Author
Aristotle
Publication Date
0867 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5591, ff 68v-89r
Record ID
vdc_100144149585.0x000007
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
0867 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Handbook on making astrological judgments based on the rising of Sirius (الشعرى).
As with the first item (ff. 3r-18r) in the present manuscript, this text belongs to the genre of Islamicate occult scientific literature known as the pseudo-Aristotelian Hermetica, which takes its name from the fact that it is made up of texts purporting to be accounts of the teachings of Hermes (هرمس) on various subjects transmitted by Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس) sometimes, although not explicitly here, for the benefit of his pupil Alexander the Great. The beginning of the text (transcribed below) states that it is by Hermes, was translated 'from the ancient language' (من اللسان القديم) by 'Nuqṭawayh (vocalisation uncertain) the sage' (نقطويه الحكيم) and was subsequently extracted from the Treasured Book on Secrets (الكتاب المخزون في الأسرار) by Aristotle.
This text is numbered 6 (و) in the present collection.
Begins (f. 68v, lines 3-9):
قال هرمس الهرامسة وهو إدريس النبي عليه
السلام في الحكم عند طلوع الشعرى وما لها من الجودات
التي تكون في العالم في كل سنة مما علمه الله تعالى إياه
وأنبأه نقله نقطويه الحكيم من اللسان القديم
واستخرجه أرسطاطاليس من الكتاب المخزون
في الأسرار وصح نقله نقطويه الحكيم وصدقه
فيما نقله ...
Ends (f. 89r, lines 6-8):
... وأكثر هذه الآفات بإقليم الحوت وفي
مثله فانظر في أي خمس من أجماس الحوت يكون
فاحكم عليه من بلاد كوكب ذلك الخمس والله اعلم بغيبه
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards,
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
(London: British Museum, 1912), p. 38
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
Sezgin, Fuat,
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums
, vol. 7 (Leiden: Brill, 1979), p. 54, item 2
