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11. Or 2361, ff 238v-240r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2361, ff 238v-240r
Title:
Extracts from Kitāb al-madkhal fī al-mūsīqī من كتاب المدخل في الموسيقي Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Tarkhān فارابي، أبو نصر محمد بن محمد بن ترخان
Scope & Content:
A compendium of extracts from the preface and introduction to the Kitāb al-Mūsīqī al-Kabīr (كتاب الموسيقي الكبير), a major treatise on music by Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Tarkhān al-Fārābī ( أبو نصر محمد بن محمد بن ترخان الفارابي, c. 870-950). The present text includes discussions of t...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
3 Jumādá I 1073
Extent:

Ff. 238v-240r

12. Or 2361, ff 220r-236v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2361, ff 220r-236v
Title:
Kitāb al-kāfī fī al-mūsīqī كتاب الكافي في الموسيقي Ibn Zaylah, al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ابن زيلة، الحسين بن محمد
Scope & Content:
A treatise on music by Abū Manṣūr al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad Ibn Zaylah ( أبو منصور الحسين بن محمد بن زيلة, d. 440/1048-49), a disciple of Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا, latinised as Avicenna, 980-1037). It deals with the definitions of music, notes, and their relationships; rhythm; the composition of melodies...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Jumādá I 1073
Extent:

Ff. 220r-236v

13. Or 2361, ff 18r-32r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2361, ff 18r-32r
Title:
al-Risālah al-musammāh bi-al-adwār fī al-mūsīqī الرسالة المسماة بالأدوار في الموسيقي al-Urmawī, Ṣafī al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn Yūsuf الأرموي، صفي الدين عبد المؤمن بن يوسف
Scope & Content:
A copy of Kitāb al-adwār fī ʿilm al-mūsīqī (كتاب الأدوار في علم الموسيقي), a seminal work on musical theory in fifteen chapters by Ṣafī al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn Yūsuf al-Urmawī (صفي الدين عبد المؤمن بن يوسف الأرموي, d. 1294). The text includes a number of tables and diagrams in the form of circ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
3 Ramaḍān 1073
Extent:

Ff. 18r-32r

14. Or 2361, ff 168v-219v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 2361, ff 168v-219v
Title:
[Risālah fī ʿilm al-mūsīqī] [رسالة في علم الموسيقي] Shirwānī, Fatḥ Allāh شرواني، فتح الله
Scope & Content:
An extensive treatise on music theory, also known as the Majallah fī-l-mūsīqī (مجلة في الموسيقي). It is comprised of two parts (قسم) subdivided into chapters (فصل), and is accompanied by numerous tables and diagrams. In a versified preface the treatise is dedicated to the Ottoman Sultan Muḥammad...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
27 Rabīʻ II 1073
Extent:

Ff. 168v-219v