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11. Or 8857, ff 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 8857, ff 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v
Title:
Kitāb al-azminah كتاب الأزمنة
Scope & Content:
Collection of calendrical, astronomical, meteorological and medical information along with details about Christian feast days and events in the commercial calendar. The material is arranged by month following the order of the Orthodox liturgical calendar, which begins on 1 Aylūl/September. For a...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
ca 1000
Extent:

Ff. 30v-33v, 11r-16v, 3r-10v, 17r-17v, 1r and 1v

12. Or 14293

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14293
Title:
Yatīmat al-ʿaṣr fī al-madd wa-al-jazr يتيمة العصر في المد والجزر Ibn Mīmī, ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ابن مِيمي، عبد القادر بن أحمد بن علي
Scope & Content:
A wide-ranging treatise on natural phenomena relating to the seas, by ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Mīmī al-Baṣrī (عبد القادر بن أحمد بن علي بن مِيمي البصري, d. 1674). The text, also known as Wary al-zand bi-al-jazr wa-al-madd (وري الزند بالجزر والمد), was composed in 1084/1673 and the pr...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
14 Jumādá II 1085
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+125