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11. Harley MS 5522

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5522
Title:
Kitab-i Remel - كتاب رمل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains a book of remel, the science of divining through the use of dots. Its arrangement is largely similar to the text found in Harley MS 262. In a preface, the book is said to have been written for Hārūn al-Rashīd by 12 sages selected out of twelve thousand, and to comprise 144...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 76 ff

12. Or 5591, ff 185r-211v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 185r-211v
Title:
Thirty-seven tables, diagrams and short texts related to astrology, divination and astral magic
Scope & Content:
Thirty-seven tables, diagrams and short texts related to astrology, divination and astral magic. Most of these are extracted from unknown sources, although the items on ff. 187v-188r and ff. 202v-203r mention Hermes (هرمس) and Dorotheus of Sidon (Δωρόθεος Σιδώνιος, ذوروثيوس, fl. AD 50-100) and t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 185r-211v

13. Or 7284

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7284
Title:
[Kitab-i Remel] - [كتاب رمل]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains two tracts on remel or divination by means of dots. The first of these (ff 3v-71r) is anonymous with no title and begins abruptly with a chapter heading. There are many marginal diagrams of various figures and tables on ff 14v, 29v-31r, 58v-62v, and 66v-70v. The text runs on...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 19th century
Extent:
Codex, 97 ff

14. Or 8878

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8878
Title:
al-Bahjah al-unsīyah fī al-firāsah al-insānīyah البهجة الأُنسية في الفراسة الإنسانية Sibṭ al-Marṣafī, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad سبط المرصفي، محمد بن محمد
Scope & Content:
A treatise on physiognomy by the Egyptian jurist and Sufi Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghamrī Sibṭ al-Marṣafī (زين العابدين محمد بن محمد الغمري سبط المرصفي, d 1599). The text comprises an introduction (مقدمة, ff. 1v-6v) on bodily humours, two inventory sections (الكشف الأول, ff. 6v-...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
Codex; ff i+28+i

15. Or 11065

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11065
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following tracts largely on the topic of divination : (I) ff 1v-6v : Şerh-i ruzname, followed by an Arabic poem about the Twelve Imams (ff 6r-v) ; (II) ff 6v-7r : Eyam-i nuhus, a short poem on the unlucky days ; (III) ff 7r-11r : A poem on the lucky and unlucky ass...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Early 16th century
Extent:
7 texts, 92 ff

16. Or 11169

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 11169
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following texts : (I) ff 2v-34v : A number of fetava ; (II) ff 2v-34v : Tarif-i ufuk, a tract on optics that does not bear the name of its author ; (III) ff 35r-v : A short note on remel, and a prayer in Arabic, followed by a letter in Ottoman Turkish. This manus...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Codex, 35 ff

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