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1. Or 7716

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7716
Title:
Three treatises on astrology, astronomy and time-keeping
Scope & Content:
An Ottoman collection of texts on astronomy and related subjects. Contents: (1) Abū Ma‘shar (أبو معشر), Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal (كتاب الملل والدوّل; ff. 1r-117r); (2) Muḥammad al-Ṣūfī (محمد الصوفي), al-I‘lām bi-shadd al-minkām (الإعلام بشدّ المنكام; ff. 118v-127r); (3) Najm al-Dīn Muḥamm...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
Codex; ff. i+145+i

2. Or 7716, ff 1r-117r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7716, ff 1r-117r
Title:
Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal كتاب الملل والدوّل Abū Ma‘shar أبو معشر
Scope & Content:
Major treatise on historical astrology by Abū Ma‘shar Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar al-Balkhi (أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد عمر البلخي; d. ca 886). The text is divided into eight parts (مقالات) in sixty-three chapters (فصول), not ninety-three chapters as erroneously stated in this manuscript (f. 1v, l...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
Ff. 1r-117r

3. Or 7716, ff 118v-127r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7716, ff 118v-127r
Title:
al-I‘lām bi-shadd al-minkām الإعلام بشدّ المنكام Muḥammad al-Ṣūfī محمد الصوفي
Scope & Content:
Treatise on the use of sand-clocks (منكام, pl. مناكيم) by the Egyptian mathematician and astronomer Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Fatḥ ibn ‘Īsá ibn Aḥmad al-Ṣūfī al-Miṣrī (شمس الدين محمد بن أبي الفتح بن عيسى بن الصوفي المصري, fl. late 15th-early 16th century; see. f. 125v, lines 2-3). The tex...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
Ff. 118v-127r

4. Or 7716, ff 128r-144v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7716, ff 128r-144v
Title:
Mir’āt al-ayyām wa-al-daraj مرآة الأيام والدرج Najm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ma‘rūf نجم الدين محمد معروف
Scope & Content:
Treatise by Najm al-Dīn Muḥammad Ma‘rūf (نجم الدين محمد معروف; fl. ca 1001/1592) describing and explaining the use of an instrument for making calendrical conversions, and calculating the beginnings of the months in the Islamic (عربي), Syro-Macedonian (رومي), Persian and Coptic calendars, includ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
Ff. 128r-144v