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Language Turkish, Ottoman Subject Divination--Early works to 1800 Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 5983

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Add MS 5983
Title:
[Ottoman Turkish Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following five texts : (I) ff 8v-14v : Kitabü'r-remel fi Şeyh ez-Zenati Rahmet Allah aleyhi, a book of remel authored by Abdullah İbn-i Mehmet İbn-i Osman Zenati el-Magribi ; (II) ff 16v-47v : Haza Kitab-i Tali'-i Mevlut, a treatise on horoscopes. Hayreddin the astro...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1193
Extent:
5 texts, 186 ff

2. Add MS 7890

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Add MS 7890
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following six texts in Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and Arabic : (I) ff 1v-36r : A model letter collection for the use of military officers. It contains models of letters by Zağarcıbaşılar, Çorbacıbaşılar, Turnacıbaşıları, and others to the Kâya Bey, or the Ağa of Janissa...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
6 texts, 139 ff

3. Add MS 7903

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Add MS 7903
Title:
[Mecmua] - [مجموعه]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following six works : (I) ff 8v-12r : Segirname, under the heading Segirname-yi Zu'l-karneyn aleyhi es-salam fi beyan Aristatelis Hekim; (II) ff 12v-41v : A tabirname, or interpretation of dreams, in 53 ebvap, agreeing, substantially, with Add MS 7902 but with a diffe...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
988
Extent:
6 texts, 80 ff

4. Add MS 9702

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Add MS 9702
Title:
[Ottoman Mecmua of Divination]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the following two texts : (I) ff 1v-45v : Haza er-risale fi beyan er-remel an telif-i Daniyal nebi aleyhi as-salah ve's-salam, a book of divination (Kitab-i Remel) by dots ascribed to the Prophet Daniel. The figures used in this mode of divination consist of sixteen combin...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
2 texts, 126 ff

5. Harley MS 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 262
Title:
Kitab-i Remel - كتاب رمل
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the book of remel, or divination by means of dots. The preamble of the text tates that it was composed for Hārūn al-Rashīd by a sage known as ᶜAbdallah ibn Ani. The instructions given for consulting it are as follows: make at random an indefinite number of dots on sand or p...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 text, 82 ff

6. Harley MS 5490

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 5490
Title:
[Mecmua]
Scope & Content:
This volume contains texts in Ottoman Turkish, Arabic and Persian. The following 17 texts are in Ottoman Turkish, unless otherwise noted: (I) ff 4r-16v : Necatu'l-garik, a religious poem by Hüdai under the heading 'Haza risale fi'l-cem' ve'l-tefrik el-müsemma bi-Necatu'l-garik.' The author's n...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
21 texts, 374 ff

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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