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Subject Astrology--Early works to 1800 Level [40] File

31. 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
Extent:

Ff. 120v-121v

32. 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
Extent:

Ff. 122r-135v

33. 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
Extent:

Ff. 150r-153v

34. 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
Extent:

Ff. 154r-157r

35. Or 5591, ff 157r-160v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 157r-160v
Title:
Astrological judgments and excerpts
Scope & Content:
A collection of astrological judgments and other extracts each introduced with the word نكثه (= نكتة). The same incorrect pointing of this word (ث instead of ت) is found on the contents page (f. 2v), where this section of the text is referred to as 'wise sayings and excerpts' (نكث واختيارات). A...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 157r-160v

36. 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

37. Or 7716, ff 1r-117r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7716, ff 1r-117r
Title:
Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal كتاب الملل والدوّل Abū Ma‘shar أبو معشر
Scope & Content:
Major treatise on historical astrology by Abū Ma‘shar Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar al-Balkhi (أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد عمر البلخي; d. ca 886). The text is divided into eight parts (مقالات) in sixty-three chapters (فصول), not ninety-three chapters as erroneously stated in this manuscript (f. 1v, l...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
Ff. 1r-117r