Islamic Arabic 618 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham)
Mingana
Contents
2 works by 2 authors on the subjects of Dream interpretation and Divination
1. ff. 1-218
Treatise on the interpretation of dreams
There is some discrepancy in the MSS as to the number of chapters contained in the work, which varies between 58 and 60. The presen MS has 58 chapters, and the preface here explicitly states the same.
Incipit: بلغنا و الله اعلم اول من دبّر في امر الاختلاج و ضربان الجوارح وبحث عنه ذو القرنين اسكندر
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 634 and 1922
GAL I 200, no. 2; Suppl. I 361
2. ff. 218v-223r
Language(s): Arabic
References
Printed catalogue no. 1922
Physical Description
Form: codex
Extent: 223 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 19.7 × 15.1 cm.
Dimensions (written):
Foliation:
Foliation:
Layout
21 lines per page
Hand(s)
Written in Naskhī by Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Bakr al-Fanāʾ al-Dimishqī; important words in red.
Decoration
History
Origin: Dated, 9th Jumādā II 980 AH ; Hama
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on H. L. Gottschalk et al.: Islamic Arabic Manuscripts. Catalogue of the Mingana Collection of Manuscripts. Vol. IV. Revised edition edited by Derek Hopwood. Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges, 1985, with additional enhancements.
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