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1. Or 5591

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Or 5591
Title:
Collection of Arabic astrological and divinatory texts, and a fragment of a Persian manuscript
Scope & Content:
Collection of astrological and divinatory texts and diagrams drawn from sources both ancient and contemporary with the scribe, ʻAbd Allāh ibn al-Ṣāḥib Nūr al-Dīn al-Jazarī al-Masīḥī (عبد الله بن الصاحب نور الدين الجزري المسيحي), who copied it for his own use in 867/1462-3 (see colophon, f. 19r, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+214+i

2. Or 5591, ff 50v-68r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 50v-68r
Title:
Collection of short astrological texts
Scope & Content:
Collection of short chapters and sections on various astrological topics. This first of these texts is numbered 5 (ه) in the present collection. 　 Contents: (1) Chapter on the applications of the planets one to another in whatever sign (باب في الاتصالات [!] الكواكب بعضها ببعض في أي برج كان, ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 50v-68r

3. Or 5591, ff 157r-160v

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Or 5591, ff 157r-160v
Title:
Astrological judgments and excerpts
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 157r-160v

4. Or 5591, ff 90r-93v

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Or 5591, ff 90r-93v
Title:
Instructions for talisman making
Scope & Content:
Two sets of instructions for making talismans. The first set gives instructions for solar talismans to be made at the arrival of the Sun in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The second set gives instructions for making a talisman of Jupiter. This text is numbered 7 (ز) in the present coll...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 90r-93v

5. Or 5591, ff 136r-150r

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Or 5591, ff 136r-150r
Title:
Two chapters on astrological judgments by eclipses
Scope & Content:
Two chapters on making astrological judgments on the basis of solar eclipses. This text is numbered 13 (يج) in the present collection. 　 Contents: Chapter in which judgment by eclipse of the Sun is discussed (باب يذكر فيه الحكم على كسوف الشمس, ff. 136r-148v); Chapter in which the indications...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 136r-150r

6. Or 5591, f 161v

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Or 5591, f 161v
Title:
Faṣl fī al-qirānāt فصل في القرانات
Scope & Content:
Short section listing six types of conjunction. 　 Begins (f. 161v, lines 1-4): ... والأمور الدالة على التغيرات في هذا العالم من القرانات وغيرها ستة أعظمها قران زحل والمشتري في برج الحمل وذلك يكون في كل تسسع مائة وستين سسنة ... Ends (f. 161v, lines 10-12): والخامس نزول النير الأعظم نقطة ا...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

F. 161v

7. Or 5591, ff 212r-214v

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Or 5591, ff 212r-214v
Title:
Fragment of a Persian text on poetry
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Farsi and Persian
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:

Ff. 212r-214v

8. Or 5591, ff 20r-20v

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Or 5591, ff 20r-20v
Title:
Bāb dhikr sāʻāt al-kawākib باب ذكر ساعات الكواكب
Scope & Content:
Brief chapter without indication of authorship on the activities appropriate to the hours of the day associated with each of the seven planets and the conditions (أحوال) of the Moon. This text is numbered 2 (ب) in the present collection. Begins (f. 20r, lines 2-3) ساعات الشمس محمودة لعلاج الط...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 20r-20v

9. Or 5591, ff 23v-50r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 23v-50r
Title:
Kitāb al-dalālāt ʻalá al-ittiṣālāt wa-qirānāt al-kawākib fī al-burūj al-ithná ʻashar wa-ashrāfihā wa-hubūṭātihā wa-istiqāmātihā wa-rujūʻihā wa-ẓuhūrihā wa-ghaybātihā wa-kawnihā maʻa al-raʼs wa-al-dhanab كتاب الدلالات على الاتصالات وقرانات الكواكب في البروج الاثنا عشر وأشرافها وهبوطاتها واستقاماتها ورجوعها وظهورها وغيباتها وكونها مع الرأس والذنب
Scope & Content:
Handbook for making astrological predictions based onthe conjunctions of the planets and the lunar nodes in the various signs of the zodiac. A marginalium beside the title at the head of f. 23v gives the text an alternative short title: The Book of Judgements (كتاب الأحكام). Sezgin (Geschichte ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 23v-50r

10. Or 5591, ff 110v-113r

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5591, ff 110v-113r
Title:
Faṣl fī aḥwāl al-ʻiqdatayn wa-ḥulūlihā (!) fī al-burūj al-ithnā ʻashr فصل في أحوال العقدتين وحلولها في البروج الاثنى عشر
Scope & Content:
Section on astrological judgments on the basis of the arrival of the two lunar nodes (العقدتين), 'the head' (الرأس) or ascending node and 'the tail' (الذنب) or descending node, in each of the twelve signs of the zodiac. This text is not given a number in the present collection, and is followed ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
0867
Extent:

Ff. 110v-113r