Three treatises on meteorological divination

Content

Three treatises on the prediction of future events based on astronomical, meteorological and other natural phenomena. The contents of the volume are:

• Fihrist Arisṭā [ ṭā ] līs (ff 1v-37r);
• Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel (ff 37r-64r);
• Ramādī, Ibn Murād, Tarṣīd shaḥr al-Muḥarram al-mubārrak (ff 64v-69v).

The manuscript was copied on 19 Ṣafar 1295 (22 February 1878; see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. of Item Three, f. 69v).

Extent and format

Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. i+69+i

It is grouped into

Fihrist Arisṭā [ ṭā ] līs

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Ref: Or 14791, ff 1v-37r

Treatise on meteorological divination attributed to the prophet Daniel

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Ref: Or 14791, ff 37r-64r

ترصيد شهر المحرم المبارك Tarṣīd shaḥr al-Muḥarram al-mubārrak رمادي، ابن مراد Ramādī, Ibn Murād

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Ref: Or 14791, ff 64v-69v

Physical characteristics

Material: Paper

Dimensions: 162 x 120 mm leaf [113 x 70 mm written]

Foliation: Arabic pagination in blue crayon; British Museum foliation in pencil

Ruling: None visible; 15 lines per page; vertical spacing 13 lines per 10 cm

Quires: Seven quires of ten leaves; quire Collection of papers folded in half and stitched together to form a gathering of folios. marks in blue crayon in upper left-hand corners of ff. 11r, 21r, 31r, 41r, 51r and 61r

Script: Naskh

Ink: Black ink, with rubrications

Binding: British Museum binding with envelope flap

Condition: Excellent condition, with light foxing

Marginalia: some section headings marked باب in blue crayon, and very few marginal corrections and notes (e.g. ff. 57r, 68v and 69v)

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 14791

History of this record

Date(s)

1295 (AH, Hijri qamari)

Related material

People & organisations

Aristotle, Pseudo-Ibn Murād Ramādī

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