1r) records the title as Fuṣūl al-sitt...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
3 Ramaḍān 690
Extent:
ff. 21v-62r

2736. Or 9452, ff 62r-64v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9452, ff 62r-64v
Title:
Three short poems and seven medical extracts
Scope & Content:
The three short poems on f. 62r are not about medicine. The seven medical extracts are as follows: 1. Recipe for the medicine bakhtajūsh (بختجوش) made from grape juice (f. 62v) 2. Discussion of two bezoars (بادزهر), the ḥajar al-thīrān (حجر الثيران) and the ḥajar al-tays (حجر التيس) and their...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
3 Ramaḍān 690
Extent:
ff. 62r-64v

2737. Or 9454

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9454
Title:
Kitāb al-waḍīḥ fī maʿrifat ʿilm al-ramy كتاب الوضيح في معرفة علم الرمي [Ṭabarī,ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad طبري، عبد الرحمن أحمد]
Scope & Content:
Luxury copy of a practical treatise on archery, very popular and widely-used especially in the Mamluk period, by Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad al-Ṭabarī (أبو محمد عبد الرحمن بن أحمد الطبري, active ca 9th century). The present copy was completed by an un-named scribe on 9 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 78...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
9 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 780
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+88+iii; Detached binding: +ii

2738. Or 9587

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9587
Title:
Two treatises on gnomonics Ibn al-Raqqām, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ابن الرقام، محمد بن ابراهيم
Scope & Content:
Two treatises on the construction and use of sundials by the Andalusian scholar Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf al-Mursī al-Andalusī al-Tūnisī al-Awsī ibn al-Raqqām (عبد الله محمد بن إبراهيم بن علي بن أحمد بن يوسف المرسي الأندلسي التونسي الأوسي بن الرقام, d. 1315...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1270-1315
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+30+ii

2739. Or 9587, ff 1v-29v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9587, ff 1v-29v
Title:
Risālah fī ʿilm al-ẓalālāt رسالة في علم الظلالات Ibn al-Raqqām, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ابن الرقام، محمد بن ابراهيم
Scope & Content:
A comprehensive treatise on the construction and use of several types of sundials, including explanations of the theoretical principles of gnomonics. The treatise is divided into forty-four chapters (فصول), and contains fifty diagrams. Both the content and arrangement of the text preserved here...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1270-1315
Extent:

Ff. 1v-29v

2740. Or 9587, ff 30r-30v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 9587, ff 30r-30v
Title:
‘Amal ‘āmm fī ‘amal ālāt al-iẓlāl عمل عام في عمل آلات الإظلال Ibn al-Raqqām, Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm ابن الرقام، محمد بن ابراهيم
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a general introduction to the use of sundials. The text does not appear to be preserved elsewhere. Only one folio of this treatise is preserved and the text is imperfect at the end. The text on the lower half of f. 30v is obscured by water damage, worm holes and repairs. Begins (f. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1270-1315
Extent:

Ff. 30r-30v

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