Q. 1 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: الفلك الدائر An acephalous Arabic work, without author's name, of a cabbalistic character,
dealing to some extent with astrological matters, but chiefly with the virtues of certain verses of the Quran خواص القرآن , اسماء الله الحسنى Names of God ff. 47-83), etc. The title al-Falak (or al-Fulk) u'd-Da'ir is inscribed in a modern
hand on the remnant of f. 1 (more than half of which has been torn away), but
I cannot find it in the body of the book. It can hardly be the work of the name
mentioned by Brockelmann in vol. I, p. 283, of his Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., but may
be the Kitábu'l-Falaki'd-Dawwár lish-Shamsi'l-Munir wa'l-Qamari's-Sayyár of
al-Manáshírí (d. 1039/1630) mentioned on p. 326 of vol. II of that work. The work is divided into many unnumbered sections (fasl), beginning with an
account of the planet ruling each hour of each day in the week, eg.: للمريخ يكون العمل فيها للبغضا والفساد والفرقة ونزف الدم والأسقام
يوم الثلاثا، أول ساعة منه
والأمراض، الساعة الثانية للشمس لا تعمل فيها شيئًا ابدا الخ There are several circles and other diagrams, e.g. on f. 4, thus described
on f. 3: فصل فى احكام منازل القمر الثمانية وعشرين الفلكيّات ونذكر هنا جدولًا عظيم الفايدة يعلم منه
هلال كل شهر بأى منزلة هو الخ This MS., obtained in the last partition of the Belshah collection, comprises
147 ff. of 22'3 x 18'5 c. and 25 ll., and is written in a large, clear, coarse naskh with
rubrications. It ends on f. 147 without any mention of title, author, scribe's name,
or date of transcription.
dealing to some extent with astrological matters, but chiefly with the virtues of certain verses of the Quran خواص القرآن , اسماء الله الحسنى Names of God ff. 47-83), etc. The title al-Falak (or al-Fulk) u'd-Da'ir is inscribed in a modern
hand on the remnant of f. 1 (more than half of which has been torn away), but
I cannot find it in the body of the book. It can hardly be the work of the name
mentioned by Brockelmann in vol. I, p. 283, of his Gesch. d. Arab. Litt., but may
be the Kitábu'l-Falaki'd-Dawwár lish-Shamsi'l-Munir wa'l-Qamari's-Sayyár of
al-Manáshírí (d. 1039/1630) mentioned on p. 326 of vol. II of that work. The work is divided into many unnumbered sections (fasl), beginning with an
account of the planet ruling each hour of each day in the week, eg.: للمريخ يكون العمل فيها للبغضا والفساد والفرقة ونزف الدم والأسقام
يوم الثلاثا، أول ساعة منه
والأمراض، الساعة الثانية للشمس لا تعمل فيها شيئًا ابدا الخ There are several circles and other diagrams, e.g. on f. 4, thus described
on f. 3: فصل فى احكام منازل القمر الثمانية وعشرين الفلكيّات ونذكر هنا جدولًا عظيم الفايدة يعلم منه
هلال كل شهر بأى منزلة هو الخ This MS., obtained in the last partition of the Belshah collection, comprises
147 ff. of 22'3 x 18'5 c. and 25 ll., and is written in a large, clear, coarse naskh with
rubrications. It ends on f. 147 without any mention of title, author, scribe's name,
or date of transcription.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 147
Dimensions: 22.3 × 18.5 cm.
Layout
25 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a large, clear, coarse naskh with rubrications.
History
Origin: undated
Provenance and Acquisition
This MS., obtained in the last partition of the Belshah collection.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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