7 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Geomancy, Physiognomy, Meteorology, Magic, Astrology, Shafiites, and Islam

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Title

7 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Geomancy, Physiognomy, Meteorology, Magic, Astrology, Shafiites, and Islam

Shelfmark

MS. Huntington 456

Language

Arabic

1. ff. 1r-76v Author: Anonymous Title: Kitāb al-Malḥamah

2. ff. 79v-84r Author: Anonymous Title: Kitāb Muntakhab fī ʻilm al-raml

3. ff. 84v-88r Author: Anonymous Title: 8 tables entitled al-Firāsah ʻalá aʻḍāʼ al-insān ʻan al-ḥukamā, i. e. on inferring peoplesʼ characters from their physical appearance

4. ff. 88v-95v Author: Anonymous Title: Bāb fī madkhal al-sanah al-ʻarabīyah

5. ff. 95v-99v Author: Anonymous Title: Various magical cures and spells

6. ff. 102v-135v Author: Anonymous Title: Kitāb majmūʻ yashtamil ʻalá mawālīd al-nisā wa-al-rijāl

7. ff. 137v-156v Author: Bisāṭī, Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Title: al-Nukat ʻalá mushkil al-mukhtaṣar al-kāmil li-masāʼil al-Shāmil

Form

codex

Physical extent

76 ff. 6 ff. 5 ff. 8 ff. 5 ff. 34 ff. 20 ff.

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1693.

Provenance

The collections of Robert Huntington, d. 1701.

Subject

Physiognomy

Astrology

Shafiites--Early works to 1800

Meteorology--Early works to 1800

Geomancy

Islam--Doctrines

Magic

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