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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Or 5591 Language Arabic Subject Astrology--Early works to 1800

1. Or 5591, f 161v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, f 161v
Title:
Faṣl fī al-qirānāt فصل في القرانات
Scope & Content:
Short section listing six types of conjunction. 　 Begins (f. 161v, lines 1-4): ... والأمور الدالة على التغيرات في هذا العالم من القرانات وغيرها ستة أعظمها قران زحل والمشتري في برج الحمل وذلك يكون في كل تسسع مائة وستين سسنة ... Ends (f. 161v, lines 10-12): والخامس نزول النير الأعظم نقطة ا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
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F. 161v

2. Or 5591, ff 20r-20v

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Or 5591, ff 20r-20v
Title:
Bāb dhikr sāʻāt al-kawākib باب ذكر ساعات الكواكب
Scope & Content:
Brief chapter without indication of authorship on the activities appropriate to the hours of the day associated with each of the seven planets and the conditions (أحوال) of the Moon. This text is numbered 2 (ب) in the present collection. Begins (f. 20r, lines 2-3) ساعات الشمس محمودة لعلاج الط...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
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Ff. 20r-20v

3. Or 5591, ff 21v-23r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 21v-23r
Title:
Bāb fī ittiṣālāt al-qamar bi-al-kawākib wa-al-shams باب في اتصالات القمر بالكواكب والشمس
Scope & Content:
Chapter without indication of authorship on the election of propitous times for activities based on the Moon's applications (ittiṣālāt): sextile (tasdīs), quartile (tarbīʻ), trine (tathlīth), opposition (muqābala) and conjunction (muqārana). This text is numbered 3 (ج) in the present collection...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
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Ff. 21v-23r

4. Or 5591, ff 23v-50r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 23v-50r
Title:
Kitāb al-dalālāt ʻalá al-ittiṣālāt wa-qirānāt al-kawākib fī al-burūj al-ithná ʻashar wa-ashrāfihā wa-hubūṭātihā wa-istiqāmātihā wa-rujūʻihā wa-ẓuhūrihā wa-ghaybātihā wa-kawnihā maʻa al-raʼs wa-al-dhanab كتاب الدلالات على الاتصالات وقرانات الكواكب في البروج الاثنا عشر وأشرافها وهبوطاتها واستقاماتها ورجوعها وظهورها وغيباتها وكونها مع الرأس والذنب
Scope & Content:
Handbook for making astrological predictions based onthe conjunctions of the planets and the lunar nodes in the various signs of the zodiac. A marginalium beside the title at the head of f. 23v gives the text an alternative short title: The Book of Judgements (كتاب الأحكام). Sezgin (Geschichte ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
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Ff. 23v-50r

5. Or 5591, ff 68v-89r

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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
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Ff. 68v-89r

6. 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
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Ff. 90r-93v

7. 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
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Ff. 94r-110r

8. Or 5591, ff 113v-116r

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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
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Ff. 113v-116r

9. 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
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Ff. 116r-120v

10. 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
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Ff. 120v-121v