Subject: Divination--Early works to 1800 / Digitised Content Platform: Qatar Digital Library / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Subject Divination--Early works to 1800 Digitised Content Platform Qatar Digital Library Level [40] File

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 7473, ff 64r-81r
Title:: al-Juz’ al-awwal min kitāb al-jafar الجزء الأول من كتاب الجفر
Scope & Content:: Treatise on divination drawing on the authority of Aristotle, Daniel and Solomon. Contents: Begins (f. 63v, lines 7-10): في التبصرة في شرح الشهور العربية والرومية وبروجها وما فيها ومنازل القمر والأنواء وطلوع المنازل وغرب النظائر Ends (f. 81r, line 25): عيد التجلى تسعة وعشري منه مقتل يوحن...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 639
Extent:: Ff. 64r-81r

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

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