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11. 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

12. Or 5591, ff 110v-113r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 110v-113r
Title:
Faṣl fī aḥwāl al-ʻiqdatayn wa-ḥulūlihā (!) fī al-burūj al-ithnā ʻashr فصل في أحوال العقدتين وحلولها في البروج الاثنى عشر
Scope & Content:
Section on astrological judgments on the basis of the arrival of the two lunar nodes (العقدتين), 'the head' (الرأس) or ascending node and 'the tail' (الذنب) or descending node, in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. This text is not given a number in the present collection, and is followed ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 110v-113r

13. 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

14. 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
Extent:

Ff. 116r-120v

15. 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

16. 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

17. Or 5591, ff 136r-150r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 136r-150r
Title:
Two chapters on astrological judgments by eclipses
Scope & Content:
Two chapters on making astrological judgments on the basis of solar eclipses. This text is numbered 13 (يج) in the present collection. 　 Contents: Chapter in which judgment by eclipse of the Sun is discussed (باب يذكر فيه الحكم على كسوف الشمس, ff. 136r-148v); Chapter in which the indications...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 136r-150r

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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