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2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. Royal MS 16 B XXI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 16 B XXI
- Title:
- [Kitab-i ihtilaçname] - [كتاب احتلاج نامه]
- Scope & Content:
- This volume contains a Segirname or treatise in tabulated form showing the omens to be drawing from throbbings in various parts of the body, under the heading Kitab-i ihtilaçname. It gives, in five columns, the import assigned to the throbbings by Cafer Sadık, the Prophet Daniel, İskander Zu'l-k...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Turkish, Ottoman
- Date Range:
- 17th century
- Extent:
- 2 texts, 7 ff (ff 13-19)

