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6 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islam, Islamic magic, Astronomy, Quadrants, and Astronomical instruments — Multiple dates

MS. Selden Superius 97

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This item is described in 2 online catalogues.?

For the main catalogue entry, see: Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

Other descriptions: Bodleian Archives & Manuscripts

Description

From Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

This is an extract only. For more information, see the catalogue record in Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World.

Fihrist: Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World contains descriptions of Islamicate manuscripts held in 23 UK libraries, including the Bodleian Libraries and some Oxford college libraries. Learn more.

Title

6 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islam, Islamic magic, Astronomy, Quadrants, and Astronomical instruments — Multiple dates

Shelfmark

MS. Selden Superius 97

Date

1574

n.d. [1574?]

Language

Arabic

Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)

Contents

1. ff. 1r-33v Author: Anonymous Title: A hotch-potch of prayers, cabbalistic and Qurʼānic materials, talismans and the like, partly in Arabic and partly in Turkish, including an extract on the mystical properties of the Arabic letters attributed to Ghazzālī, 1058-1111 (f. 8v)
2. ff. 64v-65v Author: Anonymous Title: Risālah al-Qawāʻid
3. fols. 68v-87v Author: Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, b. 1423 Title: Risālah [hidāyat al-ʻāmil] fī al-ʻamal bil-rubʻ al-kāmil*
4. fols. 88v-95r Author: Māridīnī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Khalīl, d. 1406 Title: Risālah fī al-ʻamal bil-rubʻ al-mujayyab
5. fols. 95r-104v Author: Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, b. 1423 Title: Kifāyat al-qunūʻ
6. fols. 104v-111v Author: Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, b. 1423 Title: A short treatise on the instrument called dāʼirat al-muʻaddal

Form

codex

Physical extent

33 ff. 2 ff. 20 fols. 8 fols. 10 fols. 8 fols.

Acquisition

Presented to the Bodleian Library by Selden's estate in 1659.

Provenance

The collections of John Selden.

Subject

Quadrants (Astronomical instruments)

Islamic magic

Astronomy

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Astronomical instruments

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Title

6 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islam, Islamic magic, Astronomy, Quadrants, and Astronomical instruments

Shelfmark

MS. Selden Superius 97

Date

n.d., 1574

Language

Arabic

Turkish

Physical extent

111 Leaves

Custodial history

Manuscript 3329 acquired by the Bodleian Library

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Manuscripts of John Selden

6 works by 3 authors on the subjects of Islam, Islamic magic, Astronomy, Quadrants, and Astronomical instruments

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  • Selden, John, 1584-1654

  • Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, b. 1423

  • Māridīnī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Khalīl, d. 1406

  • Algazel, 1058-1111

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