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Subject Magic squares Digitised Content No Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 9599, ff 128r-131r and 133r-136v
Title:: [Kitāb al-tadbīr كتاب التدبير] Zarqālī, Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá زرقالي، إبراهيم بن يحيى
Scope & Content:: Treatise on the production and use of magic square talismans of the seven planets by the Andalusian astronomer Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyá al-Ṭulayṭilī al-Zarqālī (أبو إسحق إبرهيم بن يحيى الطليطلي الزرقالي; d. 1100), also known as Walad al-Zarqīyāl (ولد الزرقيال), Ibn al-Zarqālluh (ابن الزرقاله)...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic
Date Range:: 1223
Extent:: Ff. 128r-131r and 133r-136v

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 14185A
Title:: Treatise on magic, astrology and divination
Scope & Content:: An Armenian manuscriptcontaining: A treatise on magic, astrologyand divination, including prayers, invocations, powerful names and crudesketches of figures or radiant faces surrounded by pseudo-letters, and largesections of leaves divided into compartments filled with text, symbols, numerals. ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Arabic, Armenian, and Persian
Date Range:: Second half of the 17th century
Extent:: 1 text, 243 ff

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