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11. 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

12. 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

13. Or 5591, ff 162r-184v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 162r-184v
Title:
Excerpts from the Kitāb al-madkhal fī ʻilm al-nujūm (المدخل في علم النجوم) Balkhī, Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad بلخي، نور الدين أبو القاسم علي بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Excerpts from The Introduction to the Science of the Stars (المدخل في علم النجوم) by Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Balkhī (نور الدين أبو القاسم علي بن أحمد البلخي, fl. ca 900). The source of the excerpts is identified at f. 162r, line 1 ('from al-Balkhī's Book of the Introduction', م...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
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Ff. 162r-184v

14. 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
Extent:

Ff. 21v-23r

15. 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
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Ff. 122r-135v

16. 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

17. Or 5591, ff 150r-153v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 150r-153v
Title:
Bāb yudhkaru fīhi al-ḥukm ʻalá al-khusūf al-qamar fī jihat lawnihi fī wasaṭ al-kusūf باب يذكر فيه الحكم على خسوف القمر في جهة لونه في وسط الكسوف
Scope & Content:
A short chapter divided into three parts on making judgements based on lunar eclipses. The final word of the title كسوف ('solar eclipse') is almost certainly an error for خسوف ('lunar eclipse'). This text is numbered 14 (يد) in the present collection. Contents: Section discussing of its colour...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
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Ff. 150r-153v

18. Or 5591, ff 18v-19r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 18v-19r
Title:
Anonymous treatise on the exaltations and falls of the seven planets Hermes هرمس
Scope & Content:
Brief treatise attributed to Hermes (هرمس) on the significant places on the zodiac for each of the seven planets. The copy was made from a poorly written exemplar (نقل من نسخة سقيمة الخط) in 867/1462-3 by ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Ṣāḥib Nūr al-Dīn al-Jazarī al-Masīḥī (عبد الله بن الصاحب نور الدين الجزر...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
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Ff. 18v-19r

19. 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

20. Or 5591, ff 154r-157r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 154r-157r
Title:
Faṣl fī dhikr dalālāt dhāt al-dhawāʼib ʻalá raʼī Baṭlīmūs wa-l-hind فصل في ذكر دلالات ذات الذوائب على رأي بطليموس والهند
Scope & Content:
Chapter on making astrological judgments based on comets allegedly drawn from the works of Ptolemy (بطلميوس, here بطليموس, Claudius Ptolemaeus, d. ca AD 168) and Indian sources. This text is numbered 15 (يه) in the present collection. 　 Begins (f. 154r, lines 2-5): ... قالو (!) إذا ظهر في بر...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
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Ff. 154r-157r