MS. Marsh 216 (Bodleian Library, Oxford University)

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Summary of Contents: 1 copy of Kitāb al-Muthallath fī ʻilm al-raml by Ibn al-Maḥfūf, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī, d. bef 1397

Author: Ibn al-Maḥfūf, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlī, d. bef 1397

Title: Kitāb al-Muthallath fī ʻilm al-raml

[Lacking beginning and end (from middle of faṣl 5 of bāb 11 onwards)].**

*where wrongly identified as a work entitled Bughyat al-āmāl fī ṣināʻat al-raml wa-taqwīm al-ashkāl, attributed [?] suppositiously to al-Fārābī (this information appears on f. 1r). Cited by Brock. at I 212

**text corresponds to MS. Arab. f. 36, f. 95v 1.3 - f. 147r 1.2. leaves in disorder; correct order 2, 4-6, 3, 52, 7-51. f. 1 extraneous, in a later hand

Language(s): Arabic

References

GAL II 257

[UAM. 956*]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 51 ff.

History

Origin: n.d.

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

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JISC

Subjects

Geomancy

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