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1. Add MS 23403, ff 225r-226v

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Add MS 23403, ff 225r-226v
Title:
Mukhtaṣar fī qawl al-nafs li-Arisṭū مختصر قول في النفس لأرسطو Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
A summary of the seven principles concerning the soul, attributed to Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) While Ibn Sīnā (ابن سينا; Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh (أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله, latinised as Avicenna, d. 1037), author of other works in the present volume, produced both a lost Comm...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1019
Extent:
Ff. 225r-226v

2. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 1v-21r

Reference (shelfmark):
Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 1v-21r
Title:
Kitāb al-Isṭimākhīs كتاب الإسطماخيس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Text on the making and use of talismans. The text is said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) for his pupil Alexander the Great (الإسكندر, d. 323 BC) while he was planning his expedition to the east, during the fourth year of his reign (see f. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 1v-21r

3. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 21v-32r

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Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 21v-32r
Title:
Kitāb istijlāb rūḥānīyat al-bahāʼim kullihā كتاب استجلاب روحانية البهائم كلها Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Treatise on attracting the spiritual beings (روحانيات) of animals taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC). The introduction to the text gives it the alternative title al-Madhāṭīs (المذاطيس, see f. 21v, line 3, transcribed below), while the colophon suggests tha...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 21v-32r

4. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 32v-52v

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Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 32v-52v
Title:
Extract from Kitāb al-Iṣṭimāṭīs من كتاب الإصطماطيس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Text on the making and use of talismans said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) for his pupil Alexander the Great (الإسكندر, d. 323 BC). 　 Begins (f. 32v, lines 2-8): من كتاب الإصطماطيس الذي وضعه هرمس في علل الروحانيات والمقسوم من الأقاليم...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 32v-52v

5. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 85v-92v

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Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 85v-92v
Title:
Faṣl min kitāb al-Ashnūṭās فصل من كتاب الأشنوطاس Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Text on the making and use of talismans said to have been taken from Hermes (هرمس) and recorded by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC). A marginal note (حاشية) by a hand other than that of the main scribe in the edge margin of f. 88r claims that the adjacent text and similar material is found in ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 85v-92v

6. Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 126r-197r

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Delhi Arabic 1946, ff 126r-197r
Title:
al-Kitāb al-majmūʻ fī khawāṣṣ al-aḥjār الكتاب المجموع في خواص الأحجار Aristotle أرسطاطاليس
Scope & Content:
Collection of five texts on the occult properties (خواصّ) of stones and other natural substances attributed to Hermes (هرمس), Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس, d. 322 BC) and other sages. Contents: (1) Book on the Knowledge of Stones, their Occult Properties and Inscriptions (كتاب معرفة الحجارة وخاصيتها ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:

Ff. 126r-197r