A collection of astrological judgments and other extracts each introduced with the word نكثه (= نكتة). The same incorrect pointing of this word (ث instead of ت) is found on the contents page (f. 2v), where this section of the text is referred to as 'wise sayings and excerpts' (نكث واختيارات). A...
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
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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...
Thirty-seven tables, diagrams and short texts related to astrology, divination and astral magic
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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...
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...
