Copy of a compendium of Ḥanafī jurisprudence. Neatly written with pages in good condition. Extensive marginalia on some pages, mostly near the beginning.
Cosmography containing a compendium of place names, seas, and mountains; information on flora and fauna; and a brief explanation of the game of chess. This text has also been attributed to the 14th-century author Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn al-Wardī.
Loose leaf copy of a work of advice on letter writing followed by a list of 54 religious duties (farīḍah) attributed to Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, copied in a different hand.
Substantial sections from an illustrated treatise on the measurement of weight, with a historical introduction to theories of gravity and weighing in Greek and Arabic science; tables of densities of substances including metals, precious stones, solids, and liquids; and descriptions of different types of balances. 26 diagrams and 18 tables with a few marginal notes. A few catchwords have been added by later hands. Damage to edges of many leaves.
Story of Joseph based on the Qurʼān sūrah 12 and embroidered with stories and verses of a devotional nature. Divided into sections by the word faṣl, stories are preceded by the word ḥikāyah and the verses by shiʻr. Occasional marginal notes in a different hand. Copy ends abruptly.
An introduction in two chapters followed by five hundred stories of notable and important people and a conclusion in two chapters followed by another conclusion. The text is interspersed with poems and verses by the author and others.
Treatise on the theory of music, including division of frets, ratio of intervals, consonance and dissonance, cycles, rhythmic and melodic modes, and the 5-string oud or lute.
Treatise on the theory of music, including division of frets, ratio of intervals, consonance and dissonance, cycles, rhythmic and melodic modes, and the 5-string oud or lute.