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1. Add MS 7473, ff 59r-63v

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Title:
al-Mukhtṣar fī al-qirānāt المختصر في القرانات Ibn Abī Ṭāhir 　إبن أبي طاهر
Scope & Content:
Astrological treatise on conjunctions by Abū al-Qāsim al-Muẓaffar ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Ṣamad known as Ibn Abī Ṭāhir (أبو القاسم المظفر بن علي بن المظفر بن محمد بن عبد الصمد المعروف بابن أبي طاهر). Begins (f. 59r, lines 2-7): تحويل قران الملة العربية وهو قيام النبي محمد ع...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
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Ff. 59r-63v

2. Add MS 7473, ff 173r-175v

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Add MS 7473, ff 173r-175v
Title:
al-Qawl fī al-namūdhārāt القول في نموذارات Abū Ma‘shar أبو معشر
Scope & Content:
A short astrological treatise on nativities (مواليد) by Abū Ma‘shar Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad al-Balkhī (أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد البلخي; d. 886). Contents: Begins (f. 173r, lines 2-4): قال أبو معشر حعفر بن محمد وجدنا من قول الأوائل في مسقط النطفة ومن قول يعقوب بن طارق اختلافًا وذلك أن الذي حدّ الأوائل تقويم...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
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Ff. 173r-175v

3. Add MS 7473, ff 175v-178v

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Add MS 7473, ff 175v-178v
Title:
Risālah fī mulk al-‘arab wa-kammīyatihi رسالة في ملك العرب وكميته Kindī كندي
Scope & Content:
Astrological treatise on Arab hegemony and its duration by the philosopher Ya‘qūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī (يعقوب بن إسحق الكندي; d. ca 873). The colophon (f. 178r, lines 3-4, transcribed below) states that the text was copied from an exemplar dated mid-Rabī‘ I 531/December 1136. Appended to the text are ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
639
Extent:

Ff. 175v-178v

4. Add MS 9599, f 54v

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Title:
Astrological table
Scope & Content:
Table for determining the zodiacal sign (برج) in which the Moon will rise during the European months (شهور العجم) preceded by brief explanatory text. 　 Begins (f. 54v, lines 2-4): الحمد لله ومبيت القمر على البروج في هذا الجدول وهو أن تجعل سبابتك في البيت الذي فيه عدد الأيام العربية وتجعل أيامك في ال...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
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F. 54v

5. Add MS 9599, ff 1r-7r

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Add MS 9599, ff 1r-7r
Title:
Risālah fī al-ʻamal bi-al-asṭurlāb رسالة في العمل بالأسطرلاب Mizzī, Shams [Zayn] al-Dīn Muḥammad مزي، شمس [زين] الدين محمد
Scope & Content:
Treatise in ten parts (فصل) and a conclusion (خاتمة) on using the astrolabe by Zayn al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Mizzī (زين الدين محمد المزي, d. 1349). A title page (f. 1r) reads as follows: هذه رسالة الأسطرلاب للشيخ الإمام العلامة زين الدين عبد الرحمن المزي الحنفي رحمه الله تعلى (!) A note in the mutilated g...
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Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
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Ff. 1r-7r

6. Add MS 9599, ff 51v-52v

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Add MS 9599, ff 51v-52v
Title:
Fragment of an astrological commentary
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a commentary on an astrological work or works by Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Marrākushī (أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد المراكشي, d. 1321), known as Ibn al-Bannā’ (ابن البناء). The fragment begins with a didactic poem on astrology (ff. 51v, line 2-52r, line 2) before moving to the subje...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 51v-52v

7. Add MS 9599, ff 55v-60r

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Add MS 9599, ff 55v-60r
Title:
Tashīl al-ʿibārah fī takmīl mā naqaṣa min al-yasārah تسهيل العبارة في تكميل ما نقص من اليسارة
Scope & Content:
Anonymous commentary on Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Marrākushī (أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد المراكشي, d. 1321), known as Ibn al-Bannā’'s (ابن البناء) Risālat al-yasārah fī taqwīm al-kawākib al-sayyārah (رسالة اليسارة في تقويم الكواكب السيارة). See items 7 (ff. 38v-40r) and 9 (ff. 41v-51r) in the...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
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Ff. 55v-60r

8. Add MS 9599, ff 119v-127v

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Title:
Fragment of an astrological treatise
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a treatise on astrology dealing with ascendants (طوالع), exaltations (أشراف), horoscopes, and calendrical calculations. The text contains three horoscope diagrams (ff. 122v-124r). The text mentions the dates 16 May 1808 (f. 121v, line 23) and 1223/1808-9 (f. 122v, line 3), the dates 17 M...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1223
Extent:

Ff. 119v-127v

9. Add MS 9599, ff 128r-131r and 133r-136v

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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), Ib...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1223
Extent:

Ff. 128r-131r and 133r-136v

10. Add MS 9599, ff 131v and 137r-145v

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Add MS 9599, ff 131v and 137r-145v
Title:
Seventeen chapters on astrology
Scope & Content:
Collection of seventeen short chapters on various astrological subjects. (1) Section on knowing the house of the wandering [stars] by the power of the Mighty, the Omnipotent in the twelve months (فصل في معرفة مبيت [؟] السيارة بقدرة العزيز الجبار في الشهور اثنى عشر العربية, f. 137r; instructions for ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1223
Extent:

Ff. 131v and 137r-145v

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