A collection of anonymous astrological and magical treatises. Also bound together with this manuscript is a lithographed copy of Kitāb fī al-tamām wa-al-kamāl by Abū Maʻshar. This book is in two parts, the first dealing with horoscopes of men and their signs the second with women. Each part has 12 sections.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه نستعين الحمد لله الذي خلق السموات والارض ... :IncipitWritten in one column, 25 lines per page, in black rubricated in red.According to colophon, copied in the hand of Darwīsh ʻAlī ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭāliqānī. The date of copy in the colophon is erased.The original writing of the book is finished in Rabīʻ al-Awwal 913 AH [August 1507 AD].MS Arab SM4285. Houghton Library, Harvard University.In Arabic.Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library Digital Imaging Group, 2008. (Open Collections Program at Harvard University. Islamic Heritage Project).
Fols. 133; 26.1 x 17.9 cm.; written surface 19.3-21.6 x 13.1-14.7 cm.; 29 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with vowel signs; with catchwords; entries in red.A compendium of astronomy together with an almanac. The MS contains chapters 33-99; chapters 1-31 and part of 32 are missing.Beg.: التي بىن العاشر واقرب الاعتدالىنEnding: کح کو لومهA few marginal notes and glosses; with charts and tables. Beginning and end are missing. MS in good condition; Arabic binding.Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900."ḥājjī KhalīfahKashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58)IIIp. 557; Bibliothecae Bodleianae codicum MSS orientaliumI876II275278; Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae1113/4; RosenLes manuscrits arabes de l'Institut des langues orientales189; Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale2522."
Fols. 5; 20.5 x 15 cm.; written surface 14.2 x 8.4 cm.; 25 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.A treatise on the use of the Dāʼirat al-muʻaddil, an astronomical instrument invented by the author. The treatise contains an introduction, fifteen chapters and a conclusion.Beg.: بسم الله ... قال الشىخ الامام العالم الفاضل عزالدىنColophon: تمت بحمد الله وعونه وحسن توفىقه والحمد لله رب العالمىن امىنMS in fair condition but worm-eaten.Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, V, pp. 249, 312; Catalogue des manuscrits arabes de la Bibliothèque Nationale, 2521¹⁰, 2532¹. 2544⁷; Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 1124.
Anonymous.Fols. 54; 18.5 x 12.7 cm.; written surface 14.4-14.9 x 8 cm.; 19 lines to page; on glazed European paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.A commentary on al-Mukhtaṣar fī maʻrifat al-taqāwīm, a work on astronomy by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī A.H. 597-672 A.D. 1200/1-1274.Beg.: بسم الله ... الذي جعل الاحوال الجرئىة في السفلىاتColophon: ولنقع ولنقنع من الکلام بهذا القدر حامدىن لمالك القدر ومصلىن على سىدالبشر محمد وآله الطىبىن. تم الکتاب بعون الله الملك الوهابMarginal notes on folio 45b. MS illustrated, and in good condition; Arabic leather binding with flap; blind stamped and tooling on cover and flap.Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 5679; Bibliothecae Bodleianae codicum MSS orientalium, II, 301; Catalogus codicum arabicorum Bibliothecae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae, 1178.
Fols. 4; 19.4 x 14.3 cm.; written surface 15.8 x 8.7 cm.; 25 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi; with catchwords; entries in red.A tract in question and answer form discussing whether or not the periods of prayer as determined by astronomers agree with those of the jurists.Beg.: بسم الله ... ما تقول السادة الفقهاء أىمّة الدىن وعلماءColophon: تم بحمد الله سبحانه وتعالى وعونه وحسن توفىقه والحمد لله وحده. تمMS is good condition; paper binding.Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.