Collection of Arabic astrological and divinatory texts, and a fragment of a Persian manuscript

Name: Collection of Arabic astrological and divinatory texts, and a fragment of a Persian manuscript
Author: the hand of the scribe is found on f. 2v. Ff. 212-214 are a fragment of an Persian manuscript unrelated to the other folios in this volume

İsim	Collection of Arabic astrological and divinatory texts, and a fragment of a Persian manuscript
Yazar	the hand of the scribe is found on f. 2v. Ff. 212-214 are a fragment of an Persian manuscript unrelated to the other folios in this volume
Basım Tarihi:	867 (CE, Gregorian)
Konu	1
Tür	Kitap
Dil	ara,fas
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Sayfa Sayısı	1
Fiziksel Boyutlar	180 x 130 mm
Kütüphane:	Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	Or 5591
Kayıt Numarası	vdc_100099023112.0x000001
Lokasyon	British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Tarih	867 (CE, Gregorian)
Notlar	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 Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 19r, lines 4-7, transcribed below). The scribe's nisba s indicate that he was a Christian native to or with family roots in northern Iraq. Some of the texts are given numbers using alphanumeric ( abjad ) notation. An extensive list of the volume's contents by the hand of the scribe is found on f. 2v. Ff. 212-214 are a fragment of an Persian manuscript unrelated to the other folios in this volume, as demonstrated both by their content and format and by the fact that they are not mentioned in the table of contents on f. 2v. Contents: (1) Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس), Book Containing the Stations of the Moon and the Elections and Actions [to be Undertaken] in them, and This is from the Discourse of the Sage Hermes and Others (الكتاب فيه منازل القمر وما فيها من الاختيارات والأعمال وذلك من قول هرمس الحكيم وغيره, ff. 3r-18r); (2) Hermes (هرمس), Anonymous treatise on the exaltations and falls of the seven planets (ff. 18v-19r); (3) Chapter discussing the hours of the planets (باب ذكر ساعات الكواكب, ff. 20r-20v); (4) Chapter on the Moon's applications to the planets and the Sun (باب في اتصالات القمر بالكواكب والشمس, ff. 21v-23r); (5) The Book of Indications According to the Applications and Conjunctions of the Planets in the Twelve Signs, their Exaltations, Falls, Progressions, Retrogression, Appearances, Absences and Presence with the Head and the Tail (كتاب الدلالات على الاتصالات وقرانات الكواكب في البروج الاثنا عشر وأشرافها وهبوطاتها واستقاماتها ورجوعها وظهورها وغيباتها وكونها مع الرأس والذنب, ff. 23v-50r); (6) Collection of short astrological texts (ff. 50v-68r); (7) Hermes (هرمس), Book of Judgement at the Rising of Sirius (كتاب الحكم عند طلوع الشعرى, ff. 68v-89r); (8) Chapter on the characteristics associated with each one of the planets (باب فيما ينسب إلى كل واحد من الكواكب من الأخلاق, ff. 89v-90r); (9) Instructions for talisman making (ff. 90r-93v) (10) Section on the shifting of the planets to the signs (فصل في انتقال الكواكب للبروج, ff. 94r-110r); (11) Section on the conditions of the two nodes and their arrival in the twelve signs (فصل في أحوال العقدتين وحلولها (!) في البروج الاثنى عشر, ff. 110v-113r); (12) Section on knowledge of the planets and which of the climes and countries are theirs (فصل في معرفة الكواكب وما لهم من الأقاليم ومن البلدان, ff. 113v-116r); (13) Chapter on knowing the indications of the signs for countries and other things (باب في معرفة دلالات البروج على البلدان وغيرها, ff. 116r-120v); (14) Section of the planets aspecting the Sun at the time of its arrival at the beginnings of the four seasons (فصل نظر الكواكب للشمس وقت حلولها أوائل الفصول الأربعة, ff. 120v-121v); (15) Chapter on the arrival of the planets in the twelve houses (باب في حلول الكواكب في البيوت الاثنى عشر, ff. 122r-135v); (16) Two chapters on astrological judgments by eclipses (ff. 136r-150r); (17) Chapter in which judgment by eclipse of the Moon is discussed from the perspective of its colour in the middle of the [solar?] eclipse (باب يذكر فيه الحكم على خسوف القمر في جهة لونه في وسط الكسوف (!), ff. 150r-153v); (18) Section discussing the indications of comets according to Ptolemy and the Indians (فصل في ذكر دلالات ذات الذوائب على رأي بطليموس والهند, ff. 154r-157r); (19) Astrological apothegms and excerpts (ff. 157r-160v); (20) Section on conjunctions (فصل في القرانات, f. 161v); (21) al-Balkhī, Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim (البلخي، نور الدين أبو القاسم), Excerpts from the al-Madkhal fī ʻilm al-nujūm (المدخل في علم النجوم, ff. 162r-184v); (22) Thirty-seven tables, diagrams and short texts related to astrology, divination and astral magic (ff. 185r-211v); (23) Fragment of a Persian text on poetry (ff. 212r-214v).
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
Edinme Kaynağı	Purchased from Messrs Hannan, Watson & Co. May 16, 1899
Gruplandırıldığı Yer	al-Kitāb fīhi manāzil al-qamar wa-mā fīhā min al-ikhtīyārāt wa-al-aʻmāl wa-dhālika min qawl Hirmis al-ḥakīm wa-ghayrih الكتاب فيه منازل القمر وما فيها من الاختيارات والأعمال وذلك من قول هرمس الحكيم وغيره Aristotle أرسطاطاليس 31 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 3r-18r Anonymous treatise on the exaltations and falls of the seven planets Hermes هرمس 2 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 18v-19r Bāb dhikr sāʻāt al-kawākib باب ذكر ساعات الكواكب 2 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 20r-20v Bāb fī ittiṣālāt al-qamar bi-al-kawākib wa-al-shams باب في اتصالات القمر بالكواكب والشمس 4 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 21v-23r 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 54 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 23v-50r Collection of short astrological texts 36 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 50v-68r Kitāb al-ḥukm ʻinda ṭulūʻ al-shiʻrá كتاب الحكم عند طلوع الشعرى Hermes هرمس 42 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 68v-89r Bāb fīmā yunsabu ilá kull wāḥid min al-kawākib min al-akhlāq باب فيما ينسب إلى كل واحد من الكواكب من الأخلاق 2 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 89v-90r Instructions for talisman making 8 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 90r-93v Faṣl fī intiqāl al-kawākib li-l-burūj فصل في انتقال الكواكب للبروج 33 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 94r-110r Faṣl fī aḥwāl al-ʻiqdatayn wa-ḥulūlihā (!) fī al-burūj al-ithnā ʻashr فصل في أحوال العقدتين وحلولها في البروج الاثنى عشر 6 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 110v-113r Faṣl fī maʻrifat al-kawākib wa-mā lahum min al-aqālīm wa-min al-buldān فصل في معرفة الكواكب وما لهم من الأقاليم ومن البلدان 6 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 113v-116r Bāb fī maʻrifat dalālāt al-burūj ʻalá al-buldān wa-ghayrihāباب في معرفة دلالات البروج على البلدان وغيرها 10 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 116r-120v Faṣl naẓar al-kawākib li-l-shams waqt ḥulūlihā awāʼil al-fuṣul al-arbaʻahفصل نظر الكواكب للشمس وقت حلولها أوائل الفصول الأربعة 3 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 120v-121v Bāb fī ḥulūl al-kawākib fī al-buyūt al-ithná ʻashr باب في حلول الكواكب في البيوت الاثنى عشر 28 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 122r-135v Two chapters on astrological judgments by eclipses 29 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 136r-150r Bāb yudhkaru fīhi al-ḥukm ʻalá al-khusūf al-qamar fī jihat lawnihi fī wasaṭ al-kusūf باب يذكر فيه الحكم على خسوف القمر في جهة لونه في وسط الكسوف 8 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 150r-153v Faṣl fī dhikr dalālāt dhāt al-dhawāʼib ʻalá raʼī Baṭlīmūs wa-l-hind فصل في ذكر دلالات ذات الذوائب على رأي بطليموس والهند 7 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 154r-157r Astrological judgments and excerpts 8 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 157r-160v Faṣl fī al-qirānāt فصل في القرانات 1 image Ref: Or 5591, f 161v 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 46 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 162r-184v Thirty-seven tables, diagrams and short texts related to astrology, divination and astral magic 54 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 185r-211v Fragment of a Persian text on poetry 6 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 212r-214v
Köken	Muḥammad Bashīr (محمد بشير): his seal, with Persian legend 'Muḥammad-i nabī bashīr ast' (محمد نبى بشير است) without legible date (ff. 1r and 2r); Muẓaffar al-Munajjim ('the astrologer', مظفر المنجم): his inscription and seal, with date 1010/1601-2 (f. 2r); Muḥammad Shafīʻ al-Munajjim ('the astrologer', محمد شفيع المنجم): his inscription and seal, without legible date (f. 2r); al-Ḥabīb Allāh ibn Niʻmat Allāh (الحبيب الله ابن نعمت الله), alias 'the physician' (مخاطب طبيب): his inscription, without date (f. 2r).

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Collection of Arabic astrological and divinatory texts, and a fragment of a Persian manuscript

Yazar the hand of the scribe is found on f. 2v. Ff. 212-214 are a fragment of an Persian manuscript unrelated to the other folios in this volume

Basım Tarihi 867 (CE, Gregorian)

Konu 1

Tür Kitap

Dil ara,fas

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Sayfa Sayısı 1

Fiziksel Boyutlar 180 x 130 mm

Kütüphane Katar Dijital Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası Or 5591

Kayıt Numarası vdc_100099023112.0x000001

Lokasyon British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Tarih 867 (CE, Gregorian)

Notlar 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 Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 19r, lines 4-7, transcribed below). The scribe's nisba s indicate that he was a Christian native to or with family roots in northern Iraq. Some of the texts are given numbers using alphanumeric ( abjad ) notation. An extensive list of the volume's contents by the hand of the scribe is found on f. 2v. Ff. 212-214 are a fragment of an Persian manuscript unrelated to the other folios in this volume, as demonstrated both by their content and format and by the fact that they are not mentioned in the table of contents on f. 2v. Contents: (1) Aristotle (أرسطاطاليس), Book Containing the Stations of the Moon and the Elections and Actions [to be Undertaken] in them, and This is from the Discourse of the Sage Hermes and Others (الكتاب فيه منازل القمر وما فيها من الاختيارات والأعمال وذلك من قول هرمس الحكيم وغيره, ff. 3r-18r); (2) Hermes (هرمس), Anonymous treatise on the exaltations and falls of the seven planets (ff. 18v-19r); (3) Chapter discussing the hours of the planets (باب ذكر ساعات الكواكب, ff. 20r-20v); (4) Chapter on the Moon's applications to the planets and the Sun (باب في اتصالات القمر بالكواكب والشمس, ff. 21v-23r); (5) The Book of Indications According to the Applications and Conjunctions of the Planets in the Twelve Signs, their Exaltations, Falls, Progressions, Retrogression, Appearances, Absences and Presence with the Head and the Tail (كتاب الدلالات على الاتصالات وقرانات الكواكب في البروج الاثنا عشر وأشرافها وهبوطاتها واستقاماتها ورجوعها وظهورها وغيباتها وكونها مع الرأس والذنب, ff. 23v-50r); (6) Collection of short astrological texts (ff. 50v-68r); (7) Hermes (هرمس), Book of Judgement at the Rising of Sirius (كتاب الحكم عند طلوع الشعرى, ff. 68v-89r); (8) Chapter on the characteristics associated with each one of the planets (باب فيما ينسب إلى كل واحد من الكواكب من الأخلاق, ff. 89v-90r); (9) Instructions for talisman making (ff. 90r-93v) (10) Section on the shifting of the planets to the signs (فصل في انتقال الكواكب للبروج, ff. 94r-110r); (11) Section on the conditions of the two nodes and their arrival in the twelve signs (فصل في أحوال العقدتين وحلولها (!) في البروج الاثنى عشر, ff. 110v-113r); (12) Section on knowledge of the planets and which of the climes and countries are theirs (فصل في معرفة الكواكب وما لهم من الأقاليم ومن البلدان, ff. 113v-116r); (13) Chapter on knowing the indications of the signs for countries and other things (باب في معرفة دلالات البروج على البلدان وغيرها, ff. 116r-120v); (14) Section of the planets aspecting the Sun at the time of its arrival at the beginnings of the four seasons (فصل نظر الكواكب للشمس وقت حلولها أوائل الفصول الأربعة, ff. 120v-121v); (15) Chapter on the arrival of the planets in the twelve houses (باب في حلول الكواكب في البيوت الاثنى عشر, ff. 122r-135v); (16) Two chapters on astrological judgments by eclipses (ff. 136r-150r); (17) Chapter in which judgment by eclipse of the Moon is discussed from the perspective of its colour in the middle of the [solar?] eclipse (باب يذكر فيه الحكم على خسوف القمر في جهة لونه في وسط الكسوف (!), ff. 150r-153v); (18) Section discussing the indications of comets according to Ptolemy and the Indians (فصل في ذكر دلالات ذات الذوائب على رأي بطليموس والهند, ff. 154r-157r); (19) Astrological apothegms and excerpts (ff. 157r-160v); (20) Section on conjunctions (فصل في القرانات, f. 161v); (21) al-Balkhī, Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim (البلخي، نور الدين أبو القاسم), Excerpts from the al-Madkhal fī ʻilm al-nujūm (المدخل في علم النجوم, ff. 162r-184v); (22) Thirty-seven tables, diagrams and short texts related to astrology, divination and astral magic (ff. 185r-211v); (23) Fragment of a Persian text on poetry (ff. 212r-214v).

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

Edinme Kaynağı Purchased from Messrs Hannan, Watson & Co. May 16, 1899

Gruplandırıldığı Yer al-Kitāb fīhi manāzil al-qamar wa-mā fīhā min al-ikhtīyārāt wa-al-aʻmāl wa-dhālika min qawl Hirmis al-ḥakīm wa-ghayrih الكتاب فيه منازل القمر وما فيها من الاختيارات والأعمال وذلك من قول هرمس الحكيم وغيره Aristotle أرسطاطاليس 31 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 3r-18r Anonymous treatise on the exaltations and falls of the seven planets Hermes هرمس 2 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 18v-19r Bāb dhikr sāʻāt al-kawākib باب ذكر ساعات الكواكب 2 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 20r-20v Bāb fī ittiṣālāt al-qamar bi-al-kawākib wa-al-shams باب في اتصالات القمر بالكواكب والشمس 4 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 21v-23r 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 54 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 23v-50r Collection of short astrological texts 36 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 50v-68r Kitāb al-ḥukm ʻinda ṭulūʻ al-shiʻrá كتاب الحكم عند طلوع الشعرى Hermes هرمس 42 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 68v-89r Bāb fīmā yunsabu ilá kull wāḥid min al-kawākib min al-akhlāq باب فيما ينسب إلى كل واحد من الكواكب من الأخلاق 2 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 89v-90r Instructions for talisman making 8 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 90r-93v Faṣl fī intiqāl al-kawākib li-l-burūj فصل في انتقال الكواكب للبروج 33 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 94r-110r Faṣl fī aḥwāl al-ʻiqdatayn wa-ḥulūlihā (!) fī al-burūj al-ithnā ʻashr فصل في أحوال العقدتين وحلولها في البروج الاثنى عشر 6 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 110v-113r Faṣl fī maʻrifat al-kawākib wa-mā lahum min al-aqālīm wa-min al-buldān فصل في معرفة الكواكب وما لهم من الأقاليم ومن البلدان 6 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 113v-116r Bāb fī maʻrifat dalālāt al-burūj ʻalá al-buldān wa-ghayrihāباب في معرفة دلالات البروج على البلدان وغيرها 10 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 116r-120v Faṣl naẓar al-kawākib li-l-shams waqt ḥulūlihā awāʼil al-fuṣul al-arbaʻahفصل نظر الكواكب للشمس وقت حلولها أوائل الفصول الأربعة 3 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 120v-121v Bāb fī ḥulūl al-kawākib fī al-buyūt al-ithná ʻashr باب في حلول الكواكب في البيوت الاثنى عشر 28 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 122r-135v Two chapters on astrological judgments by eclipses 29 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 136r-150r Bāb yudhkaru fīhi al-ḥukm ʻalá al-khusūf al-qamar fī jihat lawnihi fī wasaṭ al-kusūf باب يذكر فيه الحكم على خسوف القمر في جهة لونه في وسط الكسوف 8 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 150r-153v Faṣl fī dhikr dalālāt dhāt al-dhawāʼib ʻalá raʼī Baṭlīmūs wa-l-hind فصل في ذكر دلالات ذات الذوائب على رأي بطليموس والهند 7 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 154r-157r Astrological judgments and excerpts 8 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 157r-160v Faṣl fī al-qirānāt فصل في القرانات 1 image Ref: Or 5591, f 161v 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 46 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 162r-184v Thirty-seven tables, diagrams and short texts related to astrology, divination and astral magic 54 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 185r-211v Fragment of a Persian text on poetry 6 images Ref: Or 5591, ff 212r-214v

Köken Muḥammad Bashīr (محمد بشير): his seal, with Persian legend 'Muḥammad-i nabī bashīr ast' (محمد نبى بشير است) without legible date (ff. 1r and 2r); Muẓaffar al-Munajjim ('the astrologer', مظفر المنجم): his inscription and seal, with date 1010/1601-2 (f. 2r); Muḥammad Shafīʻ al-Munajjim ('the astrologer', محمد شفيع المنجم): his inscription and seal, without legible date (f. 2r); al-Ḥabīb Allāh ibn Niʻmat Allāh (الحبيب الله ابن نعمت الله), alias 'the physician' (مخاطب طبيب): his inscription, without date (f. 2r).