MS. Hyde 32 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Astrology and Astronomy

1. ff. 1r-54r
Author: Abū Maʻshar, d. 886
Title: Kitāb al-Qirānāt fī aḥkām al-nujūm
Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 222
[NAM. 284 (1), with corrig. Nicoll p. 544]
2. ff. 54v-63r
Author: Hermes, Trismegistus
Title: An astrological work on the predictions to be drawn from the rising of Sirius

SAUG § 109, p. 190 (182)

Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Hermetica
[NAM. 284 (2) with corrig. Nic. p. 558]
3. ff. 63r-84r
Author: Anonymous
Title: A series of astronomical tables
Language(s): Arabic

References

Appendix Astronomy
[Nicoll Arab .Mob. 284 (3), with corrig. Nicoll p. 544]
4. ff. 84v-148v
Author: Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 50-1210
Title: Kitāb al-Ikhtiyārāt
Title: الاختيارات العلائية فِي التأثيرات السماوية

Imperfect; extracts only?

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL I 507
[NAM. 284 (4)]

Physical Description

Form: codex
54 ff. 10 ff. 22 ff. 65 ff.

History

Origin: 1343 CE n.d. n.d. n.d.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Thomas Hyde, d. 1703.

Purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1692.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on the Bodleian Library's public card index of Arabic manuscripts with additional enhancements by the OCIMCO project team.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

JISC

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