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Container Reference (shelfmark) Or 5591

21. Or 5591, ff 162r-184v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 162r-184v
Title:
Excerpts from the Kitāb al-madkhal fī ʻilm al-nujūm (المدخل في علم النجوم) Balkhī, Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad بلخي، نور الدين أبو القاسم علي بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Excerpts from The Introduction to the Science of the Stars (المدخل في علم النجوم) by Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Balkhī (نور الدين أبو القاسم علي بن أحمد البلخي, fl. ca 900). The source of the excerpts is identified at f. 162r, line 1 ('from al-Balkhī's Book of the Introduction', م...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 162r-184v

22. 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

23. Or 5591, ff 212r-214v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 212r-214v
Title:
Fragment of a Persian text on poetry
Scope & Content:
Fragment, defective at beginning and end, of a Persian text on poetry, possibly a commentary on the work of an early Persian poet. The fragment forms a separate codicoligical unit, coming from another manuscript not related to the rest of the folios in this volume in either format or content. A...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 212r-214v